TC1OZ

Fancy photography, bring on the fish porn!!

Great report! Nothings better than fishing with family!

I'm loving all the ideas I'm getting from people. This will be a job on the budget so anything that sounds too expensive is probably not going to get done.

But I have some marine plywood for free, so replacing the wood won't be an issue.

And I've had many suggestions on painting it. We'll see what happens when I get 'er in my possession.

Anyone have a suggestion on wheres the easiest place to drop it in around St. Catharines? I won't be using a trailer... Putting it on the roof and strapping it down... I guess I could just loosen the straps and slam my breaks at the bottom of the ramp... lol.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions!

i would just pressure wash it , (if you dont have one go to your local coin wash )

sand the seats smooth or recover to avoid slivers if your gonna have the little one in there

like mentioned painting the inside is just a waste its gonna look the same as it does now in a month

other than that i would just use it if it doesnt leak , or if it does use that money to fix the leaks

 

 

if you were planing on putting a motor on it i would replace the transom wood

Sounds like solid advice! I just need to get the boat in my hands to measure the wood. I should be able to get that replaced free of charge. My father in law is re-doing the wood in his 14' Lund and this man spares no expense lol.

I fixed up this old 12 ft to leave at a remote lake 2 yrs ago,the paint was peeling badly & I used a soft brass wire wheel to remove it.The boat was a chronic leaker so before I painted it I sprayed all the seams with rubberized rocker guard.I used camo paint from CTC.After 2 seasons use it still doesn't leak.

I love it! This is exactly what I want to do with my boat.

A license or registration is mandatory for all pleasure craft equipped with motors of 10 horsepower (7.5 kilowatts) or more, including personal watercraft.

Currently, proof of competency is required if you fall into one of two categories:

1. You operate a pleasure craft fitted with a motor AND are born after April 1, 1983; or,

2. You operate a pleasure craft fitted with a motor that is under 4m (13 feet) in length (regardless of age).

If you were born before April 1, 1983 and operate a pleasure craft fitted with a motor that is 4 m and over in length, you will require proof of operator competency by September 15, 2009.

A few re-bucked rivets and you're good to go... and don't you dare touch that aluminum with sand paper....

Its things like this I want to know..

What do I sand it with? I would of just tossed sand paper on my hand sander lol.

We usually do... but we brought way too many gifts for the staff and something had to give.. i think we will just pay a bit more for extra luggage next time.

That's because you are too giving/caring TJ! Just worry about yourself next time

Thanks for all your hard work around here... I love these boards!

Looks like fun TJ!

I swear there's 6 people from my work who just got back from Cuba. As well as my parents!

Seems like the deals are hot right now!

Bring a travel rod next time

The question is how much time and money do you want to invest?

 

Looks like a good boat, personally I'd just clean it up and add a sub floor and your good to go.

Knowing myself I'll probably just spray it with a garden hose and take it out with paddles...lol

But realistically I wouldn't mind putting about 200$ into it. (as far as painting it/replacing the wood)

A floor would be interesting but I'd have no idea how to go about that.. Anyone have a blue print or concept on how to do a subfloor? (not that it would really need one its pretty small)

This boat is big enough to get my family to my island in Parry Sound and its the right size for hitting up all of my favorite bass spots. So I figure if it doesn't leak I might as well make it look nice and use it for the next 5-10 years until I get a boat from my moms boyfriend.

gas or electric trolling motor?

( he could be using the battery for fishfinder and lights )

which ever way your going

check the classifieds here and then check out kijiji

you dont need new cause used will work and its a cheaper way.

I think electric would be easier and I could add things like a fish finder/lights when the money allows for it. First things first will be to get the emergency paddle and the rest of the devices needed to make sure I'm legal for a stop on the water.

But since I don't plan on registering it/getting a big motor I only need to have the safety requirements and I have my boaters card.

As for going used with the trolling motor. I spent a good amount of time looking on here and kijiji this summer and people wanted almost as much as new for the trolling motor. I found a 25 Lbs thrust at CTC for $140ish and I figure new with warranty is better than used with none for the same price..

But that probably won't be for a few months.

Simon, the smallies will be staging deeper. If water temps are still high 30's to low 40's look from 24-40 feet of water on rock piles or sand rock transitions as they will use them as lane ways and holding spots to the shallower water as the temps warm up. Smelt color tubes and hair jigs are great but you have to fish them really slow. Drop shot and jigging spoons will also have their time and place. Don't bother with reaction baits like cranks and jerks if they are still in the deep water... the bottom contact baits will win 95% of the time.

 

Fish breaks in front of spawning flats which will be 4-12 feet of water with scattered rock. These areas will load them up when the water is in the high 50's to low 60's. They won't be far away from there before hand so concentrate your search efforts to deeper water in front of these spots.

 

JP

Sounds like you have your own fishing show... oh wait!

Lots of good info! <3

that is not a junk boat.

it is a dirty boat.

clean it up then paint it.

i re did my mirrocraft 14' and it looks good.

all i did was buy tremclad in the original color and it now looks good.

but you will find most of the guys here will tell you differently.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. There is decent sized patch on the back near the side, but the seller said the leak was patched. I'll be picking it up on Thursday and tossing it in the nearest body of water I can find (hopefully I wont be pulling it off bottom) but for 200$ its worth the risk in my opinion... A trolling motor/battery will probably run me the same.

bumping since I changed the topic from getting a boat... to fixing one up

Well I traded my junker car for a junker boat!

Any suggestions?

I figure I'll just sand it and get some marine paint (maybe do it all green).

Any tips?

Should I just sand the inside and paint that as well?

I'm clearly new to the whole boating world...

Anything will help!

lord tunderin jesus! that's a hoot

They look like shaven drowned cats

Nice fish, Looks like fun. Thanks for the report!

Caught this beast a week an a half ago hunting pan fish. Slip float, split shot, and a hook/live worm. It just came out of no where and took the bobber under. Had quite a bit of fight to it.

EPIC POST!

Where they written by hand?

(looks like they worked)

Congrats! It's always exciting starting something new!

Went out with Carpman3000 and Ed for some crappie.

The weather was predicted to be horrible for today! Thankfully that wasn't the case. Showed up around 11:45 AM and the fish were just biting. We were using 1/8 OZ jigs with micro tubes.

Here's my first crappie / first time using a tube jig successfully :

And another:

Here's one of Carpman3000's:

And my favorite type of bait the old worm got the biggest fish of the day. Ed reeled in a real slab at 12.5 Inches and 1Lbs :

We caught a total of 7 crappie and 3 blue gill in a matter of 1 1/2 hours. All and all I would say it was a successful outing!

If you can't help, no point in mocking someone for trying not to waste fish flesh. I know what most of my buddies do with carp. Yep they make the grass greener. Or they trade carp for tackle with their asian buddies lmao. I have enuff tackle and no lawn. So that leaves me with either cook it or dump it back where it came from so it can continue destroying the habitat feeding of gamefish eggs and uprooting plants.

I don't eat fish in general... I was laughing at the replies!

lol @ this thread!

I wouldn't eat a carp

I have a decent sized plano bag. Fits 4 of the large clear containers and 4 of the half size. Two side pockets and a front. Does the trick for me!

Are these carp from ontario ? there are grey and ornage fish in there, how the heck did that happen ?

 

All the carps i have seen here are golden / brownish never seen any grey and orange ones.

There are tons of carp out there.. you never know what you are going to pull in!

He uses a match keep net so he doesn't keep catching the same carp, then takes a big pic and lets them all go!

Looking forward to taking part in a couple of those matches this year!