I've got a copperhead 23hp on a little 16' Jon boat and hunt every place there is to duck hunt here in Jackson county. The only times I've been stuck is on a beaver dam in Russel Pike when the water was super low. I get in and out everywhere I want to. Drives like an outboard, pushes that boat about 25 mph with a lightish load, and hardly ever gets stuck. I bought the copperhead because weight was an issue on this boat. Wanted lightest engine with the highest hp available. The boat is big enough to hunt open river in rough water, but small enough to get up tiny creeks to beaver ponds and flooded timber. It's served me well