I'll be fishing 3 people most of the time. 15' might be a little small for that I suppose.
I primarily fish Peninsula rivers since that's what I know. Also considered going w/ a raft since I like summer fishing as well. My dad isn't very spry anymore though, so he'd need a solid bottom I think. Thus the driftboat choice.

3-4k does seem like the sweet spot after watching prices for a while.

Thanks for the input.