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Flats boat vs bass boat. Flats boats are made for the flats and light bay fishing with a guy poling and a guy fishing. Well a flats boat has advantages that bass boats dont. Recommend hull type depends on the body of water you are fishing and size.

Yes they can and very well I might add also with more people and I will even go on further to say better if catching fish is more important that fishing the flats traditionally. It is used mainly for both fresh and saltwater fishing. Egret Boats the Rolls Royce of flats boats Todays Skiff Porn is by Egret Boats.

Deadrise is important because its a common measure of how soft a boat will ride. Both boats are amazing fishing and hunting vessels. OK you saw the part where I said Bay Boats can go flats fishing.

Some people ask why they cant use a bass boat in saltwater since it is similar to a flats boat. Egret is known among many hard core anglers as the Rolls Royce of Flats Boats. Put another way more deadrise generally equals the ability to run at faster speeds and slice through the chop.

The Egret 189 is the industry leader in flats boat design construction techniques and materials. Bass Boats have a flat front hull designed to skim the water surface while the hull of the Deep V narrows toward the bow into a V-shapehence the name. One difference I have a little concern over is that most bass boats have carpet and somewhat of a lip on the front casting deckand fisherman seem to put their rods gear on there.

Trim tabs are almost universal on flats boats because if the chop in the water gets high the boat user can use the trim tabs to force the bow of the boat high up in the air to get above the chop. Should I put a disclaimer here. The design of each type of boat presents several options and abilities that the other does not share.