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Post by banksidebandit on Feb 9, 2013 17:37:15 GMT -5
Here's my $100 boat and trailer. These are pics from last year and I've made a few improvements over the winter. Rigged up some better rod holders because I plan to try drifting this year. And got some better seating this year as well and a buddy made me a Mud Minnow vinal decal to put on the side. All fiberglass boat and it helps when we bang around on rocks and stumps in the shallow Scioto. We try not to spend a bunch on improvements because we don't want to polish a terd. So for the most part if it can be functional cheap we go the cheap route.  Put a pretty deep gauge in the front there you can see where we put Bondo on it. Tried lifting the motor and drifting down through a shallow section of the river and that was a bad idea.  It had a steering wheel console but the cables and pullys were all rotted and broken so we just cut it out and made more room. Also plan to deck the bottom of the inside of the boat to where it is flat and level.  |
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Post by bassmassey on Feb 9, 2013 17:47:29 GMT -5
Aint gotta be pretty to catch fish.....i like it
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Post by Smoothkip on Feb 9, 2013 18:17:39 GMT -5
Nice looking rig bro! A fella i used to fish with had a boat similar to that with a 5 horse and caught many 30 and 40 pound shovelheads from it. Said the guys with the fast boats overlook the big fish holes! LOL!
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Post by banksidebandit on Feb 9, 2013 20:32:26 GMT -5
Yea I hope I find some of those big fish holes he's talking about this year. Never really got on anything with much size last year. Got a depthfinder finally so that will help us find some nice holes and underwater structure on the bigger rivers. We've had 4 ppl fishing off that boat at once quite a few times and have a number of wild stories. The boat name was debated for a long time with "Mud Minnow" and "Death Boat" being our 2 options if that gives you a hint.
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Post by Smoothkip on Feb 9, 2013 21:07:21 GMT -5
Remind me to stay out of that boat then! LOL!
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Post by bassmassey on Feb 9, 2013 22:09:05 GMT -5
If i get the chance to fish the river this spring I can show.ya a.few things ive figured out fishin the muskingum...if I get some time off im.always lookin for someone to fish during the week.......you know.how.it.goes, everybody I.call can fish during the weekend......dang weekend warriors.....i endup.fishing solo.alot on the weekday
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Post by Skyline1506 on Feb 10, 2013 8:57:42 GMT -5
i say that will fish just fine. nice boat bud
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Post by banksidebandit on Feb 11, 2013 16:57:03 GMT -5
Sounds good massey I'll def. keep in touch. Hopefully this season we'll have more successful fishing trips than boat wrecks and motor failures.
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Post by riverrunt on Feb 12, 2013 21:50:45 GMT -5
I say any boat that floats and the motor runs is a good boat.I fish the scioto too with my 12 foot aluminum puddle jumper.Had a lot of memorable trips on the river.Just bought a bigger boat and going to try the ohio some this year.So if ya lookin for someone to fish the river this year get ahold of me.I live on eastside of c-bus.558-5487
Mike
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Post by Catfish Troy on Mar 22, 2013 5:14:02 GMT -5
Nice piece! The little boats always get the biggest fish.
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Post by banksidebandit on Apr 3, 2013 18:06:24 GMT -5
Here's some of the improvements I've made to the Mud Minnow. Only thing left to do is mount the motor and put the decals on.  This is a rod holder I made out of PVC pipe. I saw some made like this online but I opened the side up on it for easy access. Also cut some tubing and glued it on so the PVC doesn't dig into the cork handles.  I used half inch all thread with 4 nuts and washers to attach the holders to the boat. I can adjust the height by threading the bottom nuts up further on the bar. I've tested them with a rod and they seem to be pretty strong. The only flex is in the fiberglass on the boat itself.   Also ran toggle switches for the lights and ran the wires through some conduit up to the front underneath the edge of the boat and to a set of alligator clamps where our battery sits.  This is what it's lookin like now. The fish finder mount is on the back bench for when I fish on it alone and can see it while driving.   Couldn't keep the dog off the boat during the process. Don't know why my buddy looks like he is trying to hand her a beer in the second pic lol. |
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Post by Smoothkip on Apr 3, 2013 18:23:36 GMT -5
Looking good man! Cool Idea with the rod holders! Cheap but effective!
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Post by Skyline1506 on Apr 3, 2013 19:06:53 GMT -5
very cool dude. looks like you ready for water!
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Post by banksidebandit on Apr 4, 2013 21:16:02 GMT -5
Yea Kip my buddies work construction and got the pipe and all thread for free! I plan to slowly upgrade to driftmasters, but I mainly only tight line for channels so I think these will hold up fine.
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Post by Skyline1506 on Apr 5, 2013 7:49:11 GMT -5
I hate when i get cuts on my cork
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