Wow!!!!..............super cool to have your own private lake to fish on..... and your own boat ramp.......I mostly fish on one of the Tenoroc fish Management lakes.....
I saw your last video on the boat and I'm very impressed. Any way you could provide additional details about how you added the rear and front boxes? I'm especially interested in the wiring, thanks
Hey Jim...Great video and this project is exactly what i am trying to work on. I have a Pelican & was trying to figure out the best mount option...Question on the Scotty 141 mount..Does the slide bracket come with the transducer arm or do you buy the component seperately?
Been looking for a bass raider video like this! Mine comes in tomorrow! My goal is to make it the same as this one. Awesome job on it! I am a new subscriber!
I would only advise you to think of your style of fishing, think very carefully of even the smallest details you might want to incorporate in your finish product, before you drill the first hole or make the first cut. Sit in front of your boat and stare at it for a couple of days, imagining what you want the boat to accomplish. Utilize you tube for ideas, learn from the mistakes and strokes of genius from others with like ideas. Remember, weight and clutter is the enemy. Good luck & I look forward to seeing your finish product!
One mistake I made was that my rear deck design prevented me from being able to mount a trolling motor on the rear mount, due to the length of the set screws on the trolling motor being too long. My outboard motor just barely fits.
@@brettscanlon4935 Hi Brett, Well, I'm 62 old years, with a bum hip, so my opinion might be a little one sided. But here goes.... If you do most of your fishing from the seated position, it's a very stable 10' boat, even with two people. This is because the center of gravity is very low. When you start going to a standing style of fishing, that center of gravity is substantially higher, even more so when you install elevated casting decks. In the latter case, you'd better be pretty nimble on your feet, or you'll go swimming prematurely. I've come close a couple of times. This may occur when you start trying to walk around from the raised deck down to the lower deck etc.. Side to side stability becomes a concern. Now having said all of that, I primarily fish alone, so the boat is not as stable as it would be if another person was seated in the rear. As the boat would be sitting lower in the water.. lowering the center of gravity, ie…. more stable. No matter what you want to do to modify the boat, remember, it's just a 10 foot boat and you can only do so much with it. You can put everything but the kitchen sink in it, but it becomes a submarine at some point.
Good video. Thanks. I also have the bass Raider. Does your transducer mounted there w the Scotty 141 deep enough in the water? I just got one and went to mount it and it seems not deep enough. Thanks!
Hi Payton, Take a look at the following Mercury/Tohatsu specs.: 2.5HP-41 lbs-4500-5000 rpm $598.00 3.5 HP-41 lbs-5500-6000 rpm $714.00 The only difference in these motors are the carb. jets, allowing for more rpm. If you don't want to over power/over weight the boat, these are your only choices for outboard motor HP's. Once you increase HP from there, you also increase weight. And you begin to over stress the transom... ie cracking. Once you begin modifying and loading the boat with equipment etc.. Outboard performance starts dropping off dramatically. These little motors just can't push a lot of weight. Not to mention the Pelican Bass Raider is just a little pontoon boat to begin with. So, don't expect to get up on "Plane" unless you are 125 lbs. with nothing else in the boat! With any 10 Ft. boat, weight is always a compromise. But, I'll try & post a video of how mine performs on the water as soon as I can for you.
Well Jim, it's not a Ranger Bass Boat! Having said that, if you have no ailments like bad hip, knees, ankles etc.. It's doable. For a 10 ft., 44 inch wide little boat, it's as stable as it gets. The deck itself is very stable. As always, weight is the issue when you raise the center of gravity of the boat. If you are a big guy, I would not stand on the raised deck though.
