I currently have a G3 1656 with a four stroke Yamaha 60/40. It is great for fishing and hunting on main channel of my river since it is mostly sand and rock. There are a lot of back water coves on my river and that's where the ducks hold of course. I am keeping my jet, but looking at getting a surface drive boat as well. The main channel on my river is a few feet deep and goes to 6" of sand in places that I would have to cross to get to the back waters. At the openings of the back water coves its sandy and then start get a mud, stick, leave, sand mix as you get in deeper the more the mud takes over. Will a sd motor work since there is a lot of sand or am I barking up the wrong tree? Only other option I have is a airboat which I don't really want to do.

How far will you cross shallow sand bars? If its not more than 50 yards at a time or so a SD will probly be fine

Well the first few miles of the river is just a flat sand bar, but the water depth is 6" at the most shallow point occasionally it will drop down to 2" or 3" inches in spot no more than 5 yards long. When My jet boat hits the real shallow spots it slows down a little bit and you can feel the boat bottom out but the momentum carries the boat over back into deeper water. most of the time it's 2 to 3 feet deep. Can you trim the tail up level with the bottom of the boat or does it have to be below the boat to run at decent speeds? If I can trim it up like my jet where it is level with the boat I'm sure it would work great!

Get ready to buy props, My first one had 13 hrs on it at the Wax.

Well it's either a mm or a mini airboat like the aluminum mini dragon fly airboat

replied to your other post before i read this one. i know now more about what you will be runnung in. i beleave you would be happy with a sd.