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Location: Eau Claire, WI | I have two friends who fish from "bass boats" and love them..
Greg Morse from the board runs a Stratos, I'm sure he'll reply to the post. My other friend is Darren Engstrom from www.muskyhunt.com he runs a Cobra Coosa/Viper. Darn nice boat and it's like fishing from a dock. I have been in his rig in 2 footers plus and it rides great.
As far as taking a bass boat to LOTW... Any boat fiberglass or tin will have problems if you run it up on the rocks.. That being said, I run a Ranger Fisherman series and fish quite a few lakes including LOTW that have rock reefs.. I have never had a problem... I use my map, my gps and most important common sense when approaching reefs or islands. I have bumped up against rocks while fishing/using the trolling motor and have not gotten as much as a scratch in my Ranger or my Tuffy's when I used to run them.
Bass boats offer a ton of deck space, a fairly stable ride...You will need to keep your tackle in Plano type boxes instead of the larger traditional muskie boxes like Lakewoods. I guess if you do 95%+ casting I would seriously consider a nice bass boat... Ranger, Stratos, Bass Cat, Triton, Skeeter, all make good models to choose from |
