Making A Skinny Water Skiff out of a Jon Boat

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I had a lot of fun with this build. Thank you to my wife for suggesting I buy it, and thanks to my Dad for all the help and buying the jack plate and push pole.
Thanks to RailBlaza for donating some great gear for the build! railblazausa.com/
Slayer Inc lures: slayerinc.com/
Jack Plate: amzn.to/3eU29ef
Float Pods: amzn.to/3w9935h
Deck Foam: amzn.to/3uUiMw8 amzn.to/3hBfcTE
#JonSkiff #RedFish #SkinnyWaterMachine

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@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

Top speed by myself is 20mph. With a buddy it's as low as 15mph, but usually about 17mph. The float pods were purchased from BeaverTail, the jack plate is a Micro Jacker from T-H Marine. The deck foam is EVA foam I bought on amazon. Here's a video my buddy Nick(RX Angler) put on his channel featuring the jonskiff... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8WUZ5x-19_Igpc.html

@robw7205 3 жыл бұрын

I like that tiller extension, how's it working out?

@dustyfoster9272 3 жыл бұрын

I know he wants a 15 or a 20hp motor! Lol

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

@@robw7205 it's working good, but it's a little flimsy. It's made for trolling motors.

@standbackstandby200 3 жыл бұрын

Love the boat! What size pods did you get? Small or medium?

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

@@standbackstandby200 I got the small ones.

@P0intnHold 2 жыл бұрын

This video is what I've been looking for. I just picked up a 17ft aluminum Monarch bass boat with a rotted deck and I've been searching ideas to restore it. Got several great ideas from your build. Loved your attention to detail and your craftmanship. Thank you for posting.

@TrailChaser 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gcr0003 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. Your attention to detail is uncanny. Everything you’ve done looks so clean and professional. Thanks for sharing.

@fishingwithrobgarza6482 3 жыл бұрын

That is what I'm talking about right here 👏 ... you got me thinking really hard about starting me a build.I can't wait to see the polling platform.

@kennylove188 2 жыл бұрын

You've built yourself a slick little rig, David. You should have NO trouble getting up in the kayak-skinny water where the Red like to hunt. And, having that motor will open up access to huge areas further from your launch ramp. REALLY like your design, too; clean and light. Tight Lines !!!

@jzyjack 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! You thought it out pretty good and I'm really impressed at how it all came together. You really aren't lacking anything that you would get on a big money tactical skiff. Now you need one or 2 of those power pole micros.

@roymyers8575 6 ай бұрын

Jon boats are awesome!!! That front deck is a fly anglers dream!!!

@waltere.mellin3537 3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome build. Great job, I love how you got it laid out

@sirwilliam7988 3 жыл бұрын

I give ALL the credit to your wife. She is a smart lady. No need to spend 60 grand on a boat when obviously, your little boat catches the same kind of fish. Nice build my friend.

@ncwarrior62 3 жыл бұрын

Great job on the skiff! Nothing more satisfying than a project you design and build yourself!

@gregshogan5099 3 жыл бұрын

I did almost the same thing last winter with a 1436 alumacraft. Garman stryker for GPS, micro power pole, transom mounted trolling motor in the same location as yours, but I only ate 6 hp Merc. I also installed what looks like the same bilge pump and I can tell you it’s saved us a week ago as the waves were crashing over the boat as the wind picked up out of nowhere. In calmer water and winds 12 mile an hour or less works great.

@AnyoneReallyCare 3 жыл бұрын

Impressed by the build and the to the point video! Got nothing to add that hasn't already been said!

@driftless1870 2 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal job! Love what you have built here.

@kevin86670 3 жыл бұрын

That’s sick! Love it! CAnt wait for the videos now

@chrismacdonald3568 3 жыл бұрын

David, you and I fish the same waters. Always enjoyed your videos. This was an amazing build. Great job. Hope to see you out there someday.

@glennlandry7714 3 жыл бұрын

Man you're giving me ideas on my old Fisher Marine aluminum boat. Motor needs a little work but in due time. Great video.

@dundeeecroc 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece of WORK!!

@loganwelch6775 2 жыл бұрын

Dude this thing is awesome. I’ve been looking into get my first jon boat and pimping it out and this video gave me lots of ideas. Subscribed to you because you’re very to the point and entertaining, love it.

@TiggsTailsFishing 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Super sweet boat. Amazing what u did with that boat. Congrats man! Looking to get a skimmer skiff but now u got me thinking.

@MTZFishing 3 жыл бұрын

So far it's looking very nice the cleanest John boat I've seen so far

@eastcoastfowler2501 3 жыл бұрын

Best build I have seen by far, nice work

@artflores5798 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice design! I would love a boat like that.

@jonathangiles4076 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched a lot of videos on jon boat to bass boat and I love the way you done that boat

@rampedro102 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man! I have a 14ft flat bottom that I want to do this to. Without the jackplate I can float in pretty skinny water. Can’t imagine with the jackplate as well. Love the build 👍🏽

@allenmcclain2745 2 жыл бұрын

Great rig. Really well done.

@carstx 3 жыл бұрын

Nice build. Thanks for sharing.

