chad2009

Yeah its kind of hard to see the depth finder but it tells me the depths and a little structure here and there when I want to look at it other than that I rarely depend on it. I think it looks neat put in the dash that way. Its only an Eagle so if I had to depend on that to catch fish then I dont really have any buisness fishing in the first place. Ive never met anyone that truly understands sonar. Thanks for the compliments .

I probably put around 300 dollars into the conversion after lights, wiring, carpet, glue, screws, wood, control panel, marine radio etc... The 15 horse pushes it along ok. Im not gonna enter any races with it though. I would compare my motor to an old chevette. It gets you where you need to go and its paid for. I can catch just as many fish as the guy in the 20' Nitro can...just takes me a little longer to get there.

I used S.O.S pads then buffed it out with Mothers Aluminum Polish. The S.O.S. pads really did a number on the mill dew and other oxidized funk. I wish I had taken before and after pictures of what he boat looked like when I towed it in.

Yeah i could probably save a little time getting out on the lake if I bought a real vehicle. ;D

This carpet glue works very nice.

It may sit an inch or 2 further in the water than before but nothing to cause concern. I weigh over 230lbs and I have a friend that goes out on the boat with me and he weighs about the same as me and water getting into the boat has never been a concern. I can tell that it slows the boat down a little but I havent planned on entering any races either. I will post a complete picture of the boat soon. Its too dark in Tennessee right now to take a good picture. Thanks.

But if I removed all the barbs I couldnt catch crappie like these. Thanks for the advice but Ive taken the boat out about 20 times and dropped treble hooks all over the deck. I havent had any trouble with hooks being stuck in the carpet yet. They may snag just a bit but they come out. I considered that problem before I bought the carpet. Thanks for the compliment on the deck though.

Radio came in and fit nice.

The next pictures show the seats. I bought these at bass pro on sale for around 20 bucks a piece. You can also see that my Evinrude is out of the shop and mounted on the transom. I bought some courtesy lights for tying on at night. They light up red so they wont blind you or attract bugs. As you can also see I havent bought a foot contolled trolling motor yet so I had to rig up a mount for my hand controlled minn kota. I also installed a little 12 volt hook up way on the left. This will power a cell phone or my Tom Tom GPS when I bring it. The trolling motor works fine like this.

Ok I know having a satelit radio is totaly unessesary on a small fishing boat like this but sometimes when you get real far out on a lake the FM signal isnt so strong. No worries with this Sirius satelit radio though. I can listen to over 200 stations nice and clear with this on board. Lets face it sometimes its nice to just sit back drink a beer and listen to some classic country.

On the next pictures you can see the hatch lids upclose that mount flush. I picked them up at bass pro. Also you can see my complete dry box thats lined with carpet. This is a great place for keys, cell phones and wallets. I also installed some vents just so the underneath part of the boat could breath a little.

Ok heres an upclose picture of the switch panel and another picture of the dash with the Depth finder mounted. I ordered the radio online so it still hasnt gotten here yet but I got the deminsions and cut out a place for it. You can also see the back of the boat. I made a notch for the outboard to go and I had to cut out those 2x4s that were sticking in the way. The gas can fits nice and snugg. Having the floor built under it sure comes in handy now.

Here are some pictures of the dash where I have already cut out a space for a radio. I also would add my switch panel on to the left of the radio and eventually a depth finder to the right of the radio. I made a small deck above the dash for a foot controlled trolling motor to be mounted there. Also pictured is the glue I used to lay the carpet and a couple of pics where I started laying the carpet. I bought the carpet at lowes and although it wasnt the most expensive indoor/outdoor carpet they had it wasnt the cheapest either. Ive been happy with the way it has held up so far.

Here are some pictures of the bildge pump. I hated drilling into the boat but its something that had to be done.

After laying the 2x4s to the floor and securing them I started working on the deck. I custome made the hatches to fit my box and battery up front. I ran some pvc from the back of the boat to the front for the future switch panel. This would help insulate the wiring for lights, bildge pump, and other stuff. Again each piece of wood is coated with 2 coats of poly before being permanently placed.