Thread: Needing Expert Advice

I'm looking at possibly buying a 91 bay hawk center console boat. My question is this boat ok for crappie fishing, does it sit to high in the water for spider rig fishing. Any info would be appreciated. I've never owned one so I'm in unfamiliar waters on this.

Bay Hawks were known for soft floors. There were a few on the Alabama coast where we lived that were being used for running crab pots and recreational scale shrimping. The ones that I personally knew of had significant floor work done and where there's floor rot I always worry about the condition of the transom. The ride was typically wet in choppy conditions but they draft well in skinny water. If it was my purchase decision then I would hold out for another bay boat with better quality control. I hate to see folks get into a rig and then have to complete some major work on the hull when they weren't planning on buying it as a restoration project.