[Brady Mears]

No wrong choice there for your inshore fishing activities.
Both are awful choices for your offshore excursions you describe.
If you insist on taking a cat bay boat offshore the shoalwater would be last choice as it is lighter and you will get tossed.

I have a buddy that's a guide and he takes his tran 120 miles offshore sword fishing almost every week... I was just wondering if the shoalwater was any better in the swells ...

 

[Brady Mears]

http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=599929&highlight=sword
Running deep can be done in a 24 SVT. I wouldn't do it but it can be done. This might help with your pick.

This is him he's a friend of mine ! I have been on both boats offshore when it was smooth was just wanting some feedback on which would be best for the
Swells and a all around boat

 

[Brady Mears]

It just seems to me with such a focus on offshore there are at least two manufacturers that make massive cats designed for shallow bay/offshore that would be much more confident in those conditions. Shallow Sports giant cat and Dargels giant cat seem to fit that bill so much better.

The thing is it's so much cheaper to buy a tran svt than a dargel Kat or shallow sport x3 and the tran from what I have seen and heard can do pretty much the same thing ...