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re: Bass boats for marsh fishing
Posted on 4/29/16 at 9:42 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 4/29/16 at 9:42 am to meauxjeaux2
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80+ Causeway run
Fuuuuuck that. I got nervous just watching that video.
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Posted on 4/29/16 at 9:42 am to meauxjeaux2
I was fishing a tournament in West G Bay 2 years ago and heard a loud motor coming from about a mile behind us. It was throwing up a good size rooster tail and went through Green's cut into the ICW and then he really hit the gas. YOu could hear him hauling arse and then all of a sudden it was a loud roar and then nothing. We knew something wasn't right, so we reeled in and hauled arse through the cut into the ICW expecting to find a dead person floating. Luckily, the guy got thrown but was alright but he destroyed his SCB Stingray. It was filled with water sitting on the bank and all of the seats and hatches were floating in the channel. The top of his Merc 300 pro xs cowling was gone. Not ripped off at the point where it connects to the lower, half of the top was ripped off. Tore up the fiberglass in a few spots also. He said he was doing 75-80 and when he passed a tugboat, hit the wake and caught air underneath and it threw him. Craziest thing I have seen on the water.
This post was edited on 4/29/16 at 9:54 am
Posted on 4/29/16 at 10:13 am to boatless2
Years (many years) ago Allison made their bass boats with no carpet. Nothing to do with marsh fishing -- he didn't want the extra weight to slow the boats down (Allisons were, and still are, some of the fastest bass boats made).
Anyhow, bass fishermen got tired of busting their arses on icy/frosty front & rear decks. Darris Allison gave in and added carpeting on their bass boats to eliminate that issue.
Anyhow, bass fishermen got tired of busting their arses on icy/frosty front & rear decks. Darris Allison gave in and added carpeting on their bass boats to eliminate that issue.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 10:33 am to meauxjeaux2
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80+ Causeway run
too much wobble for me to go 80.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 10:55 am to boatless2
Fished fourchon marsh with my 18'9 triton with no jack plate. Tide went out and I couldn't get on top. Ended up pushing about 100 yards in my boxers (in January). My dad's 18' cc drafts less that my bass boat.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 11:20 am to Marlo Stanfield
Try crossing Barataria bay in 20knot wind in one of those Texas flats boats, you will feel it for a week
Posted on 4/29/16 at 1:26 pm to meauxjeaux2
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80+ Causeway run
He will be back from the east at some point and I'd bet his next SCB will be even faster.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 2:14 pm to Marlo Stanfield
would fish
I wanted a Haynie badly when I was still in SLA. If I made it back and dumped all the toys from current hobbies, I'd look into getting one. Maybe it was just from being so slow in my Ranger Banshee, but I seriously had the desire to overcompensate and run one of these bad boys.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 2:29 pm to KG6
That thing looks like it sits heavy in the water.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 2:45 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Yeaaaaa
No matter how you try to spin it, it's still an ultra light shallow draft boat. It's still going to beat the ever living shite out of you no matter how you design the hull.
No matter how you try to spin it, it's still an ultra light shallow draft boat. It's still going to beat the ever living shite out of you no matter how you design the hull.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 3:07 pm to boatless2
More reasons than I can count.
1. Marsh bass are in brackish water which WILL DESTROY the hardware and trailers usually used on bass boats. Get that Carbon Steel trailer the frick out of here, it'll be done in a year\ or two.
2. Carpet... LA marshes are full of mud and people catch more fish, particularly slimy arse trout, which makes cleaning it impossible. This leads me to the next problem.
3. We fish an estuary. Estuaries are much more capable of reproducing bass at a rate that isn't sustainable on man made lakes/ reservoirs and there are environmental factors that insure marsh bass are rarely over 5lbs. As such, we catch and keep way more fish which means carpet sucks and that live well becomes basically useless. Where to put the 120 qt fish chest?
4. 80 MPH with no brakes... Genius in a marsh where the tide ebbs and flows, old oil equipment, pipes, logs, reefs, and flats lurk at many corners.
1. Marsh bass are in brackish water which WILL DESTROY the hardware and trailers usually used on bass boats. Get that Carbon Steel trailer the frick out of here, it'll be done in a year\ or two.
2. Carpet... LA marshes are full of mud and people catch more fish, particularly slimy arse trout, which makes cleaning it impossible. This leads me to the next problem.
3. We fish an estuary. Estuaries are much more capable of reproducing bass at a rate that isn't sustainable on man made lakes/ reservoirs and there are environmental factors that insure marsh bass are rarely over 5lbs. As such, we catch and keep way more fish which means carpet sucks and that live well becomes basically useless. Where to put the 120 qt fish chest?
