I put a deposit on a Mod V-Bottom Rowboat today!  I have a 6 HP Johnson outboard motor, twin cyl.

Its 14' long, 51' wide.  Everything Ive read from here say "wide is good". so this should be wide enough for a front deck and such right?  I want to do something like this... http://www.myjonboat.com/fussell.htm

Any advice would be awsome, as well as other sites giving ideas, or pictures of projects and such.

Another thing i was wondering, but doubt any would be able to tell, but a rough guestimate on the speed i should be thinking with a 6hp, and 14' rowboat w/ decks.  I know decks will add weight and slow the boat, but I'm not racing it, so it should be good.

Low priced, decent quality Trolling Motors and Depth Finders ideas would be appreciated as well.

I will add pics of before during and after project as i go along.

Thanks

The pictures of the mod you're talking about doing were done with a jon boat.  A semi-V hull can be tricky, especially at the front.  All of your beam is at the rear of the boat, the front is basically the V.  Moving the center of gravity as high as it is in that V-bottom boat up front could cause some real tippiness problems.  Before I went cutting and screwing lumber onto the thing I think I'd put together a make shift platform at the front, at the height you want it at and then take it on the water and see how stable that boat will be with you standing up there.

JMO of course.  

I have a Garmin 120 fish finder. Low budget, around $119.00, I have had it 2 years, never failed me. Very basic super easy to use. Gives water temp, fish depth, bottom contour, has some other features like shallow water alert, fish alert, battery charge. Not a bad unit, of course its my first one so I may not be the best judge but, I mark fish with it. They may have changed the model number now I think, but its still in the same price range.