Your boat..

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2013/03/20 11:42:58 (permalink)

Your boat..

I have been thinking of adding a platform to the front of my 14'. Most of what we fish here in the NW is small boat water so show your rig...:)
Here are a few sights I looked up to get ideas.
Boat Conversion

[class="post"]http://www.correllconcepts.com/boat_conversion.htm

[class="post"]http://www.secretweaponlures.com/odf/odfsite.html

[class="post"]1977 Lund Rebuild

[class="post"]1977 Lund Rebuild Complete!!!




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    CRAPPIE_SLAYER
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 12:48:38 (permalink)
    Redid a mirrorcraft I bought a few years back.  Absolutly love it now.  Heres the before and after pics.  Unfortunatly I don't have any pics of it with all the goodies I put on it.  Check out tinboats.net for LOADS of info.
     
    Boat porn...

     

     

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    TheBlueLagoon
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 12:56:53 (permalink)
    Crappie, I actually read through your postings the other day, you did an unreal job, turned out fantastic. was it expensive to do?

    Got Walleye???
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 12:57:21 (permalink)
    A few photos of my old 14 footer, I sold her last weekend. It may help with ideas for your boat
     



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    CRAPPIE_SLAYER
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 13:08:02 (permalink)
    Thanks TBL.  I'm pretty proud of it.  Really can't remember the exact #'s, but I would say around 600 - 650 in the boat and trailer.  More of my time than anything else
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 16:39:19 (permalink)
    Crappie, I didnt even think those photos were of the same boat. Very nice job on that.
     
    Here is my "new" rig that replaced the 14 footer in my first post. I got this boat at a great price so I couldnt pass it up. It came with the 70hp I hung the 9.9 on it and ran controls to the console. A Terrova bowmount with I Pilot, lowrance Elite 5 up front and one at the console, and a Lowrance HDS 7 gen 2 with HD side imaging also at the console. I had her out once so far since I got it, I really like the upgrade over my 14', and I really loved my 14'.




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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 17:33:12 (permalink)
    Thanks anzomcik.  Like the new ride you got.  Bet that thing clips along pretty good with the 70hp pushing it.
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    anzomcik
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 18:07:27 (permalink)
    She does pretty good, when that 70 decides to go to the big lake in the sky this boat will get a 115 (max hp motor) and then it will make the local lakes very small.
     
    Again very nice job on the boat.
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/20 23:20:23 (permalink)
    Very nice guys! Those are awesome! Not going that far with mine...just a front casting deck.

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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/21 08:26:44 (permalink)
    Check the message boards over at tinboats.net ....best site ever. Thats all they do is rebuild old aluminum boats into fishing machines. they show step by step how they do it too.
    http://www.tinboats.net/f...87574183645999663f5c4f
     
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/21 10:12:30 (permalink)
    Mikastorm, thanks for starting this thread! And thanks for posting the pics and info guys! I have a bare bones 16 ' 1980 Lowe that I bought last May that I'd like to fix up. It gets me out on the water now, but some of the rivets and seams weep so there is always water on the floor.
    I don't want to get into anything too detailed, but I'd like to maybe take out the bench seats, seal the floor real good, put in a flat plywood floor with swivel pedestal seats. And then maybe a storage locker running down the port side.
    Crappie_Slayer that rebuild you did looks beautiful! That looks alot like what I had in mind, although it's gonna be a year or so before I can save up the $ to do it. I think this year I'm gonna try to just get the seams and rivets sealed up and be happy with that.  
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/22 16:33:08 (permalink)
    I'll be building a casting deck with storage for my 18' Lund Alaskan as soon as the weather warms up. Pics to follow.
     
    Should be set up perrrrfect once i add the front deck...
     

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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/22 17:12:19 (permalink)
    Nice boat! Looking at crappie- slayers setup and yours I think it will turn out great!

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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/22 19:31:01 (permalink)
    mika have same boat. carried plywood over front seat built batt box along front and hatch between bench and front. boat under wraps ill shoot u a pic next week or so .
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    woodnickle
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/22 21:07:58 (permalink)
    Do you need a new seat?
    Closeout Tracker Seats

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    woodnickle
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/03/22 21:14:41 (permalink)
    Fishing just got a lot more fun, now that I drink a beer for every fish I don't catch..

    post edited by Mikastorm - 2013/03/22 21:26:04

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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/05/21 08:36:16 (permalink)
    Here is my boat. I finally finished my 14ft rebuild. It's not perfect, but It's definitely an upgrade. 
      

     
    Here's the start LOL    



        








     


    post edited by TheBlueLagoon - 2013/05/21 08:54:34

    Got Walleye???
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    CRAPPIE_SLAYER
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/05/21 20:24:10 (permalink)
    Wow! That looks great TBL.  Nice work.
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/05/22 07:15:42 (permalink)
    Thank you!

    Got Walleye???
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/05/22 08:01:30 (permalink)
    I like the staggered down riggers. Great idea for a small boat.
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    Re:Your boat.. 2013/05/22 08:20:20 (permalink)
    I have had a lot of success on the riggers, it was the best $100 I spent on the boat.

    Got Walleye???
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