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Location: Litchfield, MN | Hey All!
I've been thinking about doing this for quite a while, but now that I've become a full blown musky hunter (even though I have not caught one yet), I AM going to do it! I've got a 1984 Lund Pro Pike 14 tiller that I would like to add some features to. As of right now the boat is pretty bare bones. It has a plywood floor (no casting deck), 3 seats, two rod racks that seem to take up a lot of room and that's pretty much it! What I would like to do is add a casting deck with storage and hopefully a livewell underneath. I would also like to get rid of the rod racks that are currently in there and add some rod lockers. I would like to add a mounting spot for a bow mount and some more storage in the back, too. The big thing here is that I have no storage except for a small 1' x 1' compartment under the driver's seat and lord knows musky anglers need storage!
I'm wondering if any of you have attempted or completed a complete modification of a boat of this size (or possibly even this boat). How did you go about it? Did adding a casting deck make the boat extremely unstable? Is there a way to add more stability to a boat that you've added a casting deck to?
If any of you have done this, know where I could find any information on it, or just plain think I'm an idiot and that I should buy a new boat, your input would be much appreciated! I will hopefully upload some pictures as soon as I remember to take them!
Thanks.
Jeremy
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