I only go shallow, with my baypro 21, and it is light as bayboats go, when the tide is rising. I try to also go into the wind, so it can help me go back if I start getting stuck. Getting stuck is the one of the reasons I speck fish most of the time. lol I have an idea for an invention that would get you unstuck pretty easily without getting out of the boat. People I have told about it said the market isn't large enough. I bet you would have paid top dollar for it though.