I have recently moved off to college and have found a beautiful lake to fish on right outside town, im going to start turning a jon boat into a bass boat or whatever this summer...and for a motor, my dad has an old like 6 horses motor that the engine needs to be rebuilt that i can get done basiaclly for free. would it be worth it for me to use that motor or should i try to find a lil bit bigger motor

The best kind of motor is the free kind. I'd say try it, if you're not happy with the 6 horse you can always upgrade and sell the old motor to finance a newer / larger one. I used a 6 horse on my old 12' aluminum. It was slow, but I always got to where I wanted to go.

cool, well as far as i know the lake im fishing isnt too terrible big, i only fish two places, gibbons creek, and a private lake on my familys ranch, the private one is only like 2 or 3 acres and gibbons is something like 30...i think, not for sure, but it doesnt seem too big.  I have just been reading a lot and everyone is sayin that 15 is best for it, and i didnt know if my little 6 would be able to get the boat where it needs to go, i been usin a trollin motor on my private lake and have never messed with gas

thanks man