Apparently, you're not a very good driver in rough water cuz the boat that you have is one of the very best rough water boats on the market. I could crank up my 20i in a 20mph wind with boat wakes coming from every which way at the Skeeter owners and smoke past most all of the field. I give driving lessons for cheap, if interested. There's not such a thing as a smooth riding boat in any brand when the wind gets up to 25+.

RedRanger is the best driver in Rough Water

Hands Down...............

Recon Boats built in Wisconsin, best rough water bass boat made period. It's really a walley boat, built for big water, but it's closest to a bass boat as any I have ever seen.

Would you like to retract that last statement? I've been in ole' Red.

Put your eye glasses on

I said Me (RedRanger) is the best rough water driver

Reading Comprehension is what you need to google...���.

"Good rough water boat" and "Bass Boat" together is kind of an oxymoron lol. Like several have stated above, if it's really kicking there isn't a brand out there that wont be a rough ride and if you didn't like the i-class in rough water I'd get a center console or Pontoon boat!

Well. I can add this. DO NOT GO DOWN TO A TZX190! There is a reason it�s nick named �The Skeeter P***er Beater�.

In rough water, a 21 ft boat with a hydraulic jackplate, and experience. Period. Make/model doesn�t matter nearly as much as knowing how to pilot a boat in rough water.

If it was the best rough water boat out there I dont think he would be selling a brand new boat to order a Charger elite.

I have fished out of most brands of bass boats over the years. The old Champion hulls were the ones everybody tries to compare their boats too. Champion was not the fastest boat on a slick calm day but put 3 footers on the lake and the champion excels all day every day. Champions downfall has always been financial issues. Now Charger is producing the 198 and 210 elite hulls with a charger cap/topside. Charger has always been a good rough water boat that produced a low volume of boats compared to the big names in the industry. The champion ride was like riding in a Cadillac on water and easy to drive. No chine walking or backsplash coming over the back of the boat when you come off pad.

Get a Lund with some of those shock absorbing fishing seats always advertised on �In-Fisherman�. Course you are prolly going to have to move way up north hey? https://www.lundboats.com/ https://waveproshock.com/ Next thing you know you will be back trolling with leaches!

I rode as a co for two years in the BFL's, did the marshal gig on Toledo twice and none of the boats I rode in ride as good as my Phoenix 721. With that said, the best of any I rode in was with Dave Lefebre in his Ranger on Toledo, that dude can flat [censored] drive a boat living on Lake Erie.

I have had 3 back surgeries and love the ride of my boat.

As an aside, I am toying with designing a shock absorbing seat base to put in my boat, the biggest problem is the space to do it in, but I love a challenge!

Whoa?

I have an older skinny Champion that I love. Best rough water boat that I have owned or been in. There is a trade off though for the deep vee. It isn't the most stable fishing platform with 2 people in it.

Very true. I�ve owned skeeter and have a 21� ranger now. In moderately rough water where it�s bumpy but not bad enough to spear a wave my ranger is as smooth as they come. In larger more spread out waives and rollers like you�ll see on Texoma on windy days it�s very difficult to keep the nose up on a longer boat. That�s where knowing how to drive comes into play. I still spear a few and learn every time I do. In the 20ft boats that have a 250 I�ve noticed they�re able to keep their nose up easier in the really big stuff. Regardless you�ll have negative results no matter what you�re in if you don�t know how to drive it. I�ve been in newer rangers, bass cats, skeeters, and tritons and when the conditions are really bad they all suck. Just ask all the bass champs guys who fished the championship this year on Texoma and had to make the run back to way ins. Every cove on the way there was filled with all makes of boats pumping water out trying to let their bilge catch up.

I've owned Tracker, Ranger, Triton, Nitro and Champion 18-22 footers in Bass Boat hulls. The Triton, Nitro and Champion hulls that I have owned have all been 20-22 footers though. I've also fished over 6 years as Co Angler in the Top100/Top150 and Elite series when they allowed it. My opinion is the best rough water boat out there is the one you can drive the best in the rough water-You have to figure out which one works for you. Generally speaking though the longer the hull the better but that's a generality. I've owned a bass boat pretty much every year since 1988. I currently own a 2017 Triton TR22. I would say the TR22 or the 2006 Champion 210 were the best rough water boats that I've owned with the Triton TR21's running a very close second. Get out and test drive one-you'll need seat time to figure out if you want to drive it nose down/up or snowplow in rough water. If you want to test drive mine I live down by Cedar Creek lake. Just get me a heads up and we'll go out sometime and get you some seat time and I can show you how I try to drive in rough water with my TR22. One of the trade offs for a better rough water ride is you lose a little bit of top end speed-neither my TR22 or the Champion 210 were fast but still made right at 68-70. Hope you find what you're looking for. A 21' Skeeter is a nice rig though.


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I've been in most of the brands mentioned, Charger 596 has the best ride. At almost 22' long with a deep V, I personally don't believe there's a better ride out there.