Seeing threads like this makes me remember that most things are all about personal perception.
I'm an ex-West Coaster, so when I hear rough water boat handling, I think about the pictures that I took back then.

It is my humble opinion that rough water handling is all about the driver, his boat and knowing their combined limitations.




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I have hundreds like these. No, I wasn't in the USCG, I just spent a lot of time offshore.

Marc

Link to more of the same

None they are all rough.

The bigger and heavier the Bus, the smoother the ride is;)

And yet another reason a Bay Boat trumps a bass boat.

I think those pictures are from me on Toledo during a storm a few years back. 😂

I�ve owned several(laser, skeeter, hawk, nitro, Basscat, Allison and now a Phoenix).of those it is a toss up between the Allison and the Phoenix.

The Allison was much more fun to drive. Aside from the speed the handling was incredible. It was so responsive it made driving in rough water easy. The Phoenix isn�t as nimble but has a deep V and weight on its side.

Great pics!!! Thanks for sharing

Bullet 21XRS

The top picture, of the three, was what my Skeeter looked like on Richland Chambers last Saturday.

Why are there not more Allison�s in Texas, at least southeast Texas? Fairly common in Tennessee and I have a friend friend that�s owned Allison�s forever. It�s the only boat he�d own. I haven�t fished out of one since high school. I believe there�s a dealer near Dallas isn�t there? If I got out of a Bass Cat I�d own an Allison.

My son and I were fishing in Tennessee last summer and a guy had an Allison with a flashed 250 SHO on it. He was making some high speed passes early one morning. He was hauling, not sure how fast he was going but he was moving.

I love these sorts of posts. If there are fifteen different types of bass boats you will get fifteen different opinions. I like a boat that travels well and on plane at about 30/35 mph in waves. Trying going faster in rough water will hammer everything in your boat and compress your spine. You will need surgery and spinal fusion by the time you reach my age which is over 60. I now own a Skeeter ZX 250. It runs well in the roughest water I take on. But when the wind blows at 30 mph on a lake like Toledo Bend, I don't want to take on the waves.

Bass Trackers and then the old school Bombers ride the best in 3�ers.

Because lightweight fast boats don�t ride good (LOL not), if I didn�t own a Bullet I�d own an Allison XB21 and forget about it, best riding boat made. People down here just don�t know much about them. All these comments about heavy boats ride better haven�t been in a true light boat. To a degree they ride better, but then someone talks about energy transfer... that heavy boat is a lot of energy hitting than wave. And it hurts. Now I do agree a lot of the brands ride just fine. I�ll rarely bag on a brand but Legend... wow... worst riding boat I�ve ever sat in as far as the 19 footer, and I can DRIVE, I can�t believe some of the good riding legend stuff I�m reading. V hull, not as much but the 19. Ouch. Someone else mentioned a light boat being nimble, and that�s just it... the nose stays up, you can maneuver very very easily based on the waves spacing, and the light boat doesn�t come down so hard when you come over one and give you that kidney lurching feeling. I�ve ridden in a lot of boats. Weight is not it. My comp bullet rides better than my standard bullet did. Same hull. Why? It�s lighter. It kisses water. My buddy with a 2018 skeeter was SHOCKED and I mean rolling on the floor calling his buddy�s shocked when I took him for a ride in my Bullet last week... and and Allison rides even better than that.

Crazy the cool aid I see drank in Texas!

Fishing World Performance boats in Dallas is an Allison dealer. They are great boats. My problem was we have two kids and with the 4 of us the Allison was just to cramped. I plan to own another one day. Cost is also a factor in with an Allison. Equally equipped, they are much more than your "traditional" bass boat.

I have a TR-22. I am not sure if is simply just the size of the boat but that Triton is amazing in rough water. I would say 2nd is Ranger.. I believe they ride a little higher in the front and have hull designs better suited for smooth rides and less on speed.