Recent content by Tinman2111

I too have a 14' Mirrocraft that I completely redid and use to fish lakes in Utah. It's a great little boat, I seriously have more fun in it than my old Cabo47! Its been plenty stable, and I've had wife, teenage son and 95 pound dog in it with me. I really think you'll enjoy it, and as...

I'll share the selection and testing of different props in the next post. It was truly like Goldilocks and the Three Bears......

Only thing really remaining is installing transducer and a box of some sort to hold switches, stereo, fuse block and fish finder. I debated running the transducer cable through the transom but decided to just clamp it over the rail instead. This way I can easily put the transducer into the...

Ok, so what's next? I needed to install the flooring in the bow so I salvaged some of my remaining plywood and "bonded" a couple pieces together to get a single piece largest enough to fit. I also cut out a hatch so I could access the battery and switches I installed in the bow. I learned how...

You know? I'm not exactly sure! I guess I really wanted to maximize as much floor space as possible and I really do not need a raised deck to fish, I typically just fish from the comfortable seats I installed. :)

And so the addiction continues..... I ordered seats from BassBoatSeats.com which are really quite nice with a great price! The posts and pedestals I found as a package on Amazon and I found the bases at Cabella's. I installed my 20 ounce boat carpet by gluing down and then stapling with ss...

And so it continues.... I started thinking about my outboard, and the fact I REALLY didn't want to have to use pre-mix, so I decided to see if I could find a decent 4 stroke outboard. Finding nothing available locally, I decided to bite the bullet and purchased a new Tohatsu 20hp 4 stroke...

Continuing on with the makeover. It was time to paint the boat. I probably spent far too much time researching various paints and methods, and ultimately chose to spray the primer coat and outside color with a decent HVLP spray gun. I had never used one, but it really wasn't too difficult if...

A few things I learned with Gator Glide. Shoot for the lower end of their temp application guidelines, it'll give you more "working time" as you mix the various batches. Their YouTube guide on application is pretty good, everything they said that would happen with fish eyeing, happened...

Upon relocating to Utah, I quickly discovered one has no need for a Cabo 47, so I downsized, to a 1978 beat to crap 14 foot Mirro Craft, powered with a 1978 Evinrude 25hp 2-stroke. I figured I'd give it a makeover and use it to explore the awesome lakes throughout southern Utah and the Dixie...