Scott Duck Boat

[dudelta]

I'm a long time member of the LPWA and hunt the Unit regularly every year. I run a 16' Scott Duck Boat with a 15hp outboard motor. When the water is high, like it was last year, its gets me into just about any blind without any problems. Late in the season or those years when the water is low it can be a challenge sometimes with the outboard sucking up mud and sand so I'm thinking about getting a 'mud motor' or 'surface drive' type motor this year.

Does anyone have any experience running any of those types of motors on a boat similar to a Scott Duck Boat? The boat is fibreglass, drafts about 4 inches but it is only rated for a 15hp outboard motor (which weighs about 100 lbs) so I'm a bit concerned about the size of the mud motor I should get so that doesn't put too much weight and stress on the transom (especially while trailering it) but at the same time has enough torque to push the boat along with 2 hunters, a dog, a pop-up blind and all the gear in it. I'm not too concerned about getting to the blind fast, just getting there ... and back!

Any advice anyone can offer would be very much appreciated.

Thanks;

Deeter

 

[Harris Rob]

I use a 6.5hp Scavenger mud motor on my Four Rivers Refuge Runner. It's a 13'6" fiberglass boat. Not fast, but will go anywhere the boat will float.

https://scavengerbackwater.com/

 

[freddy]

I'm a long time member of the LPWA and hunt the Unit regularly every year. I run a 16' Scott Duck Boat with a 15hp outboard motor. When the water is high, like it was last year, its gets me into just about any blind without any problems. Late in the season or those years when the water is low it can be a challenge sometimes with the outboard sucking up mud and sand so I'm thinking about getting a 'mud motor' or 'surface drive' type motor this year.

Does anyone have any experience running any of those types of motors on a boat similar to a Scott Duck Boat? The boat is fibreglass, drafts about 4 inches but it is only rated for a 15hp outboard motor (which weighs about 100 lbs) so I'm a bit concerned about the size of the mud motor I should get so that doesn't put too much weight and stress on the transom (especially while trailering it) but at the same time has enough torque to push the boat along with 2 hunters, a dog, a pop-up blind and all the gear in it. I'm not too concerned about getting to the blind fast, just getting there ... and back!

Any advice anyone can offer would be very much appreciated.

Thanks;

Deeter

I have a 16 ft Scott duck boat as well. Used to run it with a 9.9 Johnson. I just purchased a Swamp runner kit from US for a 6.5hp Honda clone. I can post my success or lack of when we get it in the water.