XtremeAngler17
Member
Alrighty so after looking at all of the awesome conversions on this website i decided to get myself a jon boat and do my own little project. I am very excited to build onto this boat and hopefully learn alot along the way. Just so you know I am 17, and this is my first boat, and Im on about a 1,500-2,000 budget. So i picked up a Lowe 12 ft flat bottom jon boat. I had to drive 2 hrs to go get it but it was in good condition, it had a title, and was a reasonable price. About 2 weeks after of hard searching with no luck, i ran into a jon boat trailer. The guy was selling his whole boat setup but i drove out there (2 hrs 30 mins) and let him sniff a good portion of the money he was asking for his whole boat set up, and i came home with a boat trailer, 55 lb thrust minn kota endura c2 trolling motor, almost new, and a marine battery. People cant resist selling things when cash is in front of their nose
... So, my PLANSfor my boat is to get fresh paint(black interior and lip, and a dark red exterior-automotive paint) Build a carpeted casting deck in front and back, have a flat surface to walk on in the middle(just a carpeted peice of wood). Storage compartments, outriggers to stabilize the boat(pvc pipe, hopefullly that swing up for storage purposes) seat in the front, fish finder, livewell under the rear deck, a foot controlled trolling motor, and an outboard 6-9.9 hp... Not sure what size depends on what i can find online. :lol: So, any and all help/advice is appreciated. So with that being said, Lets get this boat ready to fish!!! =D> 8)