That boat, being a vee, will handle rough water great. Both of my 12 foot vees could outdo my 15.5 foot mod vee right now, as far as rough water, and windy water capabilities. I had one of them (the narrower of the two) out in the Atlantic Intracoastal, and quite often we faced 4 foot cruiser wakes. I live right near large reservoirs with pleasure boat traffic and lotsa skiers, and never felt endangered by wakes, only by ones that want to run you over (I think too much beer was involved in that event). However, the thing I hated about them was how unstable they are at rest. If you fish sitting down, and have stationary lines out, 2 people can fish them easily, provided you do a real good job designing the storage (You can fit a lot in there, and not be in the way, if you do it right). However, casting decks are out, and standing up is iffy, although I did it alright, but the constant movement of bass fishing is just a little much for one of those.