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Location: Kodiak, AK | If you're going to exclusively or mostly fish big water, and you aren't carting the family around, get a bay boat. I fish LSC exclusively. I mean, I've litterally not launched my boat on another body of water other than LSC. I bought my boat en route to getting stationed here, and it's the best boat I could've chosen. Even over a standard sit-down 620.
It's perfect. I mean perfect. I've got an 01 Ranger 200C that I got from sled. This was one of Ranger's first shots at a bay boat, and before they had a dedicated 20' bay hull. So they took the 620 hull and put a center console in it. It's the "old" 620 rated for 225 and not 250, but that's fine by me, seeing as their current 20' bay with it's new bay hull is only rated at 150 hp. So if I bought a new 20' Ranger bay boat, I'd lose 75 hp.
But being able to stand up does two things. Primarily, it puts the load of big water chop on your legs instead of your abs and back. Secondly, and it's a very close second is you're up 3' higher than someone sitting down and your visibility is significantly better. You can pick your battles, and see down into the trough much easier. I rode in a 620 on LSC last year and I felt blind and just felt like my back was taking a beating, and that's a 620, and not even a bass boat.
620's and other multi species hulls (never been in a Tuffy) ride fine and better than most boats, but once you've driven standing up, the stability and comfort in big water is night and day.
As far as length, I like my 20'. A 22' would be doable, but is more than I need for fishing just by myself, which I do 95% of the time. I know Dahlberg has that 24' bay, but man that's alot of boat in the wind and on a trolling motor. I could go 22', but I'd leave 24' for true bay fishing in big saltwater. JMO.
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