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Bass boat or Bay boat
Posted on 12/6/20 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 12/6/20 at 2:50 pm
Contemplating between these two styles of boats, while I am not a full fledged O-T baller in order to afford both boats, I am wondering how well a bay boat would work for bass fishing. I've seen folks out on Fayette County fishing out of a bay boat but I love the versatility of a bass boat yet I still want to be able fish the bay and offshore.
Is the Bay boat the best bet for how I want to fish?
Is the Bay boat the best bet for how I want to fish?
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Posted on 12/6/20 at 2:53 pm to bad93ex
Get something like an express H22B
Posted on 12/6/20 at 3:04 pm to bad93ex
Bass fishing out of a bay boat isn't a problem. I do it all the time. Saltwater fishing out of a bass boat sucks.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 3:05 pm to bad93ex
You can easily do both in a bay boat. You can’t really do both in a bass boat. It’s a percentage thing
Posted on 12/6/20 at 3:07 pm to jimbeam
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express H22B
That is a nice looking boat, is a 175 enough for open water?
Posted on 12/6/20 at 3:11 pm to bad93ex
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That is a nice looking boat, is a 175 enough for open water?
My instinct is NO, what are you calling open water?
Posted on 12/6/20 at 3:11 pm to armsdealer
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My instinct is NO, what are you calling open water?
Fishing off an oil rig
Posted on 12/6/20 at 5:13 pm to bad93ex
I own one of each, I rarely use my Bay boat but I also rarely fish anything but inland waters. Buy a boat for the type fishing you do every weekend. If you bass fish weekly and go to rigs once or twice a year buy a bass boat and cherry pick your offshore trips. There is no one size fits all boat. A high sided bay boat sucks trying to flip canes or punch lilies with a strong cross wind blowing the back end around like a wind sock and a bass boat sides are too low for big water unless the conditions are perfect.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 6:02 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Saltwater fishing out of a bass boat sucks.
There must be a bunch of people fishing out of Dularge who hate life
Posted on 12/6/20 at 6:27 pm to bad93ex
Bay boat will do everything a bass boat can do and more it just won’t be as fast. An aluminum bay boat like an express will not be something you would want to routinely take into rough bays or offshore in the gulf. If you don’t venture into the gulf and stay to the inside bays and marshes I would go aluminum. If you plan on making regular trips fishing the beaches along the coast and running to rigs on occasion the absolutely get a fiberglass bay boat.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 7:05 pm to bad93ex
Look for a Ranger 22-24 bay. Carpet that absorbs stains and glitter is for whores.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 7:14 pm to Capt ST
Skeeter bay is very close to a bass boat also fwiw
Posted on 12/6/20 at 8:06 pm to tigerinthebueche
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There must be a bunch of people fishing out of Dularge who hate life
Nah, that’s bassholes scouting for Jan tournament kickers on our duck leases.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 9:52 pm to bad93ex
Bass tracker Classic 50 HP Merc
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:08 pm to bad93ex
Always owned Bay boats, never a bass. But from what I’ve seen I’d be scared shitless in a bass boat 5 mi offshore when a summer squall kicks up
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:17 pm to bad93ex
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Fishing off an oil rig
Absolutely not in a 17' bass boat or aluminum boat, I wouldn't in a glass bay boat. A deep V 17ft is a little different, but is going to suck inshore and for bass fishing. A lot of companies use the same exact hulls for their bay and bass boats, just different decks and layouts, and of course the bay boats are suitable for the salt environment. I ordered an Avid 23fs bay boat, I went out in one. It is an impressive boat, they have 19ft and 21ft boat options also.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 11:07 pm to armsdealer
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A lot of companies use the same exact hulls for their bay and bass boats
What companies do this?
Posted on 12/7/20 at 6:03 am to bad93ex
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Bass boat or Bay boat
Is your intent to stay in fresh water only? If so, bass boat. IF you plan to ever to it in salt water, then bay boat.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 6:33 am to LSUEnvy
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But from what I’ve seen I’d be scared shitless in a bass boat 5 mi offshore when a summer squall kicks up
...or in Lake Pontchartrain just a few miles from the Tchefuncte River.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 6:50 am to Mister Bigfish
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What companies do this?
Ranger, just about every aluminum boat manufacture that has the same sized bay and bass boat using a pad hull.
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