Shut down or not

[Roger]

I often shut down when I think it will affect the bite or save gas. Long drifts while fluking to find concentrations of fish, in a safe and open area - I'd probably shut down.

I've found the bite better when live lining shallow rock piles and reefs for Bass with the engine off. That might just be my imagination though.

[Goose]

Even though most of my drifts are short and are in fairly shallow water I shut it down so not to spook fish. If I ran a four stroke I leave it running.

[MoroneSaxatilis]

In daylight,we shut down,
even for relatively short drifts.
Cuts down on noise
and saves a bit o' fuel.

Sometimes at night, we'll leave 'em running
especially if we've been running the washdown,
or had the spreaders on.