Get a Minnkota Endura 50. Best bang for the buck. @$199.99 The real investment is in the battery. A gel cell batt last's longer and has less spillage problems. There is a quazi good artical in the Salmon Trout Steelheader and it wasn't written by Herzog! I think M.K. has a 50 in a 36" shaft.

W.C. moose
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25 years experience fishing the Puget Sound. 5 years of it catching fish.