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Location: Kodiak, AK | It's on the top and bottom. Look at the hulls. Multi species hulls are deeper, and the V runs to the pad. This sits the boat lower in the water, but allows it handle big water (chop, waves, etc) better. Bass boat hulls are "flatter" and meant for getting up on plane on flat water and going fast. Look at a picture of a bass boat on plane on a manufacturer's site. More than half the boat is out of the water. You won't see a 620 rolling down the lake half out of the water. They'll move, not in the manner a bass boat will. The deeper V allows for better slow water movement like trolling. Try driving a bass boat through 2-3' of chop at 4 mph. You're gonna get wet. It's a gross generalization, but bass boats are meant for flat lakes in Alabama, and muskie boats are meant for big water in the North. Yes, you see bass boats in MN and there's 620's in Georgia, but you get my point.
On top it's seating and how much of it. You don't troll in a bass boat. You get where you're going and then you cast. You need deck space for that, and that's what bass boats have. In am multi species boat, you can troll, cast, jig and so on. Having seats in a deep gunwhale is what you want in this case. You're actually sitting "in" the boat rather than standing "on" it. You'll also see rails on muskies boats for rod holders for trolling. You can also readily get full windshields on multi species boats as well, which you won't see on a bass boat.
Really it comes down to how and where you fish. My Dad lives in MN, but he fishes mostly smaller water, and while he's got a little Lund, he could get by in a bass boat because he's not out on Green Bay fighting 4'ers. If you troll, you don't want a bass boat. I fish LSC pretty much exclusively, so I've got a 620 hull which handles chop like nothing. I only ever cast and never troll or jig, so I don't even have seats in my boat!
If you fish big water, troll, or would just like more seating for the family a multi species is prime. |
