85+ in bass boat

[SluggoMaster]

WOW! Go figure, a bunch of rednecks in a bass boat going probably 100+ back where I’m from. J The guys filming this are going 85-90 and there are guys leaving them in their wake.

http://home.comcast.net/~corywurst/jasper05.wmv

Awesome video!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Yeah, I saw that video last week. Awesome! That hole shot is unreal on the first boat that takes off. I don't think I'd really call them bass boats, though You don't see any trolling motors on the bows!

[river rat316]

Those are not Bass boats, not even close

OK I take that back one of em is that yellow one looks like a Blazer or an Allison but doesn't look like its set up for fishing, that one that shoots up the middle is a rigged boat probably a blazer or an allison, the one with the hole shot is not a bass boat

[Daze Off]

Awesome! Makes me wish for open water and it's only December. Not sure I would want to travel at those speeds - fastest I've ever gone was a couple years ago in State B.A.S.S. Fed Tourney - partner had a Skeeter that he took up to 73 mph (on GPS unit) because we were cutting weigh-in VERY close. Single console too so got beat up by the wind pretty good.

Thanks for sharing the video clip.

Daze Off

[Ray Esboldt]

Good gracious!

I once road at 78 mph (console speedo) in a 16.5 Skeeter with 150 Suzuki Super Six on it. Not a good ride!

[smallie_hawgin]

I think I still get more of a rush running a set of challenging rapids in the RP.... 3" of water!! and boulders @ 15-40 mph.... But then again, I am a river rat too....

I used to fish with a bass club in TX that some of the guys were runnin super mod 2.5 l motors and claimed they did better than 100... Only ever rode in a ruig that did 80... admitedly scary!

Either way speed is a tru rush, especially on water.

[riverrat56]

HOLY dump, man I want a ride in a boat like that, unreal, those things haul ***.

[Quickstrike]

I've seen it done before, my uncle owns a 19 ft glassport tunnel hull bass boat he got down in Kentucky. He bought a Mercury high performance 2.5 efi from my other uncle when he sold his drag boat and quit racing. When he was younger and more advereous he had gps speeds coming in well over 90 and his boat is fully rigged for fishing. Now with a wife and kid, the boat travels at much lower speeds.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Ohh yeah... well my dad... LOL... That was a pretty cool video. Actually my dad has gone much faster, but not in a boat like that. When I was younger my dad drove inboard dydroplanes(similar to the Miss Budweiser) So we were in a different state everyweekend on a different lake, where my love for fishing started. Anyway, I think my dads top speed was right around 140 if I remember right.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Maybe your Triton could use an upgrade, Dietz???

[ChuckN]

That's awesome video. I'll have to view that again as the ice is coming off the lakes. LOL I wonder what I can do to my 2.5 in the off season...

That one yellow bass boat with the 300 looked like the winner. Insane fast!

[Bushwacker]

That looks just like the takeoff our one of the 2005 Statewide LETS tournament

[Tom Wilson]

actually, the Bullet boat that goes ripping by him and one of the other background boats, both have trolling motors on the bow. The Yellow Allison is also a bass boat. We have two guys in our club that have 80+ mph boats--one is a Triton and the other is a Gambler. Mine topped out one time at 73 gps, but runs a consistent 63-65mph. Plenty fast enough for me.

Tom W

[JPSavage]

I'm thinkin 30-40 mph max, that way I don't have to bring extra underware!.....LOL

[Maineiac]

Speed on the water is indeed a rush. One of my partners has a 21 foot Gambler and I have ridden in it at 86 and that was a serious trip. He can get 91 out of it by himself and all stripped out but 86 or 91 sure seems faster on the water. Thank the stars for that second console. Another friend has a Javelin that will run 70-72 all day but the lack of a second console does make it seem faster.