trolling motor shaft leangth

[jkart]

hi everyone
I think this is my first post here (can't remember).
I have a mv 1448 tracker grizzly that I want to put on a bow mount
trolling motor. what shaft leangth should I get a 36" or a 45" shaft ?

thanks Jeff

ps-this site is the best

 

[Waterwings]

Welcome Aboard! 8)

I have a 42" shaft MG tm mounted on the bow of my 16' Lowe rig.

 

[redbug]

i would go with the 45" shaft

 

[BLK fisher]

It depends on where you are fishing. If it gets windy and there is chop and you have a short shaft, it will come out of the water. I would go with the longer shaft myself.

 

[Waterwings]

BLK makes a very good point about the shaft length and choppy waters. I fish in such shallow waters that normally my tm prop is only about 6" below the surface, but at times when I got caught in a windy/choppy situation, I had the comfort of lowering it deeper due to the long shaft (42" in my case).

 

[ben2go]

i would go with the 45" shaft

I agree.It wouldn't take much of a chop to pull a 36 inch shaft out of the water on your boat.