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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrGiggles" data-source="post: 491908" data-attributes="member: 22613">When I redid my deck, I made two large flip-up doors that open into the bowels of the front deck area. My batteries are on the left (two group 29s and a 30ah lithium), and I keep all of my tackle on the right. I have two clear plastic ammo cans, one for line spools, one for soft plastics. I believe I have 6 standard size trays, one small tray for jigging raps, and one large tray for bottom bouncing stuff all in one side of that compartment. I'm not sure how the Mod-Vs are set up but on Deep-Vs like mine the area under the front deck is pretty large. Making the doors bigger than you think they need to be will make getting batteries in and out much easier. If needed, you can also cut an access hole on the vertical face of the rear deck to slide your batteries in and out that way.I believe the factory used aluminum angle for the deck supports, probably .125 or .100. I go to the local scrapyard and buy scrap aluminum, old ladders, tread plate, whatever I can find for like 30c a pound. Ladder beams make great deck supports. For you graphs, you need to be moving at a pretty good clip (3-5mph) for side imaging to work properly. Most prefer to have it on the console so you can idle through and scan an area. Once you're actually fishing, you generally only need to know what's under you and 2D sonar works fine for that.My boat has a storage box between the seats, it came that way. It's where I keep snacks, water, sunscreen, etc. Pretty handy.</blockquote>

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