Recent content by Pemnuts

My son asked me to look up some videos about fishing from Seth Burrill and Anglers Xperience - and i am glad that i did.. There's over 190 videos of nothing but great tips on fishing, from how to avoid line twist to catching the big one and nearly everything in between for the fair weather...

When I first saw this boat in person I never really thought I would see the build part come to an end, but now there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. The top part of the front deck is not finished yet - just sitting in place with the hummingbird 597ci HD in its location. It'll be...

In the pics that follow you will see I decided to staple my hatch hinges on, I realize that the staples will eventually pull out. After a few minutes of debating with myself about whether to use piano hinges or use a spare tie down strap for this, you can see that I won, and "Git Er Done" took...

We used fiberglass resin to coat our wood decking, not much to say about it other than it's going to seal out moisture. A couple days curing time in the shed worked out well. It's a wonderful thing to have a son that likes fishing, loves boating and is very handy at getting things done...

Thanks again for the positive comments guys, it's inspirational to see others appreciate work being done on a 24 year old boat =] As for craigslist boats, this one turned out to be a good deal for us - and if it were not for this wonderful website we might not have had the nerve to even...

Yeah jasper we're happy as can be with it, and fishing out of it is awesome for us because we've only had a smaller boat or canoe to work with prior to this one. Some of the comments I've heard locally were that they too - have also seen this boat on craigslist and they didn't make a move on...

Sunday came a day early and we got out to test the new motor and fish for a bit. All in all it was like a perfect day cuz the evinrude 20hp pushed the boat at a solid gps verified 20mph like rscottp said it would =] We're extremely happy for that, and we also managed to catch a catfish for...

This Sunday we'll be going fishing to see how things work out with the new motor so we can post results after that.. For now - just a couple pics of more work under way in the deck.

Thanks Jim, always an honor to get friendly comments =] Here's the motor - 1996 20hp long shaft Evinrude.. and for a kicker, i have a 1985? 3.5 horse suzuki.. We managed to get the deck framework supports almost done - I think i bought the wrong piano hinge, it's flat.. prolly needs to be...

A local dealership had a 1996 20hp Evinrude long shaft for 800 and tax.. 2 pulls and it started and ran real smooth - went into forward and reverse gear well. I hope it pushes our deep v well enough to get around lakes and up the river. We're not looking to go fast, just reel them in fast...

Thanks for the compliments guys, we're looking at spending a bit more than we wanted to originally, but isn't that how it generally works? I seriously wish i had more time and especially more money.. but then i wouldn't be modifying anything, I'd just go buy whatever suits me and then sell it...

Yeah Rscottp i did get your pm, thanks ! You were right - it didn't leak =] The boat's transom is 22 inches and now we're looking for a long shaft motor or alternative to making the Merc. 18XD work with a jack plate - Any how, here's todays pics. Keep in mind, we're still in the modifying...

This is a mock up of the front deck support, the rear live well material was used for flooring in the front of the bow to allow vertical supports to be put in, having a sawzall makes this easy work =] The support for the pedestal seat is held up by angle that is attached to the live well...

The floor framework is nearly finished, just a couple small pieces left to put in. Once this is done we'll be looking for a nice day for a leak test at a local lake =]

I left one vertical panel inside the empty hull to show how the others would be installed, once they have been modified. The other pic shows a close up of the same thing. At the bow you can see a normal rib and right behind that going toward the stern is the two vertical supports for the...