With a 30k budget you need to stay away from tin get glass! You won't regret that decision. I have fished out of most of them, but I'm a basscat guy through and through. Can't go wrong with Basscat, Champion, Ranger, Skeeter, Triton... I would stay away from Nitro. That's just my $0.02, based off personal experience. Any boat that gets you on the water, is a good boat