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For mine, I just made two more rod holders near the center of the front deck to put the umbrella in. These are for holding extra fishing poles upright and out of the way while I am fishing. I made these with a piece of 1 1/4" grey PVC conduit and some conduit clamps fastened with SS screws...

I used to always launch at Scott's Ridge over in Caney Creek, but during the drought over the summer they closed that ramp because the water was too low. So, I have been using the boat ramp at Cagle . . . which sucks because it is an extra 30 min drive time. The lake was as far as about 8 & 1/2...

Yeah, I bet that one works great. I may have to look for that one when mine falls apart.

Yeah, I went with the stripes because after taking an unbiased pole . . . it was the umbrella pattern most preferred by Lake Conroe channel catfish.

When I went catfishing on lake Conroe a few days ago, the fishing was a bit slow and I ended up fishing from about 8am to 3pm. The Texas sun is getting pretty hot, and I decided that I needed a little shade on my boat. Bimini tops are nice, but I have never liked them even when I had a boat with...

He is right about the rib height for the Weldbilt . . . these are some serious ribs, probably the largest ribs I have seen in an aluminum jon boat. Not sure if I will ever add a floor, but it would be higher up. I imagine the large ribs add a good bit of strength and stiffin the hull though...

I was shopping for a jon boat not too long ago. I found a dealer in Louisiana where you could buy a Weldbilt 1648 Semi-Vee in welded .100 gauge aluminum for $1900. This boat had no center seat, and a front deck. They also had 1448 Semi-Vee jons for much less . . . I cant remember the exact...

Another big benefit to using a frame mounted hitch reciever vs. a bumper mounted ball, is the ability to turn the truck much tighter before anything makes contact and damages the truck or trailer. This is just because the ball is sitting farther back from the truck.

I work way too slow to ever make a profit on anything I make. Have fun doing it though.

If your anti-cavitation plate is currently sitting 1 1/2" below the bottom of the hull, I think you would benefit from blocking up the motor . . . as TurboTodd mentioned. I have a 1648 welded boat with an older 25 HP Evinrude, and I blocked up the motor with square aluminum tubing to bring the...

If you don't have to go up too much, you can just block up your motor. I used two pieces of 1" sq aluminum tubing set side by side, between the top of the transom and the bottom of where the motor sits on the transom. It raised my outboard up just enough to get the anti-cavitation plate even...

If you're talking about the trailer end of the transom saver, it is just a boat roller that is set pretty low.

That is 1 1/4" grey PVC, used for electric conduit. I often fish under a large bridge with concrete pillings. The front of the boat is tied to one of the pillings, and the boat rubs against the next pilling on that row. When the waves are bad, the boat can do a lot of scraping against the...

I made some home-made guide on poles for my Weldbilt jon boat. I cut a long piece of 1 3/4" square tubing (kind used for street signs), and welded uprights on each end. It goes all the way across the trailer frame, then extends up each side about 30". I bolted a piece of sch40 PVC to each...

I posted pics of my whole boat on the "Post a Pic of your Boat" thread in the boat house. Should be at the very end.

Thanks, had a lot of fun building the smoker. It's a propane tank on an old boat trailer.

I have got a lot of good ideas from this site, so I wanted to post a couple pics of my home-made switch and fuse box in case it helps anyone. I used an Otterbox, and mounted a piece of plexiglass in it. On the plexiglass, I mounted a fuse block and my switches. I sanded one side of the plexi...

Finally got around to taking a few pics of the catfishing machine. It is a Weldbilt 1648 Semi-Vee powered by a 1994 Evinrude 25 HP, and pulled by a Nissan Frontier. I love the website, thanks for all the good input.

I know 3M makes a couple types of marine sealants, which one is best for sealing the holes that are drilled through the transom to mount the outboard, on a jon boat?

The reason I was curious about using Thompson's is as follows. I had just bought a new welded jon boat. The wood in the transom is covered with aluminum, but there are openings along each side of the wood where you can feel the wood in there. I just thought I might put some Thompson's on the...