Duck-killa, I started out with an 18 HP Briggs LT on a 1436 jon back in 1989 and it was tricky running with that boat, I was lucky not to have swamped it. A lot of hunters with smaller hulls like yours have experienced good gains with pods. I have read a lot of reports on this site about those small Copperhead surface drives really doing well with 14' hulls. Try and find a local mud motor dealer and take a test drive. Don't get too flustered by some of the "vinegar" you get here, I learned to let it slide by, laugh heartily.
Thanks for the clarification cb, but they are called claspers not dicks 