I'm looking at getting a smaller boat as I already own a Tracker Grizzly 1860 center console and it's too big for smaller lakes. I am leaning towards the Panfish 16 with the Mercury 25 elpt motor.

Problem is I'm a big guy and having some hesitation about the panfish. I'm very comfortable with the Tracker 1860 even with another big friend of mine. That boat is so big it's super stable and I could jump up and down in it without it hardly moving. I just hate using it in a smaller lake because it's a pain to launch and trailer by myself or even with my wife as she helps but she can't back straight and she's too small to manhandle the big boat.

I hate to tell on myself as far as size but lets just say with ice chest, poles and gear I'm looking at putting 420 lbs in that panfish 16 lol. I know a lot of people love those boats and I'm sure there is a few people here that have fished out of one with a bigger friend? If you have experience in one, can you tell me how it handled? I am not looking for any real speed and I figure with the 25 hp motor it probably won't even get on plane with my big butt sitting in the front seat. The smaller lakes I'll be fishing have a lot of stumps and cypress trees so I don't need speed.

My main concern is just wiggling around in the boat and if it rocks a lot or feels unstable with someone of size in there? Like when you hook a catfish on a small rod and lean over the side to grab the fish and bring it in the boat. I don't wanna flip that thing over lol.

if you have real world experience in one of these, please advise me and thanks in advance