re: Bass vs Bay boat advice

Posted by AlxTgr

Kyre Banorg

Member since Oct 2003

86531 posts

Posted on 10/8/23 at 9:29 am to Mister Bigfish

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You never heard of EVA foam decking? Sea Dek, Hydro Turf??

Of course.

Posted by El Segundo Guy

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Member since Aug 2014

11417 posts

Posted on 10/10/23 at 4:23 am to El Segundo Guy

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If I had a family, I'd get a 24'or 26' cc boat, something like a Blazer 2440.

Kind of out of nowhere, but I'm really, really thinking about getting a cc bay boat just over 24'. I've got my eife going along with it because I told her if I hot it then I would drivee her and 3 other females in June for the big Southern Striper Babes 4 woman striper tournament.

I'd be able to put them on fish and give them a good shot at it.

Posted by AwgustaDawg

CSRA

Member since Jan 2023

13472 posts

Posted on 10/10/23 at 10:05 am to VolSquatch

Bay boat will do almost anything a bass boat will do. A bass boat is probably easier to handle on the trolling motor in close quarters because it will have slightly less free board to act as a sail. A bay boat will do MUCH more in a bay and even offshore on the right day than a bass boat will do. The bass boat hull may have a SLIGHT advantage in shallow water...but only slight if any at all.

There is a caveat...add a Tee top to a bay boat and all of a sudden you have yourself a pretty decent sail boat. Not something that can't be overcome but it takes more effort in close quarters to handle a bay boat on the trolling motor than a bass boat...it will take that much and more effort if the bay boat has a Tee Top and god forbid someone has one with a damned Bimini...

Posted by Legionaries

Denver

Member since Oct 2023

38 posts

Posted on 10/10/23 at 6:20 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

Bass fishing out of a bay boat is not great at all

This post was edited on 10/10/23 at 6:24 pm

Posted by DTRooster

Belle River, La

Member since Dec 2013

8893 posts

Posted on 10/10/23 at 6:52 pm to Legionaries

It sucks arse. Had a center console and after 3 trips it was gone. The woman wants another boat for riding and pulling a tube when the family comes down. I’ll allow it to keep mine out the salt during winter trout season but it sleeps outside next to the trash can

This post was edited on 10/10/23 at 6:54 pm

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

Here

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 10/10/23 at 8:13 pm to DTRooster

I do it often. It's not bad at all.

Posted by Mister Bigfish

Member since Oct 2018

1223 posts

Posted on 10/10/23 at 8:37 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

There are some big differences between the smaller 19-22 ft bay boats that have lower gunnels and less free board and the big 24-26 bays that are deep and heavy. The small ones are light and often only powered with 115-150 hp outboards whereas the big ones are now running 450 hp outboards.

There is a huge gap between the various styles and sizes of so called “bay” boats.