New to the site, so will give you the overview:
Picked the boat up last weekend for $200. Boat only no trailer or other parts but figured for this price could afford to put some money into it. 14' Deep fisherman Mirrocraft, had some minor dents and dings. Found a trailer on Craigslist for larger 16-18' boat and planning to modify it as needed. Got new tires and wheels under it and a nice spare. In the "hull" thing for around $500 now (pun intended)
The plan is a simple restoration overall with some "mild" mods or additions in time:
- Repair the necessities (transom board, minor dents knocked back out, weld up small holes left from emblems, prep, paint, repair/rebuild seats, add new padded seats)
- Clean up trailer, install new wiring (had some bugs only right side works) plan to just get new maybe some LED, got new rubber and wheels already.
- Have a donated 7.5-10 HP motor that runs but have yet to get it from some family. Want a trolling motor in time.
- Possibilities: bow fishing area, bi-mini? recommendations??? likes dislikes???, lights for night? dont know how much I plan to fish at night right now (from the boat anyway, I fish a lot from the bank at night as it is).
Anyway any recommendations suggestions or constructive criticism is appreciated. This is my first decent sized boat, I also have 1960s era 12 foot flat bottom.
Picked the boat up last weekend for $200. Boat only no trailer or other parts but figured for this price could afford to put some money into it. 14' Deep fisherman Mirrocraft, had some minor dents and dings. Found a trailer on Craigslist for larger 16-18' boat and planning to modify it as needed. Got new tires and wheels under it and a nice spare. In the "hull" thing for around $500 now (pun intended)
The plan is a simple restoration overall with some "mild" mods or additions in time:
- Repair the necessities (transom board, minor dents knocked back out, weld up small holes left from emblems, prep, paint, repair/rebuild seats, add new padded seats)
- Clean up trailer, install new wiring (had some bugs only right side works) plan to just get new maybe some LED, got new rubber and wheels already.
- Have a donated 7.5-10 HP motor that runs but have yet to get it from some family. Want a trolling motor in time.
- Possibilities: bow fishing area, bi-mini? recommendations??? likes dislikes???, lights for night? dont know how much I plan to fish at night right now (from the boat anyway, I fish a lot from the bank at night as it is).
Anyway any recommendations suggestions or constructive criticism is appreciated. This is my first decent sized boat, I also have 1960s era 12 foot flat bottom.