Let's see your Jon boat
 

Just getting excited about the possibility of moving to LA and thinking one of these days I'm going to wan to pick up a cool little 12 footer with a 25hp tiller of some sort. I'd like to see what ya'll use for shallow water marsh fishin and huntin. Even if you use it for fishin the ship channel lets see them! If you have any cool customizations lets see them too! I'm really wishin my grandparents wouldn't have sent their 12ft Cajun special with a 25hp merc down to Utah for my uncle to use! This is what I've got to work with at the moment

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Thinking about doin some work to it this summer to make it more user friendly.

17x44 Alweld tunnel with 40Nissan TLDI. It ain't real pretty but with two fat boys and a load of tackle it runs around 30mph and does great in a marsh.
I think your boat looks like its ready to handle what you need around here.

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This is my all around boat for hunting and fishing the marshes of south Louisiana
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GATOR TRAX 1544 HD / MB35

NUT UP R SHUT UP

14'x48" flat w/ 25 hip merc that I took the middle bench out of and extended the front deck and added an aluminum floor. Theirs pic is from last weekend cutting across a mud flat with about 6" of water!

Looks good guys. I'm want tomdomsome work to my boat but I can't make up my mind. I'd like to rig up some something for holding rods. I have the ones with foam in them along the sides but they are always getting stepped on by my dog or whoever is fishing with me. One main thing I want to do is add a stereo but not sure what to get as far as being waterproof. I'd really like to figure out how to rig up the battery up in the front. With the motor, gas tank, battery, and driver in the back, it takes forever to get on plane. So redistributing some weight my help. Any ideas on handy little improvements you have made?

1648 fisher with a 25 johnson. Nothin fancy but it gets the job done
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16x42 southfork tunnel with plenty of manhours in it. 2004 Tohatsu 25hp 2 stroke, runs shallow, quick and dependable. I do wish I would have went with a 48" wide sometimes though

What did it run you to tunnel it? Also curious about ballpark jack plate costs. Lights are a cool idea but at the moment, I have no use for lights. I've thought about rippin the carpet out and lining it with something like rhino lining but the carpet is good still and I don't want to mess up a good thing. Mud doesn't play real nice with carpet...

It's a 1652 Alumaweld with a Yamaha 90. Probably gonna run over to Milton to get me a jack plate soon. I don't think I'm getting the speed I should.


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Easy, yours looks about the same model as mine

Get a nice box with a cheap stereo they all break. My buddy that installs radios swears by pioneer, he says they hold up the longest in a saltwater environemnt.

You have a big heavy motor on the back...... might help to put some fixed trim tabs or switch to a 4 blade prop. You mentioned the carpet and you might want to take it out. That will help as well. You could also move your gas tank to the front of the boat under the deck. That may help with the weight ditribution and is relatively easy to do.

You have a nice set up just needs a little tweaking. There's lot of guys on here that know more than me and will be here to help you out.

Check this one out...

Dana builds a awesome jack plate....got one on both my boats. Looks like you have float pods on the back,good for holeshot bad for speed.

I have two batteries and gas tank in the front of my boat and it helps a lot for taking off. All you need to do is see if you can fit batteries in front deck and then run wires to trolling motor and then just splice into tour running lights close to your batteries, I have a jetski battery in back just for cranking and it works great plus its lighter back there.

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1556 Edge with 40hp, 4 cylinder, EFI, 4 stroke with a 60hp ECU. I don't do tiller handles..

CC.....

Whats the switch to the left of where you sit?

What kind of steering set up is that?

I was wondering the same, maybe trim.

This boat is fast!!!!!

Whoa! I like that minimalist setup.

I have a 2010 60 merc EFI, can I squeeze some more HP out of it?

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16' weldbuilt wit 40 tldi tohatsu. Does the job for me

I just recently sold mine to my boss but I went everywhere in that thing. 1990 16' Alweld with a 1990 mercury 25hp on jack plate. One of the best motors merc made in my opinion. Did 29-30 mph.

My first boat was almost the exact setup....you gunna regret selling it,I know I did.

Yeah it was a good boat, but I am alot more happy now that I have my Kenner Vision. Plus my dad has a Jon boat if I ever needed one.

Looks exactly like mine without the console. I agree with ya on the 25hp mercury. My grandparents have one on the back of their Cajun special and its got plenty of power. We tubed, skied, and knee boarded behind it all the time. Had no trouble pullin people. Same cant be said for my 40hp merc

The West Island Cruiser...

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The trim switches are on the steering wheel. The switch to the left is for a Bob's hydraulic lift plate. It's a 20" shaft motor, I can run it up to 29" total height. In fact, that's how I get up in the marsh. If it's too shallow to just jump on plane, I'll raise the lift plate to it's full extension, 29", then stab the throttle. The motor bounces on the rev limiter at 6250, as soon as the boat lunges forward, I'll hit the down button on the lift and away we go.
The steering was a double cable setup, I have since switched it to a single cable steering. I thought I would need the double cable setup for steering torque, but the motor has zero torque at any speed
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wow
 

holy cow 16-52 with a 90, how fast you going, how fast do you want to go, i have a 16-52 xpress its only rated for a 60, what did you have to do to your boat to put a 90 on the back, did you have to modify anything other than the hydrofoil stabilizer, i was going to put pods on mine and a jackplate, debating manuel vs hydraulic, i will soon be putting a 70 on mine, should be fast enough, but now i am curious to how fast yours goes for comparison when i get mine done

Attachment 45296 16-42 southfork tunnel with 40 merc.. I use this boat for just about everything.

I believe his boat is like the X-series Xpress which are very heavy built boats, I had a 19' Xpress with a 200hp Yamaha on it and it would run around 70mph and scare the crap out ya

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Here is the rear setup. I bought it as is. I haven't put a GPS on it but I would expect mid to high forties with two people and a chest. It burns some fuel though. I heard a jack plate doesn't cost but $200 and would be interested if I could get lower fifties out of it. And possibly get in the lower waters when we take it to Cocodrie.

not exactly a jon boat but
 

not exactly a jon boat but neither are some of the others so here goes

[QUOTE=Here is the rear setup. I bought it as is. I haven't put a GPS on it but I would expect mid to high forties with two people and a chest. It burns some fuel though. I heard a jack plate doesn't cost but $200 and would be interested if I could get lower fifties out of it. And possibly get in the lower waters when we take it to Cocodrie.[/QUOTE]



yeah that is basically what i had in mind for my boat, does yours still have the tag on it that says what it is rated for? my inside set up is a little different from yours, front deck looks the same, but my back deck may be a little bigger with the live well and my seats are in front of the deck, just enough room in front of the console for a 100qt ice chest, if i don't get 45mph out of mine i will be disappointed

Is that the black Xpress that Dan had?

No, but I did sell it to one of yalls I/E guys

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Any pics of the Merc's famous pink boat?

Have to see what we can dig up but be prepared for him to start crying since its no longer in the family

Looks just like the one Dan had and you're right, they got some speed.

This from the day i sold it. I miss the motor but not the boat.

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So fast that paint would not stick to the bottom :D !!!

Hydro

And the bottom. And every where else you could think of.


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Looks red to me?

Photo shop, its pink:smokin:

Idiot.


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1650 Alumacraft
50 yamaha

Thats a nice little setup right there

Here's one of them..that power pole was the best investment

You still running that boat?

I saw that boat several times last year. That's a sharp looking boat.


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lakesport
 

16ft with 50 yam

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