jshock

What is the difference between a bass boat and a walleye boat?

rodney long

about 20,000 dollars


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dan

A walleye boat tends to have more freeboard and a bit more deadrise.

Dan

dan

Hardly. Compare the Ranger 620VS and the 520VX. They are about the
same and both huge bucks.

Dan

gwilber

I have owned both a Ranger walleye boat and now a bass boat. A
walleye boat has a deeper V, sits higher in the water and handles
rough water better than a bass boat. Walleye boats tend to have more
open space inside and less compartment area. Also bass boats have a
large back platform to stand on. Some walleye boats have a removable
back platform but it is usually small in comparison to a bass boat.
Walleye boats tend to be set up for trolling and for the fisherman to
be able to move around to handle the trolling rods. Bass boats sit
shallower and allow the fisherman to be able to see down into the
water better. Bass boats are also much faster as there is less hull so
they weigh less.Bass boats will also go shallower so if you fish
shallow weed flats or pad fields a bass boat would be better. So it
depends on what you are fishing. If you are on big lakes like Erie a
walleye boat would probably be better. I went to the bass masters
classic in Chicago years ago and most of the bass boats couldn't go
out on Lake Michigan because it was too rough. Walleye guys wouldn't
have thought twice about going out there because that is just normal
water for them. If you fish in-land lakes that don't get that rough a
bass boat might be better.

jshock

gwilber: Thanks for the straight dope. I live in Wisconsin near Lake
Winnebago -- a large, shallow inland lake that gets pretty choppy. I
definitely need a deep hull than a bass boat.

I guess they're called Walleye boats because walleye tend to hang out
in deeper water, which suggests bigger lakes susceptible to heavier
chop.

gwilber

I live by Bonduel and work in Appleton. Chris Rennert who is on here
quite a bit fishes Winnebago for smallmouths. Good luck on your boat
search.

bob la londe

Some bass boats will handle chop fairly well. I can run 3-4 footers at
60MPH with my Bass Cat. Its a hard ride, but safe and controllable. The
older Champions were a really good ride in Chop. I hear the newer hulls not
so much.

I suppose if one searched around there may be others. For big money you can
run a FastCat I suppose, and My Baker Custom (tunnel) handled chop about as
good as anything, and it set really low to the water when fishing.

Amyway, in general a deep V sportfishing boat or a "walleye boat" will
handle the rough stuff better and will handle bigger rough stuff. But it
will be nowhere near as fast as a pad bottom bass boat of similar length and
weight with a comporable outboard.

Might also consider a "bay boat." Its a really nice compromise between deep
V and top speed. They tend to be sold a little bigger than bass boats on
average so top speeds will be a little less than you might think, but not
pad, and they are designed for casual ocean running and out running a storm
to get to harbor safely. They typically are pretty well priced too from
what I have seen for a good size boat.


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chris rennert

jshock,

if you are chasing bass on Winnebago, you definitely do not need to go
with a Walleye boat. I have been out there in some very bad conditions
and I have a 17.5' Ranger Bass Boat. I am not saying I maybe shouldn't
have been out there, but I have, and I have handled it pretty well. The
thing is, when you are out there "fishing" you'll want the bass boat,
but granted, when traveling through some of that stuff, you wish you had
a Walleye boat. I personally have considered switching to a Walleye
boat because of the lake, but there are a lot of inconveniences with a
Walleye boat, mainly the lack of deck space in the front and back.

Winnebago, you are looking at 4 or 5' waves max. I have seen bigger out
there, but really those days just launch in the river :-).

Chris

graden l johnson jr

Jshock, I have been fishing Lake Erie all my life and I am 56 years old. I
remember when walleyes were practically non-existent in Lake Erie. But
anyway, a walleye boat has more freeboard than most boats, has a wider beam
and is a 'deep V' or a 'modified deep V' hull.
Livewells are probly less than on Bass boats, but Bass boats ride on top of
the water, like a john-boat. Walleye boats are rough-water boats cuz that's
when walleyes usually tend to bite, is when the weather gets nasty. Large
coolers are the norm on walleye boats cuz the fish are bigger and the catch
is larger. Wallaye boats usually have plenty of power, too. A lot of them
are I/O's, but I prefer outboards cuz they kick up the power faster, but
each to his own. walleye boats usually have more fishing room and some
are open bow boats...but the difference is mainly the hull design and the
freeboard...I would say that just about any rough-water boat could be a
walleye boat as long as it has good power.
HTH.......Major Magnetic


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