I have a 1442 duracraft boat that I am wanting to set up for spider rigging. I'm not sure how to do this without having deck like a more traditional bass boat. any tips suggestions or pics would be awesome. Thanks guys
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I have a 1442 duracraft boat that I am wanting to set up for spider rigging. I'm not sure how to do this without having deck like a more traditional bass boat. any tips suggestions or pics would be awesome. Thanks guys
It all depends on what your wanting to spend. I have a 1436 and I just built a small removable front deck that fits in between the front and middle seat. It is not the prettiest set up but as far as functionality it works great! I spider rig and pull cranks with it. Attachment 210951Attachment 210952Attachment 210953
these three pics are how I pull cranks. And spider rigging I just mount my trolling rack by the front seat and sit in a one of the folding deer blind chairs.
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Good functional, easy setup! Good job!
Thanks! It and pretty but it gets me on the water! :biggrin
That's cool. But I don't think a man of my stature could sit on the very front like that lol. I meant the one where you are sitting backwards. Can u post a pick of your trolling motor bracket I have the same motor but have mount it to the side
Bass Pro has a trolling motor bracket that slides down into the handle(s) on the front of the boat. However, if you do this you"ll have to turn the head of the trolling motor so the handle will face to the rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishinguy2014
I dont think size would be a problem. Thats a 1436 and Im 5'10" 300 lbs and have no problems lol You have a 1442 so I think you would be good! I will get a close up of the motor mount this afternoon and post a pic tommorrow its homemade.
This thread had a couple of neat of fix-ups from this year
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/arkan...-jon-boat-fix/
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One of the wood pieces broke on me the other day but its only about 5 years old so it didnt supprise me! If you have access to a torch and a scrap piece of steel you can bend it to fit and roll on.
Sweet thanks man. This has given me lots of ideas. How is that deck you made mounted in your boat?
It just sits in there. We fish the river pretty often and I wanted something i could remove easy. It just has 3 2x4 runners and two supports per runner and the plywood is screwed to the 2x4. It is light enough for me to just grab and pull out no problem.
Good job. Simple is best. GET YOU SOME SHADE!
Yea im gona get me a sportbrella set up. Just got to buy me one first :scratchheadQuote:
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Hey, Erin,
I just sold a War Eagle 1542 that I had set up for spider rigging. Had eight rod holders, two to each side and four in front. Also had a net holder and a Sportsbrella holder. I decked out the space between the low front deck and put lift up doors on it so I could use the space under the decking for storage. Here are some photos of the boat. PM me if you want additional information or want to talk. Your Duracraft is probably set up close to what my War Eagle was. Also had a lockable low profile rod holder on it that a good friend made for me to carry 8 14' trolling poles.
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Nice setup, ski trip!
Thanks. It worked really well for me.
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There are some aftermarket mounts for Duracraft that come in 1/2 or 3/8 thread size. Driftmaster and several other use these two sizes and you can also buy a 2, 3 or 4 rod holder T-Bar that will screw into the 1/2 size holder. Beauty of this is no holes to drill and you can position anwhere along either side and take off in seconds.
Here is the website, but this is a mom and pop business, so just call Jerry Hoover and order what you need if you decide to go with these.
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[QUOTE=ski trip;3026064]Hey, Erin,
I just sold a War Eagle 1542 that I had set up for spider rigging. Had eight rod holders, two to each side and four in front. Also had a net holder and a Sportsbrella holder. I decked out the space between the low front deck and put lift up doors on it so I could use the space under the decking for storage. Here are some photos of the boat. PM me if you want additional information or want to talk. Your Duracraft is probably set up close to what my War Eagle was. Also had a lockable low profile rod holder on it that a good friend made for me to carry 8 14' trolling poles.
Attachment 211167Attachment 211168Attachment 211169Attachment 211170 Did you do the decking on this all in wood? I have this same boat and been thinking about pulling the live well since i hardly ever have anything to put in it anyway
Naw, Lawnmower man, the front low deck is the way the boat is made. As you can see, there is a really short deck at the front of the boat and then it drops down about 6 inches and goes back maybe 40 inches and then drops down to the floor of the boat (diamond plate) and goes back about two feet until you hit the middle seat which I had put in the boat at the factory. It is a full size (all the way across the boat) aerated live well. Behind that seat is the floor again about 48 inches back to the back seat. All I did was build a floor between the front low deck back to the front of the middle seat. I built it from treated 2x8 custom cut to fit and decked with 3/4 inch treated plywood. I put two center braces in it, about a foot apart and mounted another seat pedestal which I used, along with a pac stand I made, to hold the Sportsbrella. This whole set up worked really well for me. I just wanted a bigger boat to fish bigger water.
Oh, and I cut the lift up doors and mounted them with piano hinge type hinges so I could lift them up and store life jackets, etc. underneath the deck. Very easy to do.
I like that setup lot more functionality
Wow that's awesome. Yes that boat is really similar to mine. No I've got a lot of ideas but don't know where to start hahaha
Jerry you forgot to mention , that you can even store a Billbob koozie in all tha extra space! [emoji3]
I wondered if anyone was going to notice that! :yikes