hercdrvrwo
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Hello Everyone! This is my third attempt at posting here! I have been a long time fan of this site and never thought I would be here! I always thought all of this stuff would be out of my league but here I am! Thanks for everyone's posts...truly an inspiration! Such an inspiration that, as is the case with several recent posts, I decided this past weekend to destroy my boat and strip it down so I can build it back up the way I want it! But First...
Me: I am a C-130 Pilot Stationed in Fayetteville, NC. I have ~ 12 yrs in and only 8 more to go! I have a wife & two boys 6 & 8! They are growing up fast and helped motivate me to mod my "duck" boat into a more versatile duck/fishing boat. This is the first year I will take my oldest out on a full hunt on the boat and also the first summer that he has been enjoying lure fishing for bass! As you will see a lot of my comments belong more on duckhunting chat rather than here...but like I said, it is this forum that has inspired me!
My Boat: It is a 1986 Grumman V-Hull, I purchased it two years ago after a deployment. There wasn't a whole lot to do on the boat as my intention was to only hunt out of it and put it aside the rest of the year. It was brown with tan grass stencil painted in blocks....HIDEOUS!! The first thing I did was to paint the boat like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3_UvZeeOs This was what I used to help guide me, I used PVC pipe like the guy in the video because of my gunnel and chine. Once I got the ugly off of her I decided to build a scissor blind onto the boat based on this: https://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=124449, mine didn't turn out this this...but is was awesome none the less! So it brings me to today -- before I had never cared about the boat other than, can it get me to the ducks...now--I got other plans! Finally, the boat had a dropped in floor using pressure treated lumber and black carpet. It also had a small deck that sat ~ 12 inches off the front seat and on top of the gunnel at the bow. This guy had a foot controlled trolling motor mounted to the top, which I never used unless I was on an electric only lake. I hated the **** thing and it just got in the way. It also had a side console that was doing nothing but holding my anchor/nav light switches.
SOooooo.... I ripped it all out--every last thing...right now she's sitting in the garage ready to be rebuilt. See my Pictures below to follow along, and then I will make more posts with better details...but I am a monkey and pictures are worth 1000 words!!!
Enjoy
Herc
Me: I am a C-130 Pilot Stationed in Fayetteville, NC. I have ~ 12 yrs in and only 8 more to go! I have a wife & two boys 6 & 8! They are growing up fast and helped motivate me to mod my "duck" boat into a more versatile duck/fishing boat. This is the first year I will take my oldest out on a full hunt on the boat and also the first summer that he has been enjoying lure fishing for bass! As you will see a lot of my comments belong more on duckhunting chat rather than here...but like I said, it is this forum that has inspired me!
My Boat: It is a 1986 Grumman V-Hull, I purchased it two years ago after a deployment. There wasn't a whole lot to do on the boat as my intention was to only hunt out of it and put it aside the rest of the year. It was brown with tan grass stencil painted in blocks....HIDEOUS!! The first thing I did was to paint the boat like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3_UvZeeOs This was what I used to help guide me, I used PVC pipe like the guy in the video because of my gunnel and chine. Once I got the ugly off of her I decided to build a scissor blind onto the boat based on this: https://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=124449, mine didn't turn out this this...but is was awesome none the less! So it brings me to today -- before I had never cared about the boat other than, can it get me to the ducks...now--I got other plans! Finally, the boat had a dropped in floor using pressure treated lumber and black carpet. It also had a small deck that sat ~ 12 inches off the front seat and on top of the gunnel at the bow. This guy had a foot controlled trolling motor mounted to the top, which I never used unless I was on an electric only lake. I hated the **** thing and it just got in the way. It also had a side console that was doing nothing but holding my anchor/nav light switches.
SOooooo.... I ripped it all out--every last thing...right now she's sitting in the garage ready to be rebuilt. See my Pictures below to follow along, and then I will make more posts with better details...but I am a monkey and pictures are worth 1000 words!!!
Enjoy
Herc
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