Thats a tough one. several Lakes in the U.P. require your boat to have one engine and it must be 10 hp or less. If you are using a kicker you will get ticketed if there is a larger motor bolted on. In Ohio Kickers are ok. To enable Michelle and I to fish anywhere we just bought a small second boat with a 9.9 merc. We can fish the Ohio Lakes that have the limits and the Upper Pen lakes as well. You should see what we did to a meyer sportspal canoe so we can fish on lakes with no engines allowed. Platforms,outriggers ,etc . I have an 18 foot starcraft,a 14 foot Jon and a canoe. With them I can fish anywhere there are Muskies. Kingfisher

Here in Ohio you can have both a 9.9 kicker and your big engine on the boat at all of the 9.9 lake including Pymatuning that is in both Ohio and PA. As long as you are not running the big motor you will not have any problems.