I only use the underside rod storage for overnight storage. It is a little bit of a pain to just swap rod a lot in the storage but everything else about the boat is awesome. If just 2 people the rear seats can come out and provide tons of room for coolers and stuff if you do much beach sitting. I can text or email any pic you want, just pm me and we can hook up.
John Wolff
2003 Allison XB21 2+2
2003 Mercury 250xs
Jay McDaniel
2003 Allison XB21 BasSport Elite 2+2
2019 Mercury Racing 300R
http://www.allisonboats.com/content/...ssport-2plus2/
I ordered the orange one back in ‘14.
Wish I never would’ve sold it
Orange one was sweet. I’d understand cloning that one...bench again?
Allison XB21 Prosport Mercury Racing 250XS with a 1.75 Sporty
No the Orange crush still live and breathes in Wilmington. She carries fish real well Steve
I bought the XB-21 BasSport Tournament 2+2 because I wanted a boat that I could tournament fish from as well as convert it to a family boat easily and this boat is amazing for that. 98% of the time it's in full tournament mode, but the 2% of the time when my family goes out is worth giving up deck space for me. I have zero complaints with my 2+2. If you fish more than you play, I would strongly consider a BasSport and if having family time on the water is something that will happen enough then the 2+2 can't be beat for best of both worlds.
I had Bill make me a deck lid for my Bassport and it's a 10 minute conversion to swap the console and the deck lid out. I'll put the console on when I have my family in or when it's cold and I'm taking a buddy out. When it's tournament time I only have the deck lid on, my Co-Angler can freeze..LOL
I have both the passenger console and the passenger deck extention but have yet to pull the console off at this point. Over 5 years I have said I was gonna try but never seem to remember to do it. Need to order a second hinge to make it much easier to convert.
Jay McDaniel
2003 Allison XB21 BasSport Elite 2+2
2019 Mercury Racing 300R
Mine came with an extra hinge and I don't use it. In order to line it up right I had to drill new holes in the existing hinge. It's such and easy swap now, I just take small vice grip and clamp a phillips head to it and use a wrench and it's off. If you fish a lot, the deck lid is AMAZING and makes a huge difference!
I got the 2+2. I like it, no I love it. On the otherhand, knowing what I know now, I wished I had gotten the BasSport Pro traditional layout with the longer front deck.
Allison XB21 2+2, Merc 250 ProXS, 1.62 Sportmaster, Hydromotive Engineering X-OB 29
Excel 1751 Viper F4, Tohatsu 50 4-stroke, EZ-Trac trailer
FeelFree Lure 11.5 Kayak
If you buy an xb21 it may be the last boat you buy.. just saying