Talk me into an outboard

Those of you with an outboard, how often do you really feel the limitations? I think I’d get much more use out of an outboard as I could use it as my fishing boat as well, but it also seems like that’d immediately restrict me from the marshes. However, even when I hunt with a buddy’s boat in the marshes, we can only go so far with the mud motor or surface drives as it’s just not deep enough… what are your thoughts? I’m in the Midwest