@BasementAthletics 9 ай бұрын

I want to build something similar for freshwater ponds lakes and rivers, this is almost what I imagine

@nswiss19751 3 жыл бұрын

You do amazing work, Everything about this video is great!

@gfkiscool618 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. Killer build.

@von111092 3 жыл бұрын

This has inspired me to return to my build. Thank you

@motomax13 2 жыл бұрын

Just waiting to see what color you decide on the exterior paint! Gotta do a pretty grey to go with the blue!

@Sochmo18 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome, well done!

@htx-polestar5377 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool David!!!! Very Cool!

@scoutkyle 2 жыл бұрын

Great build. Very well thought out.

@TrailChaser 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jakemcnutt7712 3 жыл бұрын

Man you did a great job on that sucker. Sweet rig my brotha!!!🤙🏽👌🏽

@Victorkayak 3 жыл бұрын

Man that’s awesome and the boat looks really really different after putting all the together congrats I’m still stuck at the house working on my elbow hopefully I do the trip to Texas and do some fishing soon 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@nj4x4fever2 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s a real nice job you did and nice scoring the Railblaza accessories. Tight Lines.

@aliaskong1723 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, I'm trying to find some cheap aluminum for mine. I know, good luck.

@garyprice6651 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job. Looks great

@markohpolo4103 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing work brother!!

@sxezaki 3 жыл бұрын

Great build!

@coryhyatt2035 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work

@InnovateParkour Жыл бұрын

thanks for the ideas!

@earlwayne5472 2 жыл бұрын

Exceptional work!

@great0789 5 ай бұрын

Thank You. I have a 1436 and will be doing something very similar.

@FISHANE84 3 жыл бұрын

NICE BOAT AND BUILD! This is what KZfaq is all about! THanks for making this sorry Im just now watching.

@davei7429 3 жыл бұрын

That is a sweet build man!

@CostaAzulFishingDanielGarza 3 жыл бұрын

Thank is a sweet ride.. congratulations

@txrockerusa1st862 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Fish on..!

@trinacria1956 2 жыл бұрын

Got that same winch on my roof rack to help get my Hobie up if I get too tired out , gettig old man! Limp Hobie! Wish had room for a trailer, nice job! Saw video you and Mr Nick

@mikevega541 3 жыл бұрын

Let go get it brother great time💪

@mrbrown5260 2 жыл бұрын

Nice build man thats really a nice set up

@primsolllineguy8689 2 жыл бұрын

Simply Fantastic job! I am a boat builder and you sir have done a wonderful job! Inovation as well as application. Good for you! I build narrow beam boats because they serve me better in many ways. Initiall stability is so much better. get into 6" of water rocks! Great job keep on improving each and every day, (key to success) Ira

@TrailChaser 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mikeedenfield4076 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job

@Harleywindtherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Good gracious that's a heck of a boat build! Congrats. 👊 I have a 12W Tracker topper with a 5hp Merc. Got a few plans...your video really pushes my plans to a few places I had not considered. Subbed to watch some more.

@TrailChaser 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I've done a lot of fishing off it since this video and I'm living it more with every trip. Good luck on your build!

@GearedForThis 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome build! Proves you don't need a $100k bay boat to catch fish.

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

So true, I've got around 5K total in this boat. Couldn't be happier! I've had bigger, faster, expensive boats...this one's by far my favorite. My last boat was a shoalwater with a 90hp and jack plate with a tunnel hull. I can't even count the amount of schools of reds I've seen from that boat that I could get to. In this boat they would have been in trouble. 😎

@7citiesfishing 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@SkunkMonkey991 2 жыл бұрын

True! I went from a side console 17 ft with a 30 hp to a 22ft Pathfinder Tournament and could not go a quarter of the places I could in my aluminum boat. I am back in a 16 ft aluminum boat now and enjoying fishing again. Don't get me wrong, the pathfinder was an awesome boat but for SWFL flats fishing it didn't cut it.

@cornpop7176 Жыл бұрын

As someone who's owned both. You cant beat the low maintenance of an aluminum tiller driven jon boat either

@kumate45 Жыл бұрын

@@TrailChaser Nice rig! Curiouse do you think you can float and run as skinny as your shoalwater? I grew up in a 1448. Alumacraft craft with a 25 Merc. Is this a 1442 and riveted not welded? Thanks in advance

@BucktailBilly 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing dude seriously

@saxet9049 3 жыл бұрын

Damn dude, that really looks nice.

@reyesrolando1964 3 жыл бұрын

Great video man

@mikekmalick 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Nice boat but a little too narrow for my taste. I will have to look UP brazing! Thanks for sharing your work! This gives me ideas.

@flawdanative3223 3 жыл бұрын

Very Nice!

@kenny08011984 3 жыл бұрын

looks good!

@mlangfordcamper Жыл бұрын

So yeah first one I seen with deck flush with the sides hell yeah and that red fish looked like one from La. I don't see that shade of color to often in Surfside Tx. Nice job on the boat and the float pods are perfect

@samuelshaver4555 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice build.