4. 80 MPH with no brakes... Genius in a marsh where the tide ebbs and flows, old oil equipment, pipes, logs, reefs, and flats lurk at many corners.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 3:21 pm to boatless2
"bay boat that drafts a lot"
My 20' Alum Bay a Boat drafts 7" tops . And yes the answer is Carpet
My 20' Alum Bay a Boat drafts 7" tops . And yes the answer is Carpet
Posted on 4/29/16 at 3:33 pm to rilesrick
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My 20' Alum Bay a Boat drafts 7" tops
Jesus Christ. Here we go...
Posted on 4/29/16 at 3:58 pm to Barf
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Jesus Christ. Here we go...
Posted on 4/29/16 at 4:43 pm to Barf
Posted on 4/29/16 at 6:13 pm to Canard Noir
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1. Marsh bass are in brackish water which WILL DESTROY the hardware and trailers usually used on bass boats. Get that Carbon Steel trailer the frick out of here, it'll be done in a year\ or two.
2. Carpet... LA marshes are full of mud and people catch more fish, particularly slimy arse trout, which makes cleaning it impossible. This leads me to the next problem.
3. We fish an estuary. Estuaries are much more capable of reproducing bass at a rate that isn't sustainable on man made lakes/ reservoirs and there are environmental factors that insure marsh bass are rarely over 5lbs. As such, we catch and keep way more fish which means carpet sucks and that live well becomes basically useless. Where to put the 120 qt fish chest?
4. 80 MPH with no brakes... Genius in a marsh where the tide ebbs and flows, old oil equipment, pipes, logs, reefs, and flats lurk at many corners.
1) Launches in places like Venice, Berwick, Sweetwater and Bayou Segnette are mostly freshwater.
2) I find it a bigger pain keeping the black mold and bloodstains off the white interior of our bayboat than flipping slimy fish straight from the water to the igloo in our bass boat. Plus foot per foot a bayboat has a whole lot more fiberglass to wipe down than a bass boat
3)120 qt fits perfectly between front deck and back deck of our Skeeter and makes a nice bridge when a Red takes you for a stroll around the boat.
4) All of our boats have a variable speed motor.
However I do enjoy standing behind the console more than sitting when up on plane and cruising but the bass boat doesnt get pushed around like a windsock as bad as the bay boat does when using the trolling motor.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 6:52 pm to boatless2
Ranger makes the INTRACOASTAL COMANCHE in two models. It's a bass boat built with no carpet. I think legend makes one too.
Posted on 4/29/16 at 7:00 pm to 007mag
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1) Launches in places like Venice, Berwick, Sweetwater and Bayou Segnette are mostly freshwater.
Sometimes, but it doesn't take much and every place you mentioned becomes extremely salty some times of the year.
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2) I find it a bigger pain keeping the black mold and bloodstains off the white interior of our bayboat than flipping slimy fish straight from the water to the igloo in our bass boat. Plus foot per foot a bayboat has a whole lot more fiberglass to wipe down than a bass boat
LOL, I don't want to sound like a dick but just no. What do you do when you put that slimy carpet in the garage and missed a spot? Your wife OK with this? Why aren't offshore boats fitted with carpet?
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3)120 qt fits perfectly between front deck and back deck of our Skeeter and makes a nice bridge when a Red takes you for a stroll around the boat.
Fair enough but you're still struggling for room in a comparably sized almost anything else.
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4) All of our boats have a variable speed motor.
Meh, fair enough, speed is always in the control of the captain...
It's a question worth asking but bass boats simply aren't best suited for marsh fishing...
This post was edited on 4/29/16 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 4/29/16 at 7:14 pm to Canard Noir
IMO a bass boat is perfectly suitable for places I consider to be marsh. I generally fish bass and reds in the marsh. If I'm going to be in bays or along the coast fishing for specks I'll be in my bay boat and using an anchor. Since I generally end up having to fish on windy days the high sides work best in open water with high waves and the low sides when trolling canal banks protected by the canes.
ETA: I'm OCD about bringing a slimy fish into the bass boat, it goes staight into the icechest, hook, line and sinker. Net too if we used one. Better if it fall back in the water than in the boat
ETA: I'm OCD about bringing a slimy fish into the bass boat, it goes staight into the icechest, hook, line and sinker. Net too if we used one. Better if it fall back in the water than in the boat
This post was edited on 4/29/16 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 4/29/16 at 7:30 pm to 007mag
You bring up some decent points but let's be honest, your points have been considered and the result is the flats boat...
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