EStrong
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Hey Everyone!
Not a stranger to the Tinboats site, but now a new forum member.
I need some help. I may have lucked into a 2021 Lowe 1040 or 1240, these are really the only options I have at the moment so it's one or the other or nada. I know the 40's are stable, but how stable? I'm old school when it comes to my Bass fishing. Too old and too stubborn to get a kayak, I like to stand 90% of the time. I have put flat floors in rental Jons before and stood on the middle bench while fishing most of the day. Ideally, I prefer some type of front casting deck especially when PFS (pitch, flip, skip). For me, it's easier even being up just a foot or two higher. Has anyone put a lightweight or removable deck on the front of a Lowe 1040 or 1240? I would run mine from the bow/front bench to the back edge of the middle bench. I know the higher up you get the more tippy tippy you'll become. Most of the time I'll be fishing solo. If I bring the Sig Other or one of my buddies, I'll remove the deck and we'll put butt to bench seats, lol. I have a pickup with an 8ft bed and foldout/extendable ramp so loading and unloading a 10 or 12 footer would be easy with transom mount launch wheels. I'm 99% sure I'll get either boat, just don't want to get my hopes up and not be able mod it the way I'm picturing it in my mind. Any Thoughts, Opinions and/or Advice would be well appreciated. And, as others have done on this forum, once I get the boat and start making mods, I'll post pics and progress and what is working and what isn't.
Be Well and Fish Well, E...
Not a stranger to the Tinboats site, but now a new forum member.
I need some help. I may have lucked into a 2021 Lowe 1040 or 1240, these are really the only options I have at the moment so it's one or the other or nada. I know the 40's are stable, but how stable? I'm old school when it comes to my Bass fishing. Too old and too stubborn to get a kayak, I like to stand 90% of the time. I have put flat floors in rental Jons before and stood on the middle bench while fishing most of the day. Ideally, I prefer some type of front casting deck especially when PFS (pitch, flip, skip). For me, it's easier even being up just a foot or two higher. Has anyone put a lightweight or removable deck on the front of a Lowe 1040 or 1240? I would run mine from the bow/front bench to the back edge of the middle bench. I know the higher up you get the more tippy tippy you'll become. Most of the time I'll be fishing solo. If I bring the Sig Other or one of my buddies, I'll remove the deck and we'll put butt to bench seats, lol. I have a pickup with an 8ft bed and foldout/extendable ramp so loading and unloading a 10 or 12 footer would be easy with transom mount launch wheels. I'm 99% sure I'll get either boat, just don't want to get my hopes up and not be able mod it the way I'm picturing it in my mind. Any Thoughts, Opinions and/or Advice would be well appreciated. And, as others have done on this forum, once I get the boat and start making mods, I'll post pics and progress and what is working and what isn't.
Be Well and Fish Well, E...