Cowhune
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2012
- Messages
- 37
Ok here we go......
I picked up this old rig around March 2014 down in Buffalo, NY and hauled it back to Canada to become my first real fishing rig.
Here are some pictures of when I first got it.
Here she is still down in Buffalo:
At this point, I dragged the boat home, and gave it a good cleaning out. I knew the floors were soft right away when I went to see the boat. I inspected the transom and everything looked pretty solid still surprisingly so I decided to just do some temporary things for last summer and enjoy the boat to get a better idea of how I wanted to rebuild it. I quickly pulled apart the front bench and replaced it with a carpeted casting deck and mounted a shiny new Motorguide Xi5 trolling motor on the front (who said you can't put lipstick on a pig?). I also put down some 1/2" plywood over the soft floors.
Here she is arriving at the cottage:
First splash, along with my first fishing rig. (12' tinner that I put a floor and the basics in haha)
And this is what I use it for:
I picked up this old rig around March 2014 down in Buffalo, NY and hauled it back to Canada to become my first real fishing rig.
Here are some pictures of when I first got it.
Here she is still down in Buffalo:
At this point, I dragged the boat home, and gave it a good cleaning out. I knew the floors were soft right away when I went to see the boat. I inspected the transom and everything looked pretty solid still surprisingly so I decided to just do some temporary things for last summer and enjoy the boat to get a better idea of how I wanted to rebuild it. I quickly pulled apart the front bench and replaced it with a carpeted casting deck and mounted a shiny new Motorguide Xi5 trolling motor on the front (who said you can't put lipstick on a pig?). I also put down some 1/2" plywood over the soft floors.
Here she is arriving at the cottage:
First splash, along with my first fishing rig. (12' tinner that I put a floor and the basics in haha)
And this is what I use it for: