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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984195 12/04/18 03:21 AM
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better just get yourself a WorldCat offshore boat if you think a 21i is a rough boat. Unless you drive it too fast in the rough stuff, it just plows through the waves. you have to use the front bow angle to break the waves or else you are just bouncing the bottom off them. any boat will be rough when you do that....even a world cat

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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984285 12/04/18 05:45 AM
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I can't tell you what is best, but I can tell you with certainty that the best doesn't have the word "Pantera" in its name.


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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984289 12/04/18 05:58 AM
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I like my Mountain Home made 1996 221 Elite Champion.

The key to a good ride in rough water is knowing how to drive. A bad driver can make the BEST boat a terrible wet and rough ride.


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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Outdoordude] #12984309 12/04/18 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Outdoordude
I can't tell you what is best, but I can tell you with certainty that the best doesn't have the word "Pantera" in its name.


I will second that. I own a Pantera Classic. It's a rough ride. Real rough. Not all that wet but rough. Only so many ways you can drive it. I never have been impressed with the ride in any BassCat I have rode in but haven't been in all the models. To me the best riding brands are Champion, Charger, Phoenix.

BassCat is solid built. The hull is a tank.


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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984345 12/04/18 12:35 PM
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I had a Skeeter 20i and it had an amazing ride, way better than my Z521. There has to be something wrong,the 21i is a very well regarded rough water boat, especially for a boat that fishes so well. Just remember, if you want something that rides great you are going to give up something when the trolling motor is down.

Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984347 12/04/18 12:39 PM
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I recently rode in a Bass cat, don't remember what series but it was one rough azz ride and it wasn't even that rough of water.

Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Capt. Bryan] #12984409 12/04/18 01:38 PM
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I grew up driving Champions, mid 80's, with the pro driver that did the commercials showing Champion doing the high speed u-turns and breach stops. It was a rush driving with those guys, I learned a lot. We would get those boats riding with maybe 6 inches of pad touching the water, every boat will chine walk if you get enough boat out of the water.


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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984427 12/04/18 01:53 PM
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There are 3 factors in how good or bad a boat rides , driver, prop and engine height. I have owned several Champions and the first one came with a 4 blade trophy that had Champion logo etched on it. Switched to tempest for more speed which I got , (2 mph ) but it wasn't even close to 4 blade for ride and handling. If you haven't had a properly setup boat for rough water your not going to like most any brand. Most if not all boats sold now are setup and marketed for top speed. I'll give up a few mph for a better riding and handling boat all day any day.

Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984477 12/04/18 02:44 PM
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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984612 12/04/18 04:33 PM
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I think the conclusion has been made. Find someone who really knows how to run rough water and let them drive your boat. Sit in the passenger seat and soak it in. Pay attention to anything and everything. My college partner and champs partner had 2 different 21i's. I still have not been in a smoother ride and have ridden in pretty much everything. I wouldn't even call him that good of a driver.


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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984685 12/04/18 05:39 PM
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So this one time I was running 4 footers at 70 MPH in my (insert your boat brand) boat.



A good boat operator will make a mediocre boat perform well in rough water and a bad boat operator will make an excellent boat perform terribly in rough water.

The operator is 85% of the performance in rough water.






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Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984689 12/04/18 05:48 PM
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Learn how to drive your boat in rough water , Steering , Speed , Safety is what its really about , as mentioned before : I Spend more time on the deck with trolling motor down . If the wind is going to be hard Ill be prepared , Time and Location .

Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984705 12/04/18 06:02 PM
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I'm a Skeeter guy... but IMO Charger makes the best rough water boat on the market.




Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: Ty's Team] #12984862 12/04/18 07:42 PM
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Had a Triton TR-21, now have a Triton 22TRX, a little different hull design (wider/longer), but both are the best I've been in, in bad rough water. Hated to let it go... but had an '89 Stratos 201 PRO (heavier), that was also the best ride ever.

Re: Rough Water Bass Boats [Re: buda13] #12984887 12/04/18 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by buda13
I'm a Skeeter guy... but IMO Charger makes the best rough water boat on the market.

That flat footed Buda could make a naval destroyer ride rough the way that maniac drives. sarcastic


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