From what I've seen of boat prices lately, you're not going to get anything much for $3K - $3.5K. I just sold a 15 year old,14' G-3, welded hull, tiller steered 2-stroke Yamaha for $2000 and it went so fast it left me thinking I should have priced it another $500 or $750 higher.
For fishing and duck hunting I want an aluminum boat if I'm going to be running rivers and lakes where there's any possibility/need to pull it up on a rocky shore. I also like the lighter weight of a 2-stroke outboard when having to drag a boat through several inches of flooded marsh grass duck hunting, but 2 strokes are kind of going the way of the passenger pigeon.
I don't think it would be a bad idea to stick with Yamaha for an outboard, but it's your money and your time.
