I've been considering building my own jonboat.  There are several plans available on the internet, and it seems to be much cheaper than buying one.  Has anyone built one of these before?  How did it hold up?

I did this one this spring.  They hold up terrific, this one is a 1964!

http://bassresource.com/cgi-bin/bass_fish/YaBB.pl?board=boating_ID;action=display;num=1119359773

I read that thread LBH, and I can honestly say that I had never considered buying a jonboat until after I saw what you had done!  

Perhaps I should clarify a bit...by building it myself, I mean actually putting it together from scratch, out of wood.

That will be 1 very heavy jon boat and will cost you as much as a used aluminum one, but I know what it's like to get a project in your head,lol.

LBH, I have a 14' 3 seat jon and was wanting to add a live well, do you think it would work.  I was thinking of using the middle seat for the live well.  

Do you have any ideas, I have a few but wanted to see what you thought.  

By the way, love the boat....

Alfred

" The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas."  

Robert Traver

alhuff-

try these for ideas and google "jon boat conversion"

http://www.myjonboat.com/gerry.htm

http://bassresource.com/fishing/bass_boat.html

second link is part 1 of a 3 part article, see link at bottom of part 1.

Thanks man....