I used my trolling motor for pulling cranks but it's an older model and won't go for very long, so I tried a troller plate behind my 125 last year and it worked pretty well and no issues on plane, my only concern was damaging it on a tree when jigging trees, sticks out quite a ways when locked up. Probably going to go back to pushing this year, seems to work better for me and it's a lot quicker to turn around and work a good spot when you cross one.