@CJ-sq3di 3 жыл бұрын

Love this build, I’m looking to do somthing similar with a 16 foot v hull. It’s so damn hard to find a hull though.

@Rockinrobbyboy 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent fishing machinery

@filibertogarcia8758 3 жыл бұрын

I came here from RX angler video. This is a very impressive build. You got some skill.

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@fjon589 3 жыл бұрын

Damn good work

@pnwpaddler 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Impeccable work...would love to own a boat like that. Wish I was a little bit more handy and could pull off this type of restoration. You have given me enough ideas and inspiration, maybe when I retire I will make it happen with all the learning curve errors and extra time it will take haha. Cheers!

@rickz46 3 жыл бұрын

Great build! Post the fish catching videos ASAP!

@duwaynehoun8153 3 жыл бұрын

You need a longer trailer with a nice wrap to match the boat. Love the build looks amazing ps alittle jelly

@jacksonhooton2354 3 жыл бұрын

The goat is back!

@shelbydaniels9569 Жыл бұрын

This thing is awesome

@FishiganMilligan 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! My buddy has the 1648 and we kill the bay on it.

@05jimgar05 2 жыл бұрын

Bro this is 🔥

@southernslipping4225 3 жыл бұрын

Boat looks killer

@RXAngler 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool little boat indeed. That thing got skinny.

@NastyNate-fn6od 2 жыл бұрын

Can y’all build this set up on my john boat ?

@cdp50359 3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to get the trailer bunks underneath the transom. If you don't, you'll eventually crack the aluminum in the bottom underneath the transom

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I slid it up enough that now it's sitting on the transom weld. 👍

@johnvasquez8885 3 жыл бұрын

Nice I love my job boat Works good in skinny water just got a trolling motor on mine game changer

@jerrykrobby 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! I'd recommend raising those trailer lights up to your guide posts so they're out of the water then run a solid wire (I use extension cord) with no splices from the lights up to the front of the trailer and make the splices in a plastic junction box that's water tight. You'll never have issues with lights again.

@edwardbusby9402 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good go catch me some fish. Glad you are back on youtube

@nmoran2046 2 жыл бұрын

I get a bit of gator glide on the bottom of that you’re all set Well done man that thing looks great

@WMBayouLures 3 жыл бұрын

Super sweet build man. I keep going back and forth between adding a bixby etc to my kayak or building one of these. Mine would probably not turn out as good as yours though 😆 Did you do a full cost video?

@sergiolopez5652 3 жыл бұрын

Keep coming more viedos

@pork_chop13 3 жыл бұрын

Could you do this as a bass fishing Jon boat? I like the rear floats. And the ability to get up close.

@sedali5882 3 жыл бұрын

What a amazing job man! I’m already giving up my solo to do this! What size outboard you using? What about the deep cycle battery?

@dylangeorg9333 2 жыл бұрын

Dude you did a great job! Just finished a jon boat build myself, curious how you mounted your wooden subfloor to the bottom of your boat. Mine rattles when I hit choppy water, I just put one inch insulation closed cell foam board under the plywood and screwed it down to the “ribs” of the jon boat.

@anthonymurphy1624 3 жыл бұрын

Wish you do a video of you installing float pods :)

@TrailChaser 3 жыл бұрын

In a nutshell... They have 1/8in thick 1.5x1.5in angle aluminum at the top to make the proper gap.(the gap is because the bottom back of the pods should be raised 0.5in and not sitting flat) I lined everything up and drilled the holes being sure the dry fit a rivet in each hole to hold the place and ensure that all the holes lined up for final installation.(just drill them out the riveting without popping it yet) After all the holes where ready I caulked 5200 marine epoxy all over the areas that make contact. After caulking I put all the rivets back in the holes and start popping them making sure they're pulling everything together real tight. I went back over all the edges with caulk(5200) to make them sealed and look clean. I'm not 100% satisfied with the install. I hope they stand the test of time, but honestly I'll probably have them welded on at some point in the future.

@ncsandman8468 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice build!! And great video, just looking at it I assume it’s a 1436, if so did the float pods add more stability? I have a sea nymph and the stability is a concern if I add a casting deck , mine is 1436.

@Fl.k1dd06 Жыл бұрын

Paint it black or white I jus finished the paint my my 14footer white inside black on the outside my sea deck is on ordered also some other goodies but I luv the build

@michaelritz3561 2 жыл бұрын

Could do a more detailed walk through of how you did the design/build for us novices who might like to do our own diy build?

@jatinyarbrough6116 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome I got the same boat and I was curious where you got your float pods?

@Pskiff18 3 жыл бұрын

See yah at the undisclosed location in winter😂

@bcp5296d 2 жыл бұрын

dude....you're my hero. How much did all the upgrades end up costing?

@southernslipping4225 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good bet it’s heavy going to need a bigger motor

@randystevenson1264 Жыл бұрын

Great build turn out great got ? Where u get jacl plate at and what size motor u running

@outcastfisherman6991 2 жыл бұрын

How does the trolling motor work, trying to get one used but all I can find is transom mounted, did you have to modify anything on it besides the mounting bracket?