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Props to this guy for going pro and proving himself. I'm aa huge fan now.

Great to see you in a BassCat, they are an amazing boat backed by an even more amazing company. Rick is top notch as are the fine folks at the company! You’ll love the SHO, just make sure you break it in correctly. They are great motors!

Ben, Awesome to see how hard you've worked for what you are doing. It's great to see Ron grabbing ahold of you and joining the Basscat Family. It's an unbelievable hard journey. I've done it and glad you are in the position with you're family. Your family is the Rock that holds it all together. God Bless Brother Tad

Happy to see you in a Bass Cat. They are incredible boats made by incredible people. When you started describing what you wanted in a boat, I was thinking Bass Cat the whole time. Glad you followed through!

Wow, brudda! Good for you! Is the reality of any of this starting to sink in yet (like being in the elite series, getting offers from sponsors, the extent of the Hangover sales, etc)? You are a real inspiration to the average Joe, and proof that anyone can make it big if you bust your ass to pieces. Congratulations again, 1000x over and thank you for doing what you do. I'll be watching with everyone else while you whoop some ass in the year(s) ahead, whether that means blue trophies or just big personal victories. You'll be winning one way or another.

Welcome to the basscat family. You will love that Puma STS. I have the same boat and she will run rough water. Best of luck this year.

Bro., this boat is top notch, I’m sure you’re in heaven. Bass Vat is an unbelievable boat maker! Plus, like you said, it’s hand made each one! The detail and time they have put in is ridiculous!!!!!

Awesome to see you went with a Bass Cat! Rick Pierce is an amazing man to work with, a true inspiration and a great role model! Everyone at Bass Cat does an amazing job making these boats what they are! Welcome to the family bro, you’re going to LOVE it!

Welcome to the Bass Cat team!! The reflex flooring is bad to the bone. You’ll love that ride. Fast and a GREAT ride! 👏🏼

Bro drank all the basscat Kool aid. I prefer my skeeter fxr layout and storage. Like you said, they're all great boats now. Everyone has stepped up their game. Love the Yamaha!

Welcome to the cat family! The best boat out there and they fish amazingly you will not regret running a cat.

Great looking boat! Only thing I’m not a fan of is how far the trolling foot pedal is. Totally fine for offshore but when I’m skipping and pitching I like to be as far up as possible. That way I’m not smacking everything installed up front

MAN OH MAN!!! It’s so nice bro.!!! Congrats on the new rig!!! Definitely, a dream for most of us!!! It looks so sleek and badass!!!! Can’t wait to see how many tourneys you win in it!!!

Put a Y or T in place of the tank switch and draw from both tanks. It has been done before on Bass Cats

Bro’s about to win a Classic in this boat!! What yall think?

Welcome to the bass cat family ! Fyi those bilge lids are on a slip hinge making them removable for easier access

Congratulations Ben you earned it man I can’t wait for you to kick ass in the elites

The battery tray in the Basscat is a bullet prof item. I have a 2006 Cougar no problems. The key is to put an extra jam nut under the flange and keep the single nut from loosening. Now, if your new batteries will not fit, that would be great to share on your rigging video.

Nice boat. I’ve never watched any bass anything. I found your page looking for livescope videos. Now I watch about 5 bass fishing channels lol. I’m looking forward to watching you fish in the Elite Series. 2 months ago I didn’t even know what the elite series was.

Since I started bass fishing in the early 90's, Bass Cats have always been my dream boat! Im a Merc guy but my tournament partner has a SHO on his Ranger and its a bad ass motor! Not to mention you can have the ECU remapped and get a bunch more HP's... congratulations you bettttt!

Congratulations on the new boat!! LFG Ben, Slaw, and Mfers 💥

Ben is so cool, he's going to put forward facing sonar on the stern. NO LOOKING BACK!!!.

Nailed it! My wife wasn't impressed at all when I guessed the boat you picked. 😂🎉 I jumped off the couch with excitement from my pick haha.

Bass cat does fit you perfect Ben looking forward to seeing you in it for the classic.

