Cane Pole's Boat of the Month Contest - APRIL is sponsored by Strike King

Boat of the Month contest. AND Boat of the Year.

Post pictures of your boat with as many details as you care to include. And Cane Pole (and company) will select a winner. We will do this every month (unless the gewber forgets), and then at the end of the year we will select a "Boat Of The Year".

So, you can submit and resubmit your boat each month you don't win, and add additional details that might help it win the next month over the course of the year. The more details, and pics, and cool things you document, the better the chances are to get selected. The monthly winners will receive a prize pack, as will the "Boat of the Year".

*This includes kayaks and canoes. Whatever you float in...

This months prize is sponsored by Strike King....here are the prize pack details.....thank you Strike King for your support.


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SIX packs of Sausage Heads

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SIX 25 packs of Mr. Crappie Jig Heads.

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Two packs of Krappie Kickers

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Two packs of Scizzor Shads

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And Twelve packs of plastics including: Jokers, Slab Slangers, Shad Poles, Slabalicious and Shad Pole Curly Tails.

Holy Cow Batman, this is one heck of a prize pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colors and specific styles WILL vary.http://crappie.com/1ads/buttons/StrikeKing.gif


Disclaimer: Prizes and rules subject to change without notice.

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I'm in the process of rigging this for crappie fishing. I have to order 2,000 pole holders yet and get rid of all that garbage on the deck. Electronics are state of the art so no fish will go undetected. Several of the compartments will be converted to fish and bait tanks. For your convenience I have 3 elevators to make it easier to get to the fishing deck with your gear. Also I can accommodate a variety of aircraft so you can zip home and get anything you may have forgotten. You can use your own poles or use mine. I recommend one piece 60 footers. Nets will be provided. I also can accommodate about 5000 sleepovers for those long weekend trips. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served in the cafeteria. Smoking is allowed on the fishing deck only and no drinking is allowed on board.

Its an old 1974 Sea Sprite tri-hull took the front seats out put in plywood for a casting deck with a pedistool seat in front and the same in the back Hummingbird fishfinder ,Min Kota trolling motor and a 1974 Johnson 115 on the back ,I use a big cooler for the livewell its over 40 yrs old but it dont have a payment book and does a good job for me Attachment 262707Attachment 262708Attachment 262709Attachment 262709Attachment 262710Attachment 262711

1236 tracker Jon 5hp Mercury two Stroke,40lb thrust Min Kota 5 speed TM, Rod Saver rod holders and 4 drift masters on 1/2" pipe T-bar.

I since have added a few things. The front seat has been mounted to a large military ammo can. This contains a 29 series battery and (2) 12v outlets to power the new 55 lb thrust variable speed trolling motor and accessories, along with a 60amp circuit breaker for protection. I installed RV battery box vents to allow air flow and prevent gas build up while charging. There is a port on the rear of the box with a quick disconnect protruding for my battery charger. I just use one of the lines from my on board charger mounted in my tracker PT185. I extended that cable 8ft. to reach my accessory battery and start battery. The little Eagle depth finder is powered by a 18AH battery mounted behind the front bench with 3amp in-line fuse and a quick disconnect also that serves as its charging port for a 2amp Sears Die Hard charger. The trolling motor mount was beefed up with a piece of angled shelf bracket, which was reshaped.

more pics of 1236 Bow stop rebuild, built a mini rudder from old trolling motor bracket, aluminum sign from scrap bin, and 1" conduit just in case old 5hp needs repair. This keeps it tracking true there's nothing like fighting a wandering jon boat or V-bottom for that matter.

Bow stop has been reshaped and mounted higher on the bow. I built it from a old side bunk board and a bracket I found in Rural King. The safety chain was included in this rebuild ;it is a must have. It loads easier and I don't bust my knuckles anymore...ouch!

