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jamiesname
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Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:42 pm
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 Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattails? Roughly 1' of water over top seemingly endless muck and choked out with tall grass, phragmites, cattails, etc.
What would be better suited for this type of condition, a surface drive motor or a longtail on a 14' boat?
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brasso
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Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:58 am
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai Depending on the width, you may want to look into the 18hp copperhead.
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FRANKtheTAU
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:30 pm
Posts: 1386
Location: West TN
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai Either one would get you by. Really depends on boat size, how much of a load you'll plan on hauling, and how long your runs are. Budget may also be a factor.
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KJH
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Location: Nebraska
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai Where I run, we seem to have an endless supply of grass, cattails, and shallow water with no mud. I have very good luck with the GTR. It was a big improvement over the longtail I had.
Green cattails are a pain because they'll get wrapped around the prop if you're trying to go slow. Otherwise the surface drive is my recommendation.
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JIMMY W
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Location: South Louisiana
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai GatorTail surface drive
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai On a 14' boat, I would go with the smaller and much lighter 18hp Copperhead.
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The Shafer
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Location: Longview. TX
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai
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Xpress89
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai A majek with a 200 vmax
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4Cody4
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Location: Land of 10,000 Lakes
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai A 16 hp fan like the guys use for bowfishing.
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MALLARDSX2
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Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:34 pm
Posts: 978
Location: GA
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Re: Wha's better for shallow water with lots of grass/cattai lillypad roots and cattails have been hard on my arms with my 35....
Cant believe I didn't break anything on my GTR yet.
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