If ya keep it away from Cocodrie, Houma, Grand Isle and such it should be O.K. If ya have a tendacy to get in some salt be prepared for electrical problems. If salt is on the menu I would look towards the G3 gator tough line as they are pointed towards bay fishing and seem to do much better here. Now granted this is from observing friends with Trackers and no personal experience, so I could not say that it might be bad maintenance or not as they were not my boats.