Shallow Transportation...

I doubt many have ever seen a boat motor like the one on this boat. It is a 35 horsepower Vanguard air-cooled lawnmower engine that drives a 2 blade prop via a belt and gears. It is manufactured by a company called Mud Buddy and on the right boat/motor setup can go close to 30 mph in 6 inches of water. If the mud is the consistency of pancake batter you can actually stop, start and run with no surface water. The boat and motor belong to a friend of mine.

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Theyve been out for years and are called go devils, I had one 20+ years ago before I quit hunting. They are an amazing motor.

The new motors that came out 5 or 6 years ago have been named short tails and are much faster than the old ones. The surface-piercing prop used on these motors is a third of the way out of the water when running on plane. The companies who make them are Pro Drive, Gator-Tail, Mud Buddy, Go-Devil, Beaver-Tail and Scavenger. The ones you are talking about they call longtails now. They've been used in Asia for a long time.

The one in the photos is a Mud Buddy HyperDrive. And, yes, they are a VERY cool motor.

I think that's a first here! Good shots of it.

I think the 2nd shot is awesome

Thanks everyone. Maybe one day I'll get one. It sure makes getting back into shallow places a lot easier.

Those are super popular here for extreme flats fishing. I call the "Loud SOBs".

Pretty cool idea, but dang if they aren't loud.

Seen um on one of the James Bond movies in japan or VN or china or somewhere like that back in the 80's.