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Location: Roch NY | looks like a fun project. her bones appear to be in good shape so a little TLC and you'll have a great rig. I work out of a fish and ski also. Its a good set up IMHO. Definitely keep the winshields, you will appreciate them during early and late seasons- you have enough room up front that they shouldn't get in the way.
on that note though, do build yourself a front deck extension for the walk-through area up front-removable, or fixed if it wont interfere with the rod locker. if you set the supports out along the edges it seems like it'll work fine. beats fallin in the 'hole' and you'll have so much more fishable space up there. Then if you;re really ambitious get a center windshield or fashion one out of lexan and while you're doing that (mine folds out of the way with a piano hinge), then set it up with a removable piece between that center windshield and the deck extension such that no wind goes between them, you'll be that much happier in the late season rides.
Last tip- I didn't want to put rod holders permanantly on mine as I didn't want it to interfere with the back deck fishability when not needed (or family outings-mine does indeed serve double duty), so I set up board that I can drop on the back that has the rod holders on it. you can utilize the ski pole as the anchor point (in my case there is an insert for the hole with a seat post that goes through mine to secure it). can post pics if you're interested.
good luck. |
