Hunter06FlKy

well i already had my dad's canoe and kayak down here but i finally got a fishing boat!!! it's nothing special but its a 12 foot aluminum john boat. i found it out on some of my family's property. the thing's in seriously good condition. i'm working on getting a 2 horse and a trolling motor to go on it. i won't be using it on big lakes hopefully so it should work fine. i would have a pic but my sis's cat broke our digital camera!!![:@][:@]

Dukebh40

awesome... me and my grandpa go out on his 10 ft johnboat alot and its great. congrats on the find and good luck to you

Champlain Islander

Good going and happy fishing.

Chuck7

That's all ya need .I have a ten footer and I can get to some tight spots and get a meal of fish anytime. It's great for flippping in tight cover too during spawning season. Only bad part...I can't fish on big lakes which get white caps . That is not smart. But...I hav elots of small lakes and pits to fish in. Since yo are limited with space I sure you are looking for a motor with it's own tank. Yamaha makes a 8 HP with an inline tank. I also made a nice live well out of a cooler for when I pan fish. If you put them on a stringer down here in Florida the gators will grab your stringer and tha tis bad. I glue one of those Walmart 20.00 airator in the botttom of the cooler. Guess which glue works and will last for years.Good ole Shoe Goo. It's water proof. Works like a charm. All the others did not work.
Chuck

Hunter06FlKy

i'm working on getting i think a 3 horse or something like that from a friend of mine. i don't need anything bigger than that right now. i'm also trying to get a trolling motor to put on the front. my friend has a livewell like that and i was thinking of getting one too. i'm also working on a removable fishing deck for the front. do you think that would work???

m.t.hands

great hunter06, that will be a great fish catching machine, try to keep weight down on anything you add, like the fishing deck, i did one years ago, with some aluminum angle and some .090" +\-sheet of aluminum, mine was welded in though, but it worked out pretty good. one great thing about a boat that size is you can get in some narrow water

Hunter06FlKy

yeah and plus i don't need a trailer for it. it fits right into the bed of my truck. i haven't gotten the motors for it but i can just take them off.

thundermug

Just get the big trolling motor from Walmart. it will move a boat that size pretty fast! When you get the motor, get a replacement prop, and heat the blades and bend them a little and you can get more speed.

Rebel Hog

Hunter, I have a 14foot john boat with a Minn-Kota 40T
W/36" shaft, 40lbs Thrust. No problems!

Chuck7

Sorry for not getting back sooner. I hav ebeen spending more time on the Deer Post and Religion.

Sounds good to me. My 10 foot is very strong. It is a welded boat. I had a 3 1/2 Wizard on the back a 1953. I finally sold it as a collectors item. Did you mention carpeting it. It is real easy. Put contact cement on boat and carpet and then stick together avout 30 minutes later. the only problem I have noticed with the small boats are the casting. The guy in the front has to be very careful using baitcasters.
God bless and have fun,
Chuck