I used both also. I'd perfer a large bass boat. where moving around isn't a problem, but sometimes hard to get in tight areas, and there expensive. I had a smaller bass boat that had a smaller deck on front, I nearly stepped off into the water a few times and tripped over the trolling motor cables a few times also. currently I use a 15x42 Flat Bottom, tiller 25 Yam, a floor in the middle and a deck on the front.