The lower on the Canadian side has a bunch of spots, barely any wading required.. Art Park is a good drift (US side) but that involves the border, blah blah blah.
Cabelas Guidewear. With any Goretex you need to do a bit of maintenance to reactivate the waterproofing. I usually do this once a year, been going on 6 years with my stuff and dry as it was on day #1.
I thought the same when I looked up the OPs trolling motor. I guess it's good though, like how many options do we need LOL! The new brushless Terrova is going to be pretty slick I think. The prob is my 10 year old Terrova won't die.
You'll want a Humminbird sonar up front then if you want to use features such as follow the contour etc. You'll need a lakemasters chip or use Autochart Live to create your own maps in order to use that feature. Won't follow the contour on Navionics maps.