I'll tell ya Mellon the commercial fisherman that I know have been using them for years and most of them liked them first time I ever saw one was in the late 80's in Fort Pierce when I spent my vacation fishing with a girlfriends Dad who was a comercial fisherman in a co-op with about 30 other guys and they fished at night for sea trout and 4 or 5 guys had them for testing and there were some nissions as well and the guys who had them liked them  :wink:  ::

yeap, just found that out a week or so ago.

ive got a little sears 3hp as well and also one that i believe the name is ted williams...dont qoute me on that but i think thats the name..its a 5hp i believe,not real sure since the there are no labels other than the name on it,i bought em both from a auction and cleaned em up a bit and replaced plugs and what not and they still run like they where brand new.
never herd of the tohatsu brand tho.

I keep a little 5 horse to use on some of the lakes out here. That's about as big a motor as most permit. Back in the late 60's early 70's I bought a 5 horse ESKA..air cooled. I had that thing for 10 years then gave it to a friend. It was one of those department store goodies that turned out to be a goodie. Don't think they make them anymore??

Don