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I recently owned a Lowrance 535, it has a cone within a cone making your picture come from a wide angle shot......great for finding structure and cover.....ended up with a 60 degree field of view. You may want to think on a wide angle finder, you pick up a lot of details other finders may miss...

I like their store brand Excel mono. I have a spool of 6 lb that is tough and fairly abrasion resistant....I also think that it doesn't stretch as much as some of the others. I also use their XPS brand hooks, the offset shank worm hooks in particular and have not had any troubles there either...

Ben2Go, thanks for posting. Am going to start decking and carpeting a floor in my V boat shortly. You posted just in time. Thanks for the info. Good Fishing, Mac

Waterwings, good point. I'll mount something in the metal bulkheads just above the flooring sections to prevent the fly out from happening. I'll have to give it some thought as I want the flooring sections moveable so as to dry them out from time to time.....particularly after getting caught...

For those of you who may want a picture.....Slime Time posted a couple pics at the beginning of the Boat Talk Forum in the post a pic thread. It's on page 28 of that thread. Thanks again Slime Time!!! Just read Slime Time's post just before this one...whoooops.....

Now that things are getting conceptualized, I'm planning on making the plywood a close, but not tight fit on the ends and sides, then when I put on the carpet, I'll slit it diagonally on the corners and fit the carpeting around the edges and under the plywood an inch or two. The carpeting will...

Got it, Thanks, Mac

Thanks to you all for responding. Slime Time, I'm now thinking of exterior grade plywood painted with a couple good coats of oil based enamel, then applying marine carpeting over that and making them in sections that could be lifted for dryinig out between outings. By sections, I mean not...

Getting a new g3 Guide V16 and will be putting in flooring between the seats. Am thinking marine plywood but don't know what thickness will work the best.....will be framing under it so it will have ample support, but have not a clue on what the proper thickness would have to be. Thanks for...