First time boat owner

[montesa]

That flooring makes me wanna crank up the music and crack one open.

 

[sklfco]

I only see 2 things missing,
Back rests, man you gota be tough to go without em. Stadium seats at least

Pics from the water!

Edited to add:
If your doin wiring, these will save you a ton of headaches in the long run.

Representative fotoz, I am not pitching one vendor over another. It is a small investment up front that will pay dividends over time.

 

[HoLeChit]

That flooring makes me wanna crank up the music and crack one open.

I was originally going to go with battleship gray with a dark gray floor with black contrasting grooves, but I figured that warships use gray because it helps them blend in. I don’t wanna blend in when there’s drunk guys on pontoons and wakeboarding boats out. It also jazzes things up a bit, which I like.

 

[HoLeChit]

I only see 2 things missing,
Back rests, man you gota be tough to go without em. Stadium seats at least

Pics from the water!

Edited to add:
If your doin wiring, these will save you a ton of headaches in the long run.

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Representative fotoz, I am not pitching one vendor over another. It is a small investment up front that will pay dividends over time.

I swear by heat shrink crimp connectors, and I need to get a few of those weather pack connectors. Right now I ghetto rigged my front finder with a Deutsch connector so the wiring can be removed with the trolling motor. Looks pretty bad.

I thought about putting the seats back in, I have some nice blue and gray vinyl folding swivel seats that came with the boat, but but I figured that they would just end up reducing the amount of space to move around and add weight. I typically stand on the benches when fishing. I’m taking it out for a 4 or 5 day hunting and fishing trip this weekend and gonna make my decision next week I figure.

More pictures coming soon!

 

[El Pablo]

I only see 2 things missing,
Back rests, man you gota be tough to go without em. Stadium seats at least

Pics from the water!

Edited to add:
If your doin wiring, these will save you a ton of headaches in the long run.

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Representative fotoz, I am not pitching one vendor over another. It is a small investment up front that will pay dividends over time.

I use those waterproof 2 wire connectors a lot on my Jeep

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

Already did, went out before those pictures were taken. Flung mud on the boat, broke a rivet on a light bracket running into a tree, got the first paint scratch, and caught 6 fish. I say we got the breaking in started!

Haha sounds about right! Good deal. Awesome fishin rig

 

[HoLeChit]

Spent half the day on the vertegris river, caught more little guys than I could count, and I managed to somehow catch a good handful of shad, despite my best efforts and repeat YouTube video watching. There’s something magical about being the first guy out on the glassy water as the fog is clearing.

 

[HoLeChit]

Only took one trip down the vertigris main channel, for good reason. Spent half the time dodging sticks and logs. But, my little 9.9 will push me down river at 18mph! This is supposed to be a video of it, I don’t know if it will upload.

I also became an bonafide boat owner today. Forgot to put the plug in. Dropped the boat in the water, pulled it to shore, parked the truck and went pee before coming back to the boat. Heard a tear and a pop, didn’t know what it was. Turns out my plug was out and my auto inflating life jacket went off. Guess I gotta learn the hard way sometimes. On the bright side my bilge pump really moves some water and I know the life jacket system works. I also went from 9 feet of water to 6 inches of water on the same stop in the middle of star lake near braggs. That wasn’t comforting. Looked at my finder/plotter, saw the sudden jump, Felt my skeg hit sand and back in deeper water.

 

[dennishoddy]

Here’s some interior pictures. I want to redo the electrical connections inside the switch box, but that’s gonna be this winter or something. Hence the crappy temporary switch labels. The middle seat holds safety equipment, tools, and two group 31 AGM batteries to ensure I have enough juice for multi day trips, front deck has enough space for all my other gear plus some. It’s a mess right now, trying to get everything sorted before heading to the Arkansas for our first river trip.

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Love that interior look. What did you do it with?

 

[dennishoddy]

Spent half the day on the vertegris river, caught more little guys than I could count, and I managed to somehow catch a good handful of shad, despite my best efforts and repeat YouTube video watching. There’s something magical about being the first guy out on the glassy water as the fog is clearing. View attachment 277647View attachment 277648

Is that by Bluff Landing on the Verdigris?