Yep, it’s prob my favorite thing to do in the summer

I think the video makes it look a little faster for the most part I keep it as slow as I can in the bad spots but when I’m going down river it definitely is faster then I want to be going

Also I don’t usually run that river when it shallow like this with that many people in the boat. I have a smaller flat btm with a 20hp jet that goes really shallow.

​@@diyalaskanlifestyle What size boat is your 20hp jet on? Is that a 2 stroke 20 jet?

@@jacklowe3788 yes it’s a old 20hp I think it’s a 14’ might be a 12’. With 1 or 2 people it does really good and will go way shallow

chief jet y9u n9w jet boat

No walleye up here, glad you like the videos

It’s what I look for also, one day I’ll build a mini. It’s tough to beat these flat bottoms though

that nit tóo shllów piçnicbooa jet yaght

There is some people running those up here i haven’t been around them much

They go through weeds in the south not rock bars you need a jet in alaska any prop would be shortly trashed

Honestly I cant remember I had it apart a few yrs ago when the h2o pump quit spinning ( I used and soda can to fix it to get home) and noticed the impeller was also loose fixed it when I got back to town and now can’t remember. I prob should take a look at it this yr.

I welded .100 aluminum between the chines and angle over the chines on the last few ft of the boat and then I bolted 1/4” uhmw between the chines. Before I did all of that I put several holes in the boat mainly where the transom and the btm of the boat meet, the rocks would just rip through that thin aluminum.

@@diyalaskanlifestyle Interesting! Where I live, the rivers are all muddy with no rocks. I always thought you had to run those rocky rivers with inflatable boats but the mods you made to your boat are pretty neat

Part of the teklanika river in the interior

@@diyalaskanlifestyle oh nice lol I live right next to it 😂

This river has a small run of silvers that come up in the fall, they are pretty much spawned out by the time they make it this far up the river

up the nenana river

351 with Berkeley jet

buy oicñick 29 fooit jet yaght

In one of the earlier videos I talked about it and showed some of what I did to it. I reinforced the btm with .100 between the ribs on the last 4’ of the boat, then over the ribs I used 2” angle then I put Uhmw over that. Plus I built up the transom. I put a lot of holes in this boat right here the transom and btm come together so when I put the new btm on I extended it past the transom an inch or 2

Thanks i really like your videos

Craigslist 10 or 15 yrs ago $75 site unseen the jet unit is like new. It is one loud a$$ motor though

Teklanika river yes there is some pike on the smaller sloughs

I’m up the teklanika

1850 Lowe

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@@diyalaskanlifestyle wow that’s impressive for that size of boat. Have any issues with it proposing or weight issues?

@@bradenherle8774 it’s done really good for us it can get a very big load on step. My dad has the exact same boat as mine but 22’ mine is 28’ I can get more weight on step then him

Oops I thought you were asking about my big boat. The flat btm is running a 125hp. It does great but I have ripped the btm of the boat open a few times

@@diyalaskanlifestyle what size is the sled boat with the 125 merc? i have a 90/60 and 115/80 for my 16ft boat which is on the heavy side