On Dec 18, 1:53 pm, jshock wrote:
What is the difference between a bass boat and a walleye boat?

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.