Center Console Vs Deck Boat

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Center console vs deck boat.

Simple center consoles are among the least expensive fiberglass boats on the market. Most bass boats have the console near center of the boat also but most center consoles are much deeper and heavier than the standard bass boat. Few boats can offer more versatility control and purposeful space of a center console except when it s a hurricane. Our angler in chief lenny rudow has been doing center console fishing boat reviews for multiple publications for over 25 years.

Here are 20 of the best center console boats that measure under 26 feet currently on the market. So some builders took a fresh approach combining twin consoles and an open bow with the proven deep v running surfaces from ccs. Center console fishing boats at the lower end of this size class usually feature a single outboard while boats pushing 26 feet usually offer an option for twins. We not only invented the wide beam deck boat we ve been refining it for more than four decades.

In addition the wide open deck space makes the center console better suited to fishing. When it came to picking 10 top center console fishing boats under 20 000 even though we ve only had fishboat reviews in fishtalk since last april we felt we could nail it down without a problem. There are nearly limitless choices out there for center consoles of all sizes and hull designs from deep v s to powercats which can be had with little more than a hull deck and console. The v shaped hull of the center console makes it much more capable of handling rough waters than a deck boat.

On the bay boat side one very visible difference will be a casting deck requiring an upward step to reach the water. Center consoles have been the choice of serious offshore fishing enthusiasts due to the ability to fight pelagic predators from basically everywhere on the boat. Most center console boats feature a head within the console and some larger models may even have a cabin like boston whaler s 370 and 420 outrage models. No matter how posh however ccs are still primarily fishing platforms.