I debated that question when I bought my last boat. The stick steering is no doubt the handiest since you don't have to move from the seat to fish or run the outboard.
I have had both in the past and I now own a console steer. My reason is I am more comfortable in it in rough water. I have gotten caught a few time in really bad blows and it is hard to run a stick steer boat through a rough high chop and you will get soaked. I also find it more confortable to make long runs (which I try to avoid) with the console.
My wife is a non-fisher but she occassionaly likes to go our for a boat ride and it is more comfortable with the 2 of us seated side by side on the bench seat behind the console.
If all I did was short runs and only used it for fishing, the stick steer is a fishing machine.Since I can't afford 2 boats, I find the console more versatile.
Really depends on the type of fishing and the lakes you will be on.
SeaRay