Been doing some research and looking at other boats out there, there is a company in Jasper Georgia called Prodigy Boats and from the looks of it are some great built and nice looking boats.
A gatortail, gatortrax, prodrive, prodigy, uncle J, deadfowl, and maybe one or two others make boats built to perform well and last a very long time. You pay more but you won't have a boat that looks like crumpled paper after a year and can't haul a buddy with you.
Prodigy makes nice boats and you won't hear complaints about them other than the insane price tag. Uncle J and others can build them just as nice for quite a bit less.
The second option would be a 1754 or 1854 mud boat custom built by Prodigy boats with a Gator Tail mud motor. This would obviously be the best choice for duck hunting, but I'm afraid would be the worst choice for fishing.
Prodigy is built near OP and there are dozens of 1 year old prodigy's and other SDs floating around classifieds because the Georgia owners realize they don't have the need for one, don't understand the maintenance required on a surface drive, and all of a sudden are upside down and in debt for a boat they don't need to shoot the minimal birds ...
Prodigy makes a great rig, I just don't need it. The boat is 1751 flat rake with crimped sides. Has gun box and drivers side seat. Comes with 22" light bar spud pole kit and a blind with the Mack's grass. I also have an extra 6 gallon gas tank. Motor is a Mud Buddy 37 EFI, no reverse with 25 hrs.