Trying the lake on different days and seasons is a good idea. Summer weekend boat traffic can stir things up depending on location, definitely different than mid week.
Bear in mind that every boat is a compromise, it's going to be hard to find everything that myself and others have listed above the first time out and especially in a used boat. Hard tops are not common on smaller boats either and can limit your mainland options ( I don't think you can rack / valet a boat with a hard top, would need a wet slip.) it may be possible to retrofit a hard top, there's plenty of ocean fishing boats that have them but it's likely a custom job and not inexpensive. I'd want to be sure I really liked a particular boat before going in that direction.
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