I know a guy who has the 200 catfish boat and he loves it. I think it would make a perfect crappie boat for spider rigging, longlining or pulling cranks. Maybe not the best choice for strictly single pole fishing. To me the big question would be how much time would it be used as a family outing boat compared to fishing. If you spend a lot of time with family swimming,saying, tubing and that sort of thing then big easy would probably suit you better. Either one is going to be a lot of boat to handle even with large trolling motor for fishing stumps and such.
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Charlie Weaver USN/ENC 1965-1979