NJfishinGuy

this will be me when i get older lol you will laugh your *** off i did... http://www.youtube.c...h?v=llshJAPKDG4

well it sounds like you got a great idea, sense you have the ability to work with the materials you need and seem to know a good amount about it. it sounds like you will be able to build an awsome little boat. my only sujestion would be to make it WIDE. and as stable as possible. so you have a comfortable fishing rig without worries of falling out and flipping it lol. id bet it would fly with a nice motor if you could make somethin like what your saying. i know my 12' runs about the same on my 30lb as my buddys tracker does with his 80lb so my boat with an 80lb would haul ***. i would say somethin with a pointy/sleak front so you dont push thru the water like a john boat does if its not plaining. that would probably make it move a bit better. anyway im gonna follow and see what others say but good luck if you try it maybe you can build me one while your at it lol

man all you guys and the wife holding you back from your stuff, boy i could never deal with that, im glad my girl doesnt try and stop me from stuff like that, just looks at me like im nuts and does her own thing lol

so your talkin about completely designing a hull and decks to be made, not turn a previous boat into a bass boat. im thinking no matter what you use to make a bass style boat its goin to be heavy. if you have decks and the luxurys of a bass boat on it. i mean those johns decked out are heavy but compare that to a bass boat they are even heavier. now fiberglass bass boats are even heavier than aluminums so a small fiber boat would probably wind up being heavier than a john decked. i think its just somethin thats gonna have to be delt with if you want decks on a boat. i mean i guess it could be done with really cheapy light material but how would you get it made thats the problem i would guess. if your gonna have a decked boat just get a high lb motor to push or pull it

i have thought very into making a bass boat from ajoh boat my uncle did it and its really nice. just dont go cheap use the right stuff and take your time. heres some links to some good pictures and a how to if u wanted. ive sense given it up and chosen to go with a bass tracker will cost me just a little more if any for an older one and then ill have a steering wheel and more stability. http://www.myjonboat.com http://www.bassjons.com/mycustompage0025.htm http://userpages.sofnet.com/robertg/boat.htm

sounds like a good idea, theres a few websites that have "johnboat" conversions on there. my uncle converted his 15' john into a bass machine. the only probem with the 10' and 12' johns for decks is they are for the most part extremely thin beamed. i have a 12' and just sitting on the benches is unstable. now if you could get one that was like 50+ inches wide then youd be ok probably, the 14' ones usually come wide or narrow if you can get a wide one then youd be good thats what i was gonna do untill i decided to just buy a bass boat.

ive always like minn kota more, seems like better build motors to me. i have a minn kota 30lb transom thats works great and a VERY old mag "by minn kota" foot motor and it still is workin and this thing is probably like 25 years old if not more. it sure isnt pretty tho lol. ive used a 40lb motor guide on my buddys tracker, very cheap feeling, ive also had a diehard transom mount thats broke. minn kots seems like the best in my eyes abd many others i think also. i want a 50lb foot minn kota the kind with that monster foot pedal i played with one at sports authority and its so smooth and the big pedal fits good under my size 13 foot

well ive tried the frog a little on top but the pads are dense really cant even get anythig through then exept in open holes which i already fish. i havent used a senko there but i havent had much luck with them either. hmm i gotto pull a hog from this plce someday

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i read through those links. i didnt see to much info in there so im not sure what you were getting at but anyway. heres my usual arsenal: 7" motor oil power worm chartruse spinnerbait white tail inline spinner torpedo jitterbug watermelon fat ika (so far the biggest and best number producer for me there) as far as rocks i havent seen much for rocks in the place, the pads/weeds edge is about 10-13ft and then it drops to about 22ft from there on out im not sure where u got fish sitting at the bottom, i certainly dont fish in the middle at the bottom i usually work the drops and the weed edge.

ok i have a small lake is about 35acres. its a nice small unpressured lake up in North Jersey. its located right smack i the middle of all the larger northern good bass fish lakes. i know theres baitfish to suport the bass sometimes early morning they school and scatter all over the place . the place is 30ft deepest. i always get bass when im there but i havent yet pulled anything oer 2lbs out. my uncle a better fisherman than me has told me about 4 and 5lbers they have pulled from there sometimes a bunch in one night when the bite was on. i dont understand what im doin wrong. ive gone over the topo maps and i know where the drops are. the lake is round and is completely surounded by lilly pads for about 20 feet from shore. about 2/3 of the lake is around 23-30ft deep and 1/3 is about 12-16ft. all of my fish are pretty much up in the weeds, ive had 1 hit from a pickeral on the drop. ive used topwater,worms,ikas and spinnerbaits. all have produced but like i said nuttin over 2lbs. so what can i do. i dont know of any structure or cover out in the deep just seems pretty flat. just the drops and the pads and weeds.

i was haveing some issues with landing fish with regualar hooks, get some gamakatzus, seriously the last time i went fishing, 5 bass with 5 great hooksets, those hooks are really amazing and REALLY sharp. i think thats all i will ever use. another thing your probably doin sense your new to it which i also did was feel a bite and panic and set the hook out of anxiousnes. what i do now is if i feel a tap or see my line moveing i move my rod down like most said to give the fish slack so he doesnt feel me tugging against him and reel up the slack slow and then wale on him i almost fell out of my boat last time out lol. i think alot say reel up fast and set it quick but ive found i do better taking my time and so far every fish that hit like that has beeen a perfect hookset and landed fish.

hey guys i made a mistake sorry, i got a 30lb for 99 bucks i thought it was a 36 for some reason but looked at it and realized its not.

i think i need to find the book on my fish finder. i know i got it but i dont rememberwhere i put it, might be in my trunk im gonna have to look.

well sense your a NJ fisher then you know what im talkin about im lookin to find the ones on manasquan, along witht he roadbeds,and fish shelters. i dont think mana is that clear to see there tho

well the piticular stumps im gonna be goin for are in about 15-25ft of water, those bouys how do they worm what is there a weight that drops to the bottom so the bout stay floating above the target. i guess you would just drop it as sson as you see somethin on the sonar

id like to know how to use and find stumps and stuff down bottom and how do you postition the boat to fish them after u find them? theres a lake i got a map of where some stumps are and i wanna find them and fish them but i have the slightyes clue what im lookin for and how i would even put the boat to fish them if i did find em, the electronics things is new to me

its the first one on the list in that link.

i picked up a shumacher charger at wallmart. its a 2/4/6amp charger smart charge its suposed to stop when its done and stuff. 25 bucks. i need to use it now, but i think my battery is on its way out.

you said lard hahaha, srry im stupid

i got it thanks, just looking for more ideas from people

ok im goin to manasquan res. tomorrow and from what i see and everyone tells me like 1/2 the lake is surounded by standing timber up to like 50 yards from shore. the lake has large and smallies and hybrids. what is the best technique to use workin in standing timber. i was gonna use my fat ika again and worms, would crankbaits or spinnerbaits be a good idea in here. any advise apreceated im lookin to catch a PB tomaro lol.

i like to stand but i sit here and there to rest for a few minutes

Gman u didnt poat any details for me to challenege you by i need some info and ill challenge you

alp, thats certainly a nice setup with your deck and all. ive thought of goin that route like i said but i just dont like that style looking boat, no offense ofcourse yours is REALLY nicely done just not my style, i love the fibers and the aluminum seems to be the best bet to getting the closest to what i want and workin best for our NJ conditions. thanks alot for posting the pics much appreciated. when im ready to buy hopefully someone will buy my car soon i will post up the boats im lookin at for advice and hopefully i find somehtin nice