Article: Back to the bay: Bumble Bee's new Back Bay 20 offers fresh- and saltwater anglers plenty of versatility and bang for their buck.(Product/Service Evaluation)

Bumble Bee's latest entry into the bay boat market, the new Back Bay 20, was so new when we arrived at the Bumble Bee plant in Tullahoma, Tennessee, this past April that it still needed a few tweaks and a general cleanup before we could hit the lake to wring it out. In all fairness to Bumble Bee, that was because BWB Editor Steve Quinlan and I arrived two days ahead of schedule. 'Bee President Lance Cooter had popped the first hull and deck from the new molds just a few days prior to our arrival, rigged it with a new Yamaha 115 two-stroke and fitted it to a galvanized custom trailer.

Cooter had wet the rig just once the evening before we blew into town, and it ...

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