Nice bro ! Congratulations!! Almost thought you were rolling out an IKON lol

I got to go out on a co workers 21 ft bass cat once on Kerr lake. that baby did 80 mph and thats the only speed he knew. my cheeks were flapping in the wind and tears out my eyes in july. lol. bass cats are awesome in my book. love your color scheme on it. Nice boat Ben, hope that yamaha treats you good. my dad had a 25 hp yamaha. thing was bullet proof.

Badass boat my friend, I used to run one myself and I think you are going to love it so much, congrats!!!

Gotta love the move to a SHO! I can’t even explain the superiority over the other options.

Sweet boat, interesting storage layout compared to other's i've seen for sure. Can't wait to see it fully rigged!

Awesome boat Ben! Great pick. Looking forward to seeing you compete against the elites!

From a 2005 Basscat purchaser, it's about time! You should love it. Imagine the Un-subs you'd get if you bought a Nitro.... Best of luck this year! ❤

Congrats 🤙

@MilikenFishing FYI... you mentioned the access of the rear battery compartment and how its easily accessed from the rear... the whole lids remove for access from inside the boat

Lets go Team Basscat Baby! I run a 1993 Pantera 2! Love that thing.

Sweet! 402 in the Cathouse. I'm glad Rick picked you up, and Will Bowden is the best marine mech in Harris county.

Bad ass!! Thanks for the detailed tour of boat!

"No electronics, just all in my head gonna fish like fishing was intended" suck it Randy. Glad it all worked out man let's go MFers looking forward to the journey.

you're gonna love the Yamahammer! slick boat dude!

I'm not fond of the bass cat but I'm happy for u brother u deserve every sponsorship u get and I'm gone watch if u fish out of my old 87 Fisher 😂😂 good luck this year hope u win the classic and aoy

You’re going to love that SHO. It’s a beast.

Looking forward to seeing you kick some ass this year!👍

For those who didn’t want to watch the video, the new boat is a bass tracker classic XL. Throwback to grampa’s puddle princess. Good luck with it big fella!!!

Love the new boat!!! My bet was you were going to get a Falcon, but I was wrong. LOL They all are good boats and like you said, they better be for what the prices are!

Welcome to the bass cat gang 💪🏻 me and my father split a bass cat in 2022 best buy of my life the thing is nothing short of incredible. Only problem 😂your gonna kick all our ass at the bass cat invitational 😂

I like how you four boards are on your boat no swearing sit down can't wait to see all the rest of the detail that you were going to put

Congrats and welcome to the family

Good idea staying away from the slam latches they had in the past! Nice Rig

Nothing better than the Bass Cat! Send it!

Love the move to Basscat! Awesome company and awesome boats!

Great video really enjoyed working with you on this looking forward to delivering it

I’m glad to see you went with basscat. I knew it when I saw the tongue of the trailer❤ W boat

Basscats are sick. I run a Jag on Lake Erie and couldn't be happier with the build quality and how it handles the water. Enjoy, you'll love it up north

Heck ya ole bass cat gunna out run em for sho like the colors can’t wait to see ya shake up the elite series 2024 is ur year CMON

BassCat is the best hands down. You’ll love how she runs !!!

I knew it was a Bass Cat even before you revealed. Love the look .

Freaking knew it! Hell yeah! I've always wanted a cat man glad to see you fishing outta one looking forward to watching you fish out of one

Beautiful boat Ben, you'll be happy with that Yamaha, they're the only outboards we trust when running 30+ miles out into the ocean. Bass cats are phenomenal boats, they're a top tier company when it comes to quality and customer service, right up there with Ballistic and Gator Trax. I'm happy for you bro, watching you evolve over the years has been awesome. BTW, it's cool you're giving Mealy a shout out and some love, they do great work and would love to see their YT channel grow. Keep up the grind.

Way to go my friend outstanding choice on the boat you couldn't have done better if you tried I can't wait to see the finished product😅

Think you will like the new Cat. I'm running my second one and absolutely love them. Good luck with it and this year!

