Double trouble

I love my H17 pro Xpress. It handles great, carpet is quite is low on the water and gets excellent gas mileage. It's a fishing machine except it's not a bay boat or comfortable on shoreline if it's breezy. So this followed me home last week. I'm thinking I'll sell the Xpress and this bay boat can do both but, it's much harder to fish tree tops with the hand control TM, it's louder when you walk around and much higher sides for lifting fish. Casting is fine and I'm sure I will get use to tight lining off the bow but it's not ole blue. Question, anybody tightline off of the bow of a bayboat and any secrets or hints are appreciated. BTW I usually stand and not sit while freshwater fishing. Now I want to keep both:dono I feel like a dork but look out specks and reds!!

KEEP BOTH.......

You need a stick steer also lol

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I really like my 17ft. Express. If I were you and were able, I would keep both.

Do I See a Kayak In the Future to get in the best places during the Spawn

Just park the express at my house. I'll keep the battery charged. :)

Fish on, I have a young friend with several Hobie yaks trying to get me out there. He goes out two miles off Destin and catches huge red snapper in his yak and goes up in the duck ponds and catches 30" trout. Key word " young". I busted 60 this year and sitting cramped in a kayak for hours just won't get it anymore, unfortunately. JR batteries must stay charged boat must be washed after every trip, covered and sleep under the carport. Plus my little buddy in the pic must lick every sak-a-lait kept. We won't even talk about feeding and grooming that rug of his and he thinks the boat is his!!
NWLA sac, when I lived in Golden Meadow I had 3 boats and one was a stick steer, go figure. Triple trouble, plus one was a wooden shrimp boat with full time maintenance.

I agree with corndog one, if you could, keep both. That'll give you more options on where and when you can fish. My dad had a 17' side console fiberglass bass boat and a 22' center console bay boat for several years but ended up selling both and bought a 20' aluminum center console that he does ALL of his fishing from. Try alternating fishing from each and sooner or later you'll be able to decide which one you'd rather keep or you'll decide you need both. I've got a 16' stick steer and a 14 jon boat with hand tiller 25hp and my wife thinks I have too many boats!! lol

KEEP BOTH OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice boat!
I have a 22' excel aluminum bay I bought last year. It came with a hand control TM also. I couldn't sit and fish with the hand control cause it was too far away when sitting. I recently bought an ulterra and put on it. problem solved. Its really nice sitting over a brush top with the spot lock. love the boat now and I fish for everything out of it. bream, crappie, bass, and even take it down south for specks and reds. It has a very shallow draft and I can get it most anywhere. Im sure the ranger does too. For me Its an all around fishing machine