My Dad would shoot me and I don't even have a boat!!

Consider a flat bottom boat. Able to go in much shallower water and much more stable. A buddy of mine had one that was 16’ when we graduated high school. I’ve been on the water my entire life in everything from kayakes to 36’ Fountains. I had the most fun of my life on that 16’ John boat shooting up creeks and being a river rat.