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Post by bodeen on Oct 29, 2012 5:47:39 GMT -5
This fish was caught in the Tippecanoe in White County Indiana. Less than a pound off the Silver Bass state record. Entry #3
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 16:34:08 GMT -5
Got the below deck access panels cut out. I think I will go this route for the cubby hole. Can put storage boxes three deep in it.
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 12:47:09 GMT -5
Got the floor cut to size and placed in the boat. Made the rear deck a little longer in the front to make a little cubby hole to put things in. Threw some scrap together to see how it looks. The uprights aren't needed for support. Can also just have the bottom cross board be a 1 by and use some brackets to secure it to the floor so items in cubby hole won't slide forward. Also thought of using cargo netting or some type of bungee. It is still up in the air, but I got plenty of time and options on that. I have put off cutting the access panels about as long as I can lol.
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 8:20:29 GMT -5
Got the front decking cut to length, just need to trim it to fit. Front decking trimmed up. Deck Riser for trolling motor mount. Access below for a couple storage boxes. Rear deck area. Was thinking about covering the entire back, but with the cooler in there to be set up as a live well, I was thinking of just doing the seat area. Rear flooring. No floor in yet, just some insulation to deaden the sound. Rolling around the back end idea. Will probably leave it open. Other than putting in access doors in the front deck, I am almost at a stand still until I get the trolling motor and fish finder for the front. Can't do much of anything until I figure out the wiring now. Happy with how it is going so far. Front access panel configuration will be next up after rear deck and flooring. Went back out after supper and came up with a design for the access panels to below deck. The cubby hole under trolling motor riser should hold all the cranks I will need for the type of fishing this boat will be set up for. Getting ready to head back out and work on the rear end design I thought up. Always good to procrastinate every once in a while and see what ideas pop up.
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Post by bodeen on Oct 22, 2012 18:33:14 GMT -5
Here it is, in the beginning
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Post by bodeen on Oct 22, 2012 16:48:36 GMT -5
Going to be putting a deck in my Jon soon and was wondering if anyone has done this and has any words of wisdom. It seems like a pretty straight-forward process. Dress it up a bit and I might use it in the river a bit more. Which is good since I have a ramp about ten minutes from the house.
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Post by bodeen on Oct 22, 2012 13:33:02 GMT -5
Decided to hit Bass today in order to mark some ice fishing spots and cycle through some gas. With afternoon storms predicted, the bite could be on. I didn't pick up any bait for the trip since I just planned on pulling cranks and maybe trying some spoons. I was the only one on the lake the entire time I was there. Weekday, deer season, and low low low water are the primary reasons. When launching, don't go too far to port or you will be in a foot of water for a long time. When coming back, don't get too close to the pads or you will end up having to drop the trolling motor to get to the ramp. Decided to jig a bit before I starting pulling cranks and put on a 1/4 ounce white with a translucent chartreuse 3 inch grub. Picked up a couple of small bass with that. Pulled it through what looked like a decent ball of bait on the graph and had something hit it but I couldn't get hooked up. Went to pulling cranks and had my three favorite colors out there going and they wouldn't hit a thing. Trolled from 3 feet all the way to 20 feet without a single pullback. Decided to call it around 11 since nothing was going on and it was looking like a yellow bag kind of day. Good thing too, cause the closer to home I got, the darker the skies looked. Two miles from home there was some viscous lightning strikes and I was backing the boat into the garage as it started to rain. I was able to find a couple nice spots of weeds and get some marks put on the Humminbird. After this weather clears out this week, it will have to be some spooning on Culver and some more ice spots marked up.
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