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Looks like extra long to me

Maybe even extra long , looks like 25 inches, did it come from a sailboater ?

I don’t know about the spec plate. But the engine is a long shaft.

This probably wont be any help to the OP, but its all about the drags. I fish for salmon but not musky so that is my experience. Mostly downrigger, but I do have dipsy gear, just don’t use it much. I have one LC, most are just LW of pure conventional (non-LW). I have a convector that I don’t really like. It was smooth in the store, but I have had it randomly free spool. I have taken it apart, cleaned and lubed it right, and it all looks fine, but something in its design cause it to do that very randomly. So its on the 4th line in my set. I don’t have any high end reels and my collection starts with an old Daiwa that was my first salmon reel bought about 30 years ago or more. Its plastic body LW. It was “OK” but started to get weird with the drag where the drag would hold hold hold then release in huge zing, then hold hold hold. Started to lose fish so the reel was put on the 4th line or actually down to the farm team. Then about 10 years ago, I saw an HT100 carbon fibre drag washer set on eBay so bought it. That new drag fix put that reel back on the bench (2nd line though). Believe it or not my most reliable and smooth workhorse is a Penn 209 LW that I have also upgraded the drag to HT100 carbon fibre. That reel is steel framed, pretty darn smooth for an old bugger and the drag is reliable and smooth. I also have two other old Penns that are pure conventional (one is a Del Mar) with upgraded drags and they are great. Smooth and drags are nice. They are my backups. I also bought a Kastking LC on Amazon two years ago. I have to say its pretty good. If I am running two rods its one of them. Its too early to say if it will hold up, but for now its caught a lot of salmon. It has a pretty fast retrieve too, so sometimes that has an advantage when I have a salmon that is charging the boat. It has HT100 carbon fibre drag washers. (Yeah Yeah, Chinese crap that may not be able to get parts for. I get it. I think its better built than most Chinese reels though.) I also bought a saltwater conventional non-LW star drag reel (a Fin-Nor 20) that my idea was to use it for trips south as well as maybe try it on musky or salmon. Its pretty big though. Not too heavy. I picked it because you can cast with it too. Its super smooth and casts a mile with heavy lures, and can be used for trolling too. The drag stack is huge and smooth. Its designed for much bigger fish than even our larger salmon or musky. I haven’t used it for actual fishing yet though. Just playing around at the cottage. I loaded it with 60lb braid for Florida bottom fishing and then didn’t do that trip so its not really set up for downrigger fishing up here. Anyway, probably not much help. But for me, its all about the drag smoothness IMO and I think cheap plastic may flex too much to allow the drag stack to be smooth.

Buy torpedo snap swivels, the smallest size they have. They are remarkably strong. Run one in front of your lure when trolling if you use spinny lures. Power pro won’t cause line twist. You won’t regret it!

I would run your power pro to a ball bearing swivel , then attach a 10 lb. flurocarbon leader to the barrel swivel and attach your lure to the leader. I'd use about 4 feet for your leader.

I've tried alot of different brands of trolling reels and can say Okuma are by far my least favourite. Shops must get a good markup off them as they are popular mostly because shops love to pimp them. In the mid-range I find the Penn's squall or warfare superior. If your going with Tekotas which is a solid choice for sure at least check out the Daiwa Saltists too. Great reels at a similar price point but maybe a bit harder to get your hands on.

So the story starts like this, my friend joins me on a trip to Great Slave for Pike fishing on a whim. He'd never been to a lodge, never fished a weekend, or even likely not a full day. Most of his fishing happened as a kid. His PB Pike previously had been a 28incher. He was a bit out of sorts the night before. He didn't know what he was getting himself into but I had him covered. We were loaded for bear. To put him at ease that first afternoon I give him my favourite lure and he never looked back. Three trophies that afternoon. Honestly at times he had a fish on every 2-5 minutes for what seemed like hours. Winds were high limiting locations to fish all week because of murky water. There were minor forest fires all around us making for some beautiful sunsets. The few good spots were getting absolutely pounded but Steve kept on bringing us back and he caught plenty. He has no idea how many trophies he caught. I'd guess about a dozen and may be 2-3 dozen in the high 30s. He caught roughly 3 times the fish I did in all classes, except maybe Walleye. He loved it all, was totally thrilled with the fishing. I finally threw my hands up in the air when he tossed his spoon into a small muddied cloudy shore line pool next to the boat that looked like a double cream coffee. He pulled a chunky one outta of 3ft of water, next cast he does the same thing! It was just going to be one of those trips. I had two ideas that worked. My one idea got me my biggest fish. My second idea Steve lands a 43 incher. Even on the way home he had horseshoes up his a$$. His luggage comes off the carousel first in Calgary because we missed our connecter. Ditto at Toronto. I never saw my luggage after we left Yellowknife for 5 days. I finally got the last of my luggage delivered at 11pm from Toronto. For me it was a great trip. We had a lot of laughs and I’ve have a health issue for the last 2 years and wasn't even sure if this trip would go okay. It was nice to live again!

So I was fishing the nith in late august or early September in the Waterloo area and hooked into something big. When I finally landed it I was surprised that it was walleye and not just a walleye but the biggest I have ever seen. I got a measurement and it went 32” this is by far the biggest walleye I have ever caught. I caught it in 5-6 feet of water on a narrow stretch of the nith river. I have pictures but I’m reluctant to post them since I will admit the handling was not the best, but the fish was released safely. Has anyone had similar experiences or was this just a fluke?