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And now for the important stuff. I have fished out of the boat countless times over the last 2 seasons catching a good number of fish. I have unofficially named the boat "Pike Hunter" seeing as I love the fight of northern and built this boat to cater to just that, hunting pike. Below are a...

The most recent additions I have made to the boat are hinges, magnetic latches and stain. I need to add something a little more robust for the rod box, but what I have has been working. I added a "Face-plate" with doors to the Trolling Motor Platform. I can store lures, extra fish-finder...

I added an incredible amount of weight to the boat. An aluminum hull on its own doesn't weigh a lot so it still beats any fiberglass boat. It is still light enough that strong winds blow me around. I cant drive the boat onto the trailer, because my trailer is marginal at best, so I have to guide...

Once the basic framing layout was done I started adding the required storage areas (battery box, fuel tank box, rod box, etc.) as well as the flooring. I used 1/2" Plywood for the floors and 1/4" for the sides or "Paneling". All the Plywood was sanded and then a couple coats of Thompson's...

Alright, back to the boat project. Since the last time I posted on here I have gotten the boat to a "usable" state and it made the journey to Dale Hollow as well as many of the lakes in Northeast Indiana. The steps to get to that point were: After gutting and cleaning the aluminum hull I used...

That is an absolutely phenomenal job! I have a 14 foot boat that I am working on and wondered what size your rod box is? I was concerned that it would be difficult to allow 7' rod storage but you might have given me new a new vision.

Sorry for the slight delay. I went into hibernation for a couple of months. I finally found a reasonable trailer on craigslist (GREAT place to find project boats!) and with the trailer comes more problems. The trailer came with no title but I did get a bill of sale. As for the boat title, in...

Yeah I will get some pics up soon. I actually put most of the wood back in to get a feel for how I want to lay everything out. Good advice with the registraton. Out of curiosity why do you say that? I've never really thoght about the timing of registration.

Baltimus '72 Starcraft 14 ft

I've been an avid fisher since I was a kid but haven't been able to do a lot of it since I've been in school. I finally graduated and started fishing religiously this summer. This summer I've been using my girlfriend/wife's dad's boat at their lake house which worked out great since it was...

7' MHF St. Croix with a Quantum Smoke. New this year! -Baltimus