I BOUGHT A JON BOAT !! NOW WHAT _

Welcome back friends today a little something special to show you as you know I'm a man who likes those projects if you've seen my videos My channel I got all kinds of crap going on over there But I like projects matter of fact when I retire my business card is probably going to say You know doer of things and whatnot because that's what I am professional piddler I like my kayak fishing and i've been having a lot of fun with that And of course on your you're watching youtube videos about kayak fishing and stuff other things pop up on there too are kind of interesting, but I've been looking for one of these for on and off for a couple years. We've got a A woman that passed away a few years ago lives down there and I was kind of keeping an eye on her property for the new owner Got some nice fishing ponds on it. I said, you know, it'd be great If I could just get a piece of crap You know john boat that went down there get back in some of the places that I'd rather like to fish and so just really hadn't found anything but it's those You know those different videos pop up on your screen. There's a whole cottage industry of guys converting these john boats to bass boats and I can see why if you priced a bass boat lately, I mean A lot more than I paid for my first house and uh the kayak fishing You know, they got a whole pro tour of that paying ridiculous purses that's crazy too all because people can't afford bass boats, so There's a whole industry of people converting these john boats and some of that stuff has been really interesting to watch. So i'm going Hmm. I wonder if I could do that If I came up with the right project just so happens that today I did Isn't that awesome? I've got a 14 foot Monarch here that I found uh in fort worth. So about 40 miles away belong to a couple And uh, they are boat poor over there, but he was using this for crappie fishing And so I got a boat trailer Motor trolling motor he gave me a Trailer dolly as well. Just kind of threw that in He didn't even mention until I got there. He goes. Oh, yeah, let me give you this fish finder here, too Awesome i'll take that but What was really crazy and I wasn't expecting was this mercury 9.9 four stroke Price one of those at bass pro freak yourself out Well, man, this is a deal And so, uh, I went out there And the price that they had it advertised for Was a hell of a deal they had other people that were going to come Behind me if I didn't take it and I can see why but trailer tires nearly new Brand new spare tire and wheel in the back of the truck Brand new lights on the back when I got there, he was filling a trash can full of water it cranked on the second stroke Idle purred like a kitten forward reverse works Recently bought new gas tanks for it Obviously, there's going to be a seat upgrade in our future But I got a trolling motor as well And usually when you're looking at some of these things on craigslist and stuff, you know The wheels are buried in six inches of dirt These things are just a piece of crap but this is Solid as a rock. This is a 1970 model so it's You know 51 years old, but that thing is built, right? There's not a dent on the bottom of it. The only dent is right here Solid as a rock We're gonna obviously do something about the tie downs here. He was doing a little crappie fishing. So he threw on a cheap set of lights Doing a bilge pump just kind of hung it over the side uh, i'll show you the wiring i'm gonna work on that All that stuff, but everything works He'll do a battery in here Fish finder work trolling motor work lights work lights on the trailer worked the boats within registration the trailer Tags don't go out until november. I mean i am ready to rock right now So I ran up to walmart a little while ago and got a throw cushion and a horn And we are gonna go To the lake and just try it out I'm playing for this I think we're gonna do a little subfloor here carpet These are hollow And i've been watching some videos and be pretty easy to uh Turn that into storage We're gonna do a seat upgrade We're gonna do a little trolling motor mount upgrade too. This is a inexpensive little motor But it does work two-speed reverse And we'll probably put a deck here upgrade these lights but I think this thing is going to be bad to the bone the trailer 2003 model all the marker lights everything everything works. This thing is solid as rock So i'm excited about our little project check back with me and see what i'm doing And if you got any suggestions Don't forget to put them down there below So until next time you guys be safe get your life vest on hope to see you out on the water adios