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Equipment & Gear => Power Equipment & RV => Topic started by: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 03:53:57 PM

Title: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 03:53:57 PM: Dreaming of a new duck hunting and fishing boat. What do you have? And what would you change about it? Pics?
I am not a big fisherman take the grand kids once in awhile.

Like open floor space. Small engine, maybe some blue bird day crabbing, Maybe some blue bird dat humpy fishing.

Thinking right side console? Pros-cons?
20ft,or 18 ft?
Electric start?
Power trim?
Dull color or camo?
Blind kit.
Trailer

I know very little about boats.

With everything under $11000.00
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 07, 2014, 04:27:35 PM: Here is mine and it fishes as well. I would change nothing.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 05:12:42 PM: Nice.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: Badhabit on January 07, 2014, 05:36:06 PM: I'm adding a 45lb trolling in the bow. Summer project is to make a custom boat blind. Other than that it's good to go.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 07:29:50 PM: That's more of what I had in mind. I really like the whole interior open. My buddy's boat ia all open. He put a blind on it. We sit in lawn chairs facing out the side when duck hunting out of it.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: ICEMAN on January 07, 2014, 07:45:34 PM: Our Duckmobile, with full camo wrap, motor cover, cattails and bird on watch. Circa 1960 Sears rowboat. If I was to start over, I would pick a larger flatbottom boat. This not quite big enough... The price was right though... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 07, 2014, 07:53:26 PM: Quote from: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 07:29:50 PM
That's more of what I had in mind. I really like the whole interior open. My buddy's boat ia all open. He put a blind on it. We sit in lawn chairs facing out the side when duck hunting out of it.
The whole interior of mine is open as well.and it has gunnels that will hold 4-6 dozen decoys so you are not stepping on them.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: ghosthunter on January 07, 2014, 10:19:05 PM: Yeah my buddy built a gunnel down one side for decoys.

All nice. Let's see more.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
Post by: Badhabit on January 09, 2014, 01:42:34 PM: I had them make the grab bar removable so it will not get in the way of the blind when trailering. The open portion is a full 10' x 4'. I have the same Hydrotruf on the floor as the bow. My buddy calls it Jimi Hendrix turf. With just me in the boat and a new prop I can almost get 30 mph (gps) out of it. I think it is one of the last boats that the Moses Lake High school metal class will ever make. I heard they were eliminating the class. Really too bad because all I had to pay for was the material. It's not a "perfect" boat for fit and finish like you'd get from Gator Trax but its a boat that does what I need it to do and is pretty maint free.
Title: Re: Let's see your hunting boat. What would you change?
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