Boat choice question

[K. Lane]

I know it’s a bow hunting forum but you knuckleheads are a fairly knowledgeable group so ill ask
I am gettin ready to buy a new boat. Gonna use it for duck hunting of course but also fishing in the flats for reds, Speck's, and flounder

I have a choice to make... an 18x60 with a 90 bourse short shaft mercury
Or
An 18x60 tunnel hull with an 80 horse mercury jet drive

Both 2020 year models... brand new aluminum Crestliner boat and motor

[Grady_jones]

The jet will get you in shallower water but will be slower. How important is speed to you?

[texaslammer]

If the first one is not a tunnel hull I would go with a tunnel just for the fact that you said using it for duck hunting and I know at some point you will want to run pretty shallow . But I am a tunnel hull fan always have been. If I have the choice of getting one or not getting one im going for it always.