mounting a short shaft motor on carolina skiff j12

Hey guys so I recently got a Carolina skiff j12 and I wanted to put my motor I had on my jon boat on it...mercury 25 with a 15 inch shaft. The problem is the motor is a little too high. Maybe 2-3 inches max. I need to lower my motor bc right now it will not run because its too high. Should I use a jack plate or cut out the fiberglass?? Am I able to just put the jackplate on our will it not be able to tilt up when I need to trailer the boat or pole. Plz all input will help. I'm in Miami so if you also suggest local companies for this fix lmk. I was planning on using a bobs mini jack plate. Is this the right one??

Thanks!!!!

-Mike

Ps pics will be coming soon!!

 

I'm trying to post this from my phone so its not the easiest! Lol But I took a yellow measuring tapr and laid it on the bunks so you can see where the bottom of the boat its. It's a 20inch transom. If you look closely at one of the pics you can see where the previous owner fiberglassed to increase transom height. Thanks you for the replies!

 

Ok so its not letting me post pics due to it being to big of kb size so i'll post when I get home. Hour or so.

 

i know its a smaller boat but its a lot heavier than my 14ft jon i had with the 25hp. heres pics!!!

 

more pics...sorry i dont knwo how to do more than one at a time.

 

look close and you can see the fiberglass work the previous owner did since he had a 20 inch shaft

 

my boat

 

The transom is strong as can be. No chisel would work but saws all would. What would be more cost effective and take lest time? Jack plate about 140(bobs) or cut and refiberglass( idk how so I'd have to hire)

Input

 

decision is final. im cutting the transom. thanks for the input guys as i would've initially bought a jackplate!!

i'll post pics of progress and how it turns out!

 

no problem buddy! let me know how it turns out! btw what kind of jon boat do you have? yr, make, length. i just got rid of my 14ft grumman.