Super User MN Fisher Posted February 24, 2020 Author Super User Posted February 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, gimruis said: What do you use the tablet for? Since my Hook-2 doesn't have maps much less GPS - I run the I-Boating app on the tablet. Gives me 1' contour maps of the lake with GPS tracking. I can even record my trips and set waypoints. Here's the 'track record' from 31 July this past year - when I caught the bass in my profile pic. 2 Quote
Super User gim Posted February 24, 2020 Super User Posted February 24, 2020 Ahhh yes that makes total sense. I assumed the lowrance had gps. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted February 24, 2020 Author Super User Posted February 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, gimruis said: Ahhh yes that makes total sense. I assumed the lowrance had gps. The 4x does, but I have the base 4 model which doesn't. Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 Love your set up. I’m always looking for ideas on new mods On my canoe I currently just finished my battery box and am working on a different stabilization system. These pictures aren’t the best I’ll try to get some better ones later Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 17, 2020 Author Super User Posted April 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ratherbefishing75 said: Love your set up. I’m always looking for ideas on new mods On my canoe I currently just finished my battery box and am working on a different stabilization system. These pictures aren’t the best I’ll try to get some better ones later I've been doing more mods this past winter. Still have a few to do, then I'm going to do a vid on everything I've done to it. Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 I can’t wait to see your video I’ll send some better pictures of what I’ve done Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 Well got some better pictures and did a couple mods today as well 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted May 4, 2020 Author Super User Posted May 4, 2020 Got the trailer walkway installed today. Just a couple more things left before it's done...but one of those is a big time consumer...so may be a while before the vid is shot. 2"x3"x1/4" Angle through-bolted to the frame. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted November 25, 2020 Author Super User Posted November 25, 2020 Yes...more coming this winter. First up - electronics upgrade Original setup - Hook 2-4 with my tablet in a clamp mount above it...camera mount behind. Transducer was on the trolling motor. New setup - Garmin Striker 7CV on a RAM mount with a Scotty transducer arm. Paddle is being moved to the Port side with the bump-board moving inboard a little bit. That 'support' under the work-table is not to support the table...it's to stiffen the hull. Still have to get the one under the front seat. 3/8" thick aluminum plate, 2"x4" primed and painted, angle brackets on top to hold it in place. 1 Quote
Linewinder Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 NIce work and ideas. Was there a metal tube running the length of the canoe wedged in by the original seats, to give the hull some rigidity? I have a Pelican polyethylene canoe like that, something similar: https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/pelican-touring-canoe?a=196589 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted November 26, 2020 Author Super User Posted November 26, 2020 No - the original plastic seats almost filled the space between the gunwale and keel giving it more rigidity. Removing those created the flex points. I'm just replacing that curved form of the original seats with the 'pillars'...since I use the area under the seats as tackle-bag storage under the mid and rear, and battery space under the front. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted November 26, 2020 Global Moderator Posted November 26, 2020 That is the Cadillac of canoes now! 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted November 27, 2020 Author Super User Posted November 27, 2020 38 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: That is the Cadillac of canoes now! And I'm still not done - gonna turn it into a Bentley. 2 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 9, 2021 Author Super User Posted March 9, 2021 Minor work today - earlier pic shows the 'walkway' on the trailer. That one runs from the post to the keel-roller. Today installed the second section that runs from the keel-roller back to the junction of the sections that hold the bunks. Later I'll cut some 1/4" roofing rubber and glue it to the top of both runs to give me a non-skid surface. Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 3, 2021 Posted April 3, 2021 Have you ever installed a bilge pump in your canoe I just did and it’s working great have it hard wired to the trolling motor battery on auto and a battery maintainer on it this I did mostly for when I’m not on the water and it rains out I won’t have that much to bail out . In mounted it under the rear seat donuts out of the way and ran the discharge hose out over the side so far I’ve had a couple rainy days and she hasn’t filled up with water yet. I’ll insert some pics when I can Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 3, 2021 Author Super User Posted April 3, 2021 No, no auto-bilge. Canoe is stored in the garage, so out of the rain except when I have on the water. I do have a manual pump that I use at the end of the day if needed, but that's been rare. I just have one more thing to do, then I'll be posting a vid going over everything I've done to it the last three years. Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 3, 2021 Posted April 3, 2021 I don’t have a garage to store it in so I do why I must do lol 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 4, 2021 Author Super User Posted April 4, 2021 Finally - mods for this year are complete. Vid to be shot that will be an overview of everything I've done over the past three winters to turn it from a recreational canoe into a fishing machine. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 5, 2021 Author Super User Posted April 5, 2021 Beginning of this thread shows a lot of what I've done...vid will be a quick overview of everything. Quote
Deephaven Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 I read that a while ago. I meant what you just finished Love seeing upgrades. Have had a fleet of different canoes, love fishing out of them. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 5, 2021 Author Super User Posted April 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Deephaven said: I meant what you just finished This year was just the finishing touches 1: Changed out the Hook 2-4 for a Striker 7cv, transducer mounted on a Scotty arm off the mid seat. (pics on this page) 2: Look under the front seat - I added pillars to under the fore and mid seats to make the hull a little more rigid so it doesn't flex as much when I stand to cast. 3: I also cut and glued down some 1/8" roofing rubber to the 'deck' - add my rubber soled boat sandals and now it's a slip-free surface from bow to under the rear seat. 4: Second walkway on trailer was added behind the keel-roller that's just behind the fore walkway. Both fore and aft walkways were also given the rubber treatment. (fore walkway shown on this page) Quote
Deephaven Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 Awesome. Can't wait to see the complete list of mods. Customizing stuff is super rewarding. 1 Quote
Ratherbefishing75 Posted April 17, 2021 Posted April 17, 2021 I love seeing all of your Mods I wish I could see more canoe owners posting there stuff it gives me ideas on mine lol Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 17, 2021 Author Super User Posted April 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Ratherbefishing75 said: I love seeing all of your Mods I wish I could see more canoe owners posting there stuff it gives me ideas on mine lol Within the week, I'll be shooting a vid going over everything I've done. Once it's edited and uploaded, I'll post the link. Quote
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