Sweet! I’m so glad to see you’re with Bass Cat. I love my Bass Cat P4. I’ve fished out a Puma on a couple of occasions and they ride and nice. I got mine through Bowden Marine in Houston. They do a great job. Good luck this season.

I was able to order 2 in fast sink. I think that’s the best option even for shallow water. I can see the Med/slow sink being an action issue reeling it in. Just for my personal preference in south Florida. I know I’m going to land a giant peacock bass on em

You won’t be disappointed! Great boat and great customer service, Rick is an awesome guy.

BassCat has always been an extremely high quality built boat and family owned. First boat was a basscat and definitely will own another. You’ll love it!

Ven, glad you are getting it done on time! Nice boat and touches!

Nice rig, you will like BC, great ride, and nice to fish out of, Good luck, and tight lines!

So very cool. I work for the company that makes the plastic parts for Minkota and your trolling motor. I was looking and see you have an Ultrex and I recognize a lot of the parts. Good luck in the upcoming season and look forward to seeing this boat in action. Cheers from Wisconsin

I love having 2 gas tanks, probably the best feature of the boat

Nice! Went to go get some of those Hangovers the other day, man y’all sold out quickly😂 can’t wait to try one out!

Welcome to the BassCat family 🎉🎉 Best people in the industry! Can’t wait to see you drive it for the first time.

You will love the basscat

Very excited for you my friend!! Congratulations on your success!! Pulling for you!!

Runnin the Bass Cat with B. Lat! and Ike

That’s awesome! I have the same boat. You will love it!!! Welcome to the BassCat family.

Love it! Been waiting for this reveal ever since my better half ran into you at our local HEB and you told her diff boat this year!! Can't wait to see how Mealey Marine tricks this sucker out!

2004 Ranger 520vx rides so good but damn new boats are incredible, the light colored sea deck is going to get dirty quick but looks better than the darker colors

Black Betty 2.0,sick looking ride

broooo that boat looks sweat! and the new MK brushless, nice!

best bass boat brand on the lake!! you have BBC all fired up!!! lol!!!!

Wouldn't you want the gas tanks to evenly expel gas versus having uneven weight on back of boat? Or do you switch tanks back and forth as you go to keep weight even?

You getting roasted over on swimbait universe about the hangover 😂

Great looking boat Good luck next season

“No electronics this year “. 😂. You’re killing me dude. Congrats on the new ride!

Bass cat is one of the best man! Congratulations

My MAN!!! That boat looks dope. Just needs a big white owl sticker on it 🌳😎🌲. Sweet moves my dude. Keep’em cummin

Nice! Welcome to the BC family

I REALLY REALLY want seadek in my champion 203. The deck lid situation is the only reason I haven't done it yet. My carpet is getting brittle and starting to pull apart, so I gotta do something. Wish seadek could come up with something to solve the lid situation

I also have a puma sts and I love it

I ended up buying a Phoenix a couple years ago but when I was looking these guys were definitely on the short list of boats I was considering. I was on Toledo Bend last year fishing with a buddy who bought a new Bass Cat and we ran across the lake in some extremely nasty waves and was impressed at how well it took it. But this day and age most of your major manufacturers boats are phenomenal and it basically comes down to layout of your compartments in my opinion.

I'd love to get on the wrap. I missed the deadline last year, unfortunately.

Get some of the SeaDek cleaner spray because it gets stained! Amazing stuff though its so soft on your feet.

My Dad has a house on Lake Murray that is a Airbnb if your interested. Should have his own ramp installed by then also.

Hell yeah Ben!!! That’s one bad ass unit! Stoked to see you get to rippin in the new rig🔥👌🏼

Bowden Marine is an incredible dealership with incredible people. You will realize how lucky you are to live that close to them and get to continually use them when needed.

Ben sharp looking boat. Have a great year.

Sweet rig Ben. Can't wait for the Elites to start. Gonna try to make it to the Classic. Would love to support you at that event.

I'm going to be so happy that you are going to be fishing with Richard the and good luck getting some good

Sick boat, sick install.

Now I want to see your fishing kayak.

Love the boat! I wonder why they are getting away from the slam latches, Rick seemed super excited for them to be released?