Converting jon boat to bass boat

[JWR075]

Right now, I am fishing either small and medium ponds or certain creeks on a local lake. I want to get a small boat to fish them, as my purchase of a new home has hampered my bass boat fund. So would you rather use a v hull or flat bottom jon boat?

[silverD]

I have a grizzly 1648 mod-v jon. I feel the mod-v provides a better ride in waves as apposed to a regular jon. I'm not sure what size boat you are looking at, but the mod-v is not available in the smaller bottom widths. Get as wide as you can afford. Throw in some decking and you'll have a nice smaller water bassing machine

[summers]

A great place to learn more about bass boat conversion is at www.tinboats.com. I took a 14' deep v and made a nice custom bass boat out of, but like always get the biggest boat you can afford.

Here is the link to my build.
http://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic ... 21&t=15843

[SPAZ]

A great place to learn more about bass boat conversion is at http://www.tinboats.com. I took a 14' deep v and made a nice custom bass boat out of, but like always get the biggest boat you can afford.

Here is the link to my build.
http://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic ... 21&t=15843

Nice work on your build

[USA-RET]

A great place to learn more about bass boat conversion is at http://www.tinboats.com. I took a 14' deep v and made a nice custom bass boat out of, but like always get the biggest boat you can afford.

Here is the link to my build.
http://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic ... 21&t=15843

Excellent job. well thought out and executed.

[summers]

Thank you gentlemen.

[mattfish11]

... Bringing up an older topic here but i have to 2nd the tinboats site. Its great!

I had an old 14ft jon boat that I put decks in, bow mount trolling motor, bilge pump, etc - it turned out great and made a pretty good fishing machine on smaller lakes...

The boat gets heavy with all the decking and can hurt the fishing performace - center of gravity is shifted and can get unstable, but i've fished out of that little boat (2 guys/cooler/gear) with little problems, but sometimes can be unstable when leaning over and setting hooks!