2016 Sea Hunt Gamefish 30 — Pass Christian, Mississippi

A 2016 Sea Hunt Gamefish 30 at Pass Christian, Mississippi, asking $145,000 through popsells.com — one of two brokers we hold this listing from. Sea Hunt builds value-priced saltwater center consoles in South Carolina at a volume that has kept it among the best-selling saltwater brands in the country for years, and the Gamefish series is the fishing-first end of its range, with the 30 at the big end of the line: a 29-foot hull drawn to fish offshore first and carry a family second, the dual-purpose brief at a production-boat price.

Two honesty notes. We hold no sister Gamefish 30 to benchmark against, so the ask has no same-model yardstick. And our record for this hull carries no condition detail and no time on market — unknowns for the survey to settle, not virtues.

What the shelf does place is the price position: $145,000 for a 2016 sits at the top of its age bracket on the Gulf's center-console shelf — the same money or less buys newer hulls nearby, if you will trade some length. It belongs with the powerboats; know which trade you are making.

The clearest version of that trade is the 2021 Robalo R272 at Metairie — five years newer for $10,000 less, giving up a foot and a half of hull:

Where the opposite instinct leads — more boat rather than less money — the 2023 Wellcraft 302 Fisherman at Key Largo is seven years newer and a foot longer for $24,990 more:

And if the Sea Hunt drew you on value, the 2017 Sea Fox 288 Commander at Marrero plays the same value-brand game one size down — a year newer, a foot shorter, $25,005 less:

But if it is the full 30 feet of fishing deck an hour from New Orleans you are weighing, this is the one to survey first: