Well - the day STARTED off great at Lake Lanier. I caught several nice LM and a bunch of spots, The downside, is my trolling motor shaft broke in two and the prop, shaft and propeller nut when over the bow into 100' of water. It sunk like a BRICK!

Anyone ever had this happen to them? I have an aluminum boat and apparently the banging in rough water did the damage as I've never really run it into anything major.

Argh!

THAT SUXX!

Time to invest in some scuba gear.

I recently had the motor shaft of my power drive 55 bend on me but not break. I'm guessing I got it stuck in some shallow water and did it but the weird thing is it ran fine for two more hours before it suddenly quit. When it did quit it was in 30 feet of water with nothing to hit. I've gotten it stuck before but never had that happen. I thought the prop would have broken first but somehow a 1/2 inch thick steel shaft bent instead. It didn't stop me from buying another Minn Kota though. Just got the Edge 55 to replace it with. I didn't end up liking that electronic steering so much.

I'm guessing the repair for yours will be the same as with mine. A new motor armature. I took mine out to look at it. Seems simple to replace, but might cost a good bit as its all one piece, motor windings and all. Then it's a pain to reseat it again between the two motor brushes but it can be done with a little effort. When mine is fixed its up for sale.