'83 Mirrocraft 16' Lake Fisherman II Restore

[diveralex]

Thats good to know , ive been wanting to trade my 9.9 for a good electric. Guess i should keep my 9.9 for my downrigger.

 

[henro]

I know my 16ft mirrorcraft is not good on the electric motor (55 lb) at all. Very slow.

Never tried to troll down riggers with it

Not what I was hoping to hear but what I was expecting...

 

[henro]

Will I still get a days worth of juice from a 80lb 24V setup on the two 29's if it's used most of the day trolling which won't be heavy throttle?

 

[henro]

Made some progress this week... Sealed the drain holes on the keels with allen head locking nuts which we rtv'd to seal up. The rivets were leaking in an unreachable spot under the keels and inside the ribs of the boat so when the keels filled up the water came in. I also g flex'd all the rivets exposed in the middle of the boat. Water tested it today and there was no more water coming in. After that I finally got to paint the inside of the boat and the benches. This week I'll be able to put the floors and seats back in and start wiring everything. I bought a new 600gph bilge and float switch for insurance





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[henro]

Just won an 80lb Minn Kota Traxxis on eBay for $399 too! Going to sell the 55lb model I never even used yet.

 

[henro]

Made some progress today working on the boat. The floor is now in as well as the benches. I made custom mounts for the downriggers as well.

I'm waiting on seats to come in I ordered as well as 6 gauge marine wiring for the batteries. I'll be picking up another 27 series battery this week to have 2 sets to run the 80lb 24V minn kota all day.

Still ahead will be wiring the batteries and all accessories including the 2 bilge pumps, humminbird helix 5 si fish finder, lights, and accessory plugs. Have to decide where to mount 4 battery boxes, gas tank and the bait well. Also have to figure out mounting the transducer for the fish finder. New trailer tires need to get swapped on. Both gas and trolling motors need to get situated for steering as well.

The boat cover from iboats.com was an extremely tight fit and is a couple inches too short making it barely stretch fit. I'm hoping it will stretch sitting in the sun after a few days. I don't have the stand up rods in the pic yet as I need to make mounts to hold them up.

 

[KillerJ]

Your new deck looks awesome. I'm replacing mine in the near future, hope it turns out as well as yours. I really like the Mirrocraft boats. Ive had mine out in some nasty weather and it has always felt very stable.

 

[henro]

I ordered a transducer plate and 5200 epoxy to mount it because I really don't want to drill anymore holes in this thing. I'm only gonna have the 8hp on the back at most so it won't see much speed. Anybody see any reason why it wouldn't be able to hold with just epoxy?

 

[Gators5220]

Lookin good man

 

[KillerJ]

5200 is probably the toughest adhesive I've come across. I bet it would hold your transducer plate just fine.

 

[henro]

Got the wiring plan figured out with my electrician buddy today. Bought the second 27 series battery for 2 sets to keep the 24V juice running all day. Also decided to stop playing around and ordered a Minn Kota MK 440D 4 bank 10amp on board charger. The mounts for the downriggers are finished. I'll post up some of the electrical board and looks tomorrow when my buddy and I can hopefully finish it after I get out of work.

I'm tentative on drilling the holes for the transducer plate and just might use the 5200... If I drill the holes will they need to be sealed inside and out? I would have to pull the back seat bench up again to get to it now and I really don't want to.

Thanks for the input and if anybody else has any advice please share.

 

[henro]

I'm lucky to have some great friends helping me with this build. I had work yesterday for most of the day and my buddy worked on a lot of the wiring while I was at work. Next step is to hook up the lines for the batteries and it's pretty close to finished. I mounted the transducer plate with 5200 yesterday so that will take 7 days to cure.

 

[henro]

It's been tough to find time to work on the boat this week and it's also been extremely hot and humid but I've knocked some small things out. The downrigger weight retriever's were mounted today as well as new cleats and eye hooks on the trailer to better strap it down. My friend is going to work on knocking out the wiring this evening while I go to complete the state boating license testing. He's also going to mount and hook up the on board charger. The 80lb Traxxis is mounted now too. Not too much left...

 

[Kismet]

Henro...you are doing one fine piece of work on that boat!

Thorough, professional, and painstaking.

Nice.

=D>

 

[henro]

Thanks! Passed the test tonight too so I'm all legit!

 

[henro]

Worked on the boat until almost 1am last night with my journeyman electrician buddy hammering out wiring the accessories and batteries. Just have to finish the 2nd set of batteries, wire up the lights and it should be close to complete. Will be working on it all night tonight as he leaves tomorrow for Virginia. Hooked up the trolling motor to power and I was surprised at how whisper quiet that Traxxis motor is! So close!...

 

[henro]

Just got in from working on the boat all day today... Very close to completion now. Going to put seats in later after I fish it a bit to see how I want them. Rewired front and rear lights including adding front LED strip navi lights. Rod holders mounted up, may add more after I fish it. Almost completed rewiring batteries after moving front set to the back as there was way too much tongue weight. Mounted the on board charger and plumbed the wires but still have to hook them up. Added the reg numbers and named the boat finally. [emoji41] Should hopefully be fishing on it Thursday.

 

[linus™]

https://forum.tinboats.net/download/file.php?id=76154&t=1

You sure you have enough rope?

 

[henro]

https://forum.tinboats.net/download/file.php?id=76154&t=1

You sure you have enough rope?

I have 2 of those 300' 1/2" spools... lol. It's for fishing in the deep reservoirs here for lake trout dropping herring. Need to anchor with the wind at one side of the boat so you can run measured depth lines on one side and bottom lines on the other so they don't get pushed into each other or tangle. Anchor one end in say 65' of water and motor out to 125-150' and drop the other anchor and pull the boat back in between the two. Some of these lakes by me go over 200' deep. Don't have to run that technique all the time luckily since I have the downriggers and a drift sock as well.

Here's an article that references the technique:

 

[jethro]

Don't often see many coldwater fishermen on here like me! Nice setup, looking nice! Downriggers a rare sight on this forum!