FP, Since you mentioned wakeboarding you have a chance.....I have a 21 seaswirl striper with a 175 Johnson and 9.9 kicker. Added an Atlantic tower to keep the tow rope over the kicker. This boat works great for salmon fishing as you described and is pretty good for wakeboarding. It makes a big well shaped wake better than skiboats unless they have a ballast bag. It is tougher than a skiboat to maintain constant speed but after adding a 4 blade prop, not too bad. Plenty of power for skiing too, but wake is too big.