I'm guessing this a 80's motor? Assuming so, let's just say that motor was not one of OMC's best efforts.
It rode in on coattails what IMHO was on of OMC's cornerstone products, the weedless twin cylinder 3. We had one when I was a kid and it was the "smoothest, most reliable" outboard you could ever want. It will run on one cylinder since it had independent coils. When running correctly, you can almost count the revolutions of the prop. The angled foot and swept back prop made it virtually weedless but not 100%. The really nice part about the design of that foot was with the angle, the skeg would skid over submerged logs eliminating constant sheared pins. Make no mistake, you still need a hand full of OEM sheer pins (NOT NAILS :

) in your tackle box.
If you want one for that kind of use, IMHO, you should be looking for a 50's / 60's vintage with the "old school" rounded metal cowl. They are much better motors.
FWIW, I have two vintage "weedless 3's". One Evinrude and one Johnson, both with folding foot and the original suit cases. Mine are mid 60's versions and have the rare fuel pump options allowing you to pull fuel from a remote tank as well as from the built in tank