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i know driftboats are suppose to be just that (driftboats) but after being on numorus rivers i see driftboats with electric motors and gas what is ethical with driftboats and motors
What is ethical ... I think it's pretty much the same as what is legal. The bigger question to me is "what is practical?" I ran an 8 horse on my Willie for a long time because it was the boat I had and I had no other way to get out in the Columbia, Willamette or the coastal bays. But it was never much fun. Drift boats won't support a big motor, so currents and wind flip the boat all over the place. And guess how fast a drift boat can go ... maybe 6 knots. I remember the rough day on Tillamook bay with the wind and the waves running at 90 degrees to each other that I decided I needed to do something different before I became crab bait.
STRIKE ZONE
11-22-2000, 03:06 PM
Nothin wrong with having a electric motor on the drift boat to get a guy across Lk.quinalt
after a long day of steelhead fishin and the
wind is blowing 30 plus.Goodluck,
STRIKE ZONE
Wet Willie
11-22-2000, 08:43 PM
Not everyone can afford a boat for every occasion.For me a drift boat with an out board was the best compromise. Ethical and Practical.