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Fisher 1860AW... New Boat -- New Construction
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<blockquote data-quote="russ010" data-source="post: 282341" data-attributes="member: 677"><p>Yep.. electric for the majority... BUT - last year I fished a few bass boat tournies out of my 1546 and didn't do too bad so I'll probably do that again this winter. We also have a few lakes on our trail where we can use gas motors. </p><p></p><p>I've got an Atlas Tilt & Trim jack plate to put on it... </p><p></p><p>Here's the plan we have so far. </p><p></p><p>1. Ordered Minn Kota Fortrex 101 today.. on backorder (through Tacklewarehouse) with 15% off for Labor Day... lowest price I could find</p><p>2. Have Minn Kota Rip Tide 101 for back</p><p>3. Paint... going to go with Petit Easy Poxy again. The paint looks fine on there now, but I noticed it's starting to get chalky and anywhere you touch it, it leaves your hand prints... Burgandy is probably going to be the primary color with black lettering and also paint trailer black. </p><p>4. Convert my 150qt cooler back into a livewell. This time I'll take the top of and deck over the top. I'll use 1/4" plexiglass inside and cut a hole in the top so that when we open the doors, the fish don't come flying out. By the way - If your cull balls don't have floats on them, get some that do... when a fish jumps out of your livewell back into the water (it's happened to me twice this year..), he can only stay down so long before that float wears him out and he floats back up to the top....</p><p>5. LEDs on brakelights... probably going to light this boat up even more with all of the Bluewater LEDs I have laying around</p><p></p><p>As far as a layout... </p><p>1. Rod lockers on both sides.. both sides will be over 8' long</p><p>2. Extend Front deck back between 3-4'</p><p>3. Extend Rear deck forward 4' --- this will leave us about a 2' gap or so in the middle </p><p>4. Storage all over the place... and this time I will make everything accessible</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russ010, post: 282341, member: 677"] Yep.. electric for the majority... BUT - last year I fished a few bass boat tournies out of my 1546 and didn't do too bad so I'll probably do that again this winter. We also have a few lakes on our trail where we can use gas motors. I've got an Atlas Tilt & Trim jack plate to put on it... Here's the plan we have so far. 1. Ordered Minn Kota Fortrex 101 today.. on backorder (through Tacklewarehouse) with 15% off for Labor Day... lowest price I could find 2. Have Minn Kota Rip Tide 101 for back 3. Paint... going to go with Petit Easy Poxy again. The paint looks fine on there now, but I noticed it's starting to get chalky and anywhere you touch it, it leaves your hand prints... Burgandy is probably going to be the primary color with black lettering and also paint trailer black. 4. Convert my 150qt cooler back into a livewell. This time I'll take the top of and deck over the top. I'll use 1/4" plexiglass inside and cut a hole in the top so that when we open the doors, the fish don't come flying out. By the way - If your cull balls don't have floats on them, get some that do... when a fish jumps out of your livewell back into the water (it's happened to me twice this year..), he can only stay down so long before that float wears him out and he floats back up to the top.... 5. LEDs on brakelights... probably going to light this boat up even more with all of the Bluewater LEDs I have laying around As far as a layout... 1. Rod lockers on both sides.. both sides will be over 8' long 2. Extend Front deck back between 3-4' 3. Extend Rear deck forward 4' --- this will leave us about a 2' gap or so in the middle 4. Storage all over the place... and this time I will make everything accessible [/QUOTE]
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