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I bought these clips at a local marine store (here is LINK ). Works great and they don't move at all with two clips for each seat pole. The poles are just tucked under the front lip of the front platform. Jason

De Hoog, Here are a couple pics of the side storage - nothing fancy... Facing aft: Facing forward:

Same here - I just picked up another this weekend as it's been great for the price. I opted for the version with Microguides and they are great. Sensitivity is incredible on braid. Fishing a 6'9" MH-XF tip and been throwing Senkos. It's got the backbone I need and the weight of the rod is so...

I'll grab a couple pictures later (camera battery was dead..). It was fairly simple actually as an add-on. I had already built the front and rear decks as well as the center floor. I wanted side storage with the lids at the same height as the f/r decks and the width was about 10" at the top...

The gray paint was just some good quality rattle can paint. I primed with an aluminum primer spray paint then shot it with the gray. It's working out good, not flaking and wearing very well...

Supports are 2x2 Doug Fir. Just the right size and support IMO.. 5/8" ply deck and all wood is poly'd and painted to water proof... Decks are SOLID - no soft spots or movement...

Been spending weekends on the CA Delta and this has worked perfectly. The 12 footer is a little small for rougher water but we have enough slough's here where you can escape the rough water... It'll run 22mph on GPS with just me in it which works fine for covering water. Hull is pretty good for...

Steal as many ideas as you can (I did :wink: )... I'm glad I stumbled across this site - lots of creative people that helped me figure out what I wanted from a layout.

Here are some pics of the side storage - still need to build the right side... Looking aft:

I think it's about 50" so just over 4 feet from the point of the deck to the rear. The deck where the trolling motor sits covers about 10-12" of the deck, but your feet can go under it and it's pretty far forward so you wouldn't want to stand up there anyways... The rear deck is 3 feet deep and...

With wifey I can hit 19 mph (by GPS), with my buddie a bit slower as he's got a few more lbs on her. I haven't ran it solo but I'd guess around 20ish. Buddie and I fished the CA Delta all day today and we had no issues with both of us standing while bass fishing. Might go with a leaning post up...

No problem - I think it took me around 1 month to do most of the work (working every eve for a few hours) and some on weekends. The 12 footer is a tad small but works out great. The only thing I would do differently would be to plan my tackle storage a bit better. The 12 has limited space where...

In that picture you see the seats on the boat with the 11" riser pole removed. Both the seat base and the riser pole have a 3/4" shaft that enters the base so I can use the seats at the position in the picture when we are cruising across the water and it takes a few seconds to lift the seat and...

I was thinking the same thing as you when I started. The front deck is at the same height as the front bench and I didn't go any higher to keep the CG a bit lower. If I had to do it again - I'd keep them at the same height, but maybe make them a bit longer. I fish from the front mostly and don't...

I used 5200 along my bottom (interior side) on my 12' V where the seams meet and it's riveted. I had some slow leaks and none at all now.

Summers hit it on the nose... Tempress seats, picked them up from Cabelas as I had a gift cert there... The posts are just 3/4" pin style and they had a base, post, and seat base combo at Cabelas for $49 so I grabbed that too. Comfort wise - worth every cent!! Here's a couple more pics...

Thanks for the complements all! Here are a couple of pics from last week - better view outside the garage...

Currently mounting a small platform at the front and I've built a bracket to move my transom trolling motor into a bow version. Had to swap the control handle by 180 deg and worked perfectly. Used a piece of heavy angle iron that was painted to mount the motor to. Waiting on the weather to...

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And more... Decking in - carpet added...