Do any of y'all have a 1436 jon boat with a front deck on it?  How stable is it? does it make a good bass rig?  I am looking at a weld-craft 1436 all welded boat that already has the front deck welded in.  Looks like a good rig but dont know about how stable it would be. :-/  It has a 36" floor and a 59" beam with 18" deep sides.  

fishnbear.  I had that exact same boat for many years except I think mine had a 48 inch bottom.  Weldcraft makes an AWESOME rig.  Stability is OK.  If stability is what you want you need to look into a 1448 instead of the 36 Wider = more stable.  You can certainly put a deck in the 1448 no problems!

T mike

Fishn bear,i looked at that identical boat along with a alumacraft and war eagle,

i bought the war eagle for the reviews i got and that it was camo.I have just recently found a deal that i'm looking into and you may see the war eagle on ebay!

I have a 1436 jon. It fishes great with 1 guy standing and one sitting. 2 guys standing is a different story. Wider would be better. I put a deck in mine, but I sunk it to keep my center of gravity low.

Triton_Mike, I looked at the same boat with a 48" bottom the other day.  No dout the wider bottom would be more stable.  The only thing is I already have a small 8hp motor that im wanting to use on the boat and i dont know if it would be enough motor to push that size boat?  Good to konw that someone has had the same boat and like it though.

Fishn Bear,

I'm no expert, but I fish a lot of lakes with 10hp limits, and I see many guys pushing boats much bigger than mine with no problems at all.

Dan

I used to use a 14 modified-v jon with a 6 merc in NARRAGANSETT BAY!!!

This was the beginningof our name which was originaklly "lowe" Budget Hookers. Hehe.

Many thought we were insane and at times we were but,.....an 8 on a 14 is fine. You won't be calling out the Gambler's and the Tritons but you'll get to your hole for sure.