I know exactly what you mean! I put a alumn. deck on my old 14' X 36" Jon boat. I put it in storage last year because I bought another boat. I miss my little Jon, it is great bening right on the water and having a nice platform you can easily pitch from. One thing I think is missing from most boats is a GIANT livewell. I used to use a 15 gal or so ice chest, but jumpped up to a 15o Qt ice chest and could easily put a 5 fish limit of good size bass, no sweat. Where did you get you livewell you installed? I was looking at the ones Cabela's has that are 48" long, now thats a livewell. I'm with you I like builtin livewells.