My skiff! 11'10"

[HeneryHawk]

Here are some pics before and after of my small skiff. This is the boat I grew up fishing out of. My dad sold it around 5yrs ago and I found it 2yrs ago in need of a lot of work... (someone had at one time a 20hp! The seat mount my brother and I built. I think I am going to make a jack plate to get the motor up 3". I am try some flats fishing (if ya'll think its big enough) I've never been. I not sure if I move the motor out if I am going to need to make some floatation pods. If you see any thing i should do to it please let me know. Thanks

[TimE1]

You did a real good job fixing her up looks good!

[Papa_J]

Lookin good.

[HeneryHawk]

I had a local guy do the transome with star board, and he gel-coated the inside also. I did some repaires to the hull on the outside and painted her. Should I worry about fishing the flats in this boat?

[Papa_J]

Dunno. How high does she sit in the water loaded up? If you have more than 10" under the keel, you should be ok to scoot in slow, but it would be better to pole your way into the skinny water after you get to about 3-4 feet of water.

[DONY1]

It's looking good and should float real shallow. Maybe put on your list a front and back deck and a cooler in the back for a platform. You could put the battery up front under the deck to help equal out the weight. Nice job!

[HeneryHawk]

The back of the boat sits about 8" deep and the front just a couple of inches. I've never been out on the flats so I didn't know how big the waves are or if people will try to swamp the boat with their wakes. I did take it in the Weeki Wachee and it runs pretty shallow, I was thinking I could raise the motor to give me another 3" or 4" of clearance. I might try to attend a boating coarse or ride with someone else in their boat first so I know what to look for.

[DONY1]

If you can get a little of the weight up front you can get down to 5 or 6 inches of draft I'm sure. I wouldn't raise the cavitation plate any higher than the bottom of the stearn. That boat will do fine on the flats even at 10". If you get on the flat's and someone blows by you close then you need to kick their azz. For the most part anyone that fishes the flat's is going to give you plenty of room. Now getting there is a different story.

[HeneryHawk]

If you can get a little of the weight up front you can get down to 5 or 6 inches of draft I'm sure. I wouldn't raise the cavitation plate any higher than the bottom of the stearn. That boat will do fine on the flats even at 10". If you get on the flat's and someone blows by you close then you need to kick their azz. For the most part anyone that fishes the flat's is going to give you plenty of room. Now getting there is a different story.

I can go up another 2.5-3" to get cavitation plate level with bottom of boat, is it worth it to make a jack plate? I have the materials around I think.

[DONY1]

If you can fab one up cheap I'd do it. Make it so you can adjust it till you get it just right.

[HeneryHawk]

I will post pics of the build thanks.

[lamehawk]

sweet looking

[lamehawk]

by the way who makes that boat mine looked just like it but wide beam!

[HeneryHawk]

by the way who makes that boat mine looked just like it but wide beam!

The title says Whitefish.

Looks great! Maybe you should consider a removable polling platform and a push pole?

I not sure its stable enough for that, I think I will try to make a bamboo push pole for it.

[flhuntfish]

a small cypress works good too