I've currently got a 23 hp gdsd. Its on my Lowe roughneck 1760 mod v. Yes its a dog. I'm looking at options for a different boat to put the motor on. I'm getting a 40hp tiller for the Lowe as I fish and hunt out of it. Looking at something that will strictly be a duck rig.

Some background on me and where i hunt. Im from Michigan, I do most of my duck hunting in lake st Clair in the marshes near harsens island. There isn't much mud there and its mostly sand bottom. Looking for something I can take in the marshes and get shallow (1ft) of water and hard bottom. Most that'll be hunting in the rig will be 2 men, I'm 250 hunting partner is 210. We don't have a dog. Any recommendations for a setup that'll go shallow and be a decent price? Don't really have to worry about logs and stumps, so the hull doesn't have to be the beefiest built thing out there. It'll cross large river channels that can get 2-3 footers if the wind is really whipping but they aren't more than 100-300 yards across. Thanks in advance.

If ya ain't worried bout hittin a rock er stump EVER, I was very happy with my Alweld. Carried a load better than any other I've owned including the one I have now. Since yer plannin ta run yer 23 get ya a 1842 like I had with my 27. She'd step up on plane even with a 4 man huntin load and only drafted 3-4" ah water loaded.