Trust me when I say you don't want to find out whats its like to plow through 5-6 ft. rollers.Remember,What goes up must come down.We hit what seemed like a rouge wave and our bow pitched straight up and all I saw was the sky.I remember thinking"Man this is going to hurt".Then we crashed down in a trough and had a 6 fter. break over the bow.Imagine running from Middle Bass to Catawba in that crap.It was not fun and my back still hurts.Oh well,If I would have stayed home I would have had to do chores.At least I caught enough fish for dinner.