I have a pelican Catch 100 Pwr with a 55-pound thrust trolling motor with a 24 inch shaft with my age fishing longer than a couple hours is hard on the knees I just picked up a bass raider 10 E . I see from reading some of the post a 30-inch shaft is what most use. Does anyone use a 24inch shaft? The pound still has 10inches of ice on it so i can't try it out I am hoping i don't need to buy another trolling motor. What do experts think?