Here is my ProGator 154s. I call her "Blue Belle". Shes a 1992 model but I have her updated with some good equipment. Since I have got her from her previous owner I have installed a Helix 7 SI/GPS and a Helix 5 DI, changed both seats out to Millennium, added the driftmaster tip saver, added a NOCO dual bank charger, changed the trolling motor out to a Motorguide Xi5, and added two Cumberland Crappie 360 rod holders (one in the back and one in the front so I fish 4 poles and my passenger fished 4 poles out the back). I also upgraded the power panel and basically rewired the whole boat. Shes an oldie but a goodie! If you look close on the side at the back you can see my red, white, and blue Crappie.com stickers on her.
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Ok guys I know this is a long post with several pics but bear with me. I have told a few of you over the past few months that I was restoring an old Ranger boat to be my “New” crappie rig, so I thought I would share my old boat’s story and some pics of the process. I bought the boat which is a 1974 model TR-10 Ranger about 10 years ago. Just for my own curiosity I contacted Ranger and tried to find out as much as I could about the boat. According to the folks at the Ranger Boats factory, back in the day that this boat was manufactured you could basically tell them where you wanted everything and they would put it there. (Much different than the way most new boats are ordered today) I was told it had “Factory Modifications” done as they were building it. They said this was evident since the letter “F” is at the end of the serial number and the livewell and storage configurations are arranged differently than the regular TR-10.

How this whole boat transformation came to be is a story all its own. I have bass fished all my life and fish several tournaments each year but I have always loved crappie fishing. Recently, my family and I moved, and now live on a good crappie lake and this just made me delve into it even more. I really became caught up in it after fun fishing several times with a friend of mine who is a crappie guide, along with reading posts and looking at the pics on Crapppie.com. Since I already had the boat and my 6 year old daughter adamantly didn’t want me to sell it, I have been working to make it into something she and I can use to catch “Crappie”.

Ok, as far as what has been done to the boat. Since I have owned it I have only used it on a small limited horsepower lake so I had a 9.9hp engine on it. Now that we live on a much larger lake I replaced the 9.9 with a 50hp. Mercury. When I bought the boat it was partially restored which put me in a good position to finish the job. I have had the gunnels re-glassed in red to get rid of the 10,000 holes that had been drilled in it over the past 40+ years. I only had to buff and polish the hull. I tried to get original “Ranger” plastic emblems for the sides but due to its age, the Ranger factory didn’t have any. They did however, send me oldest emblems they had so I used them on the sides and kept and used the one original emblem on the console. I made a deck extension for the front which will allow me to use the underneath for storage. The boat did not have any seats in it when I bought it and it really didn’t matter before, but now I am in the process of adding seats over the livewell lids. The fishing seats I had from a previous boat. I also installed transducers and Structure Scan just like my bass boat so now I can switch my Lowrance units from boat to boat and have Structure Scan, Down Imaging etc. The rod holders are a combination of Cumberland Crappie 360’s (front) and Hill’s (rear). I have arranged the rod holder bases so I can Spider Rig from the front, Brushpile fish off either side with rods in the front and back or Longline with 8 rods in the front and 4 in the back. The boat is really too narrow to fish 2 people out the front so I just worked around that issue and set it up so we can fish out of the front and the back. The three white transport holders I made out of BassPro Shops 4 position rod racks, 3/8” all thread and pipe hangers for the bases. I currently have a MotorGuide 46lb. foot control trolling motor which will do fine for most of my fishing, although I am considering a Quick Release Trolling Motor Mount so I could possibly use a remote controlled motor for Longlining in the future.

I know she isn’t a new ride but one I am proud of nonetheless. My daughter and I have had fun working on it and she can’t wait until we can go try her out.

I have attached several pics, some of which are from the previous owner as he began the restoration process, some as I was working on her and some of how she looks now that she’s finished. I also put in a few old advertisements that I thought would make you appreciate just how much fishing boats have changed over the past 40+ years. I hope you enjoy!

Thanks for letting me share and tight lines to you all,
Richard


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I just bought this last fall from a diver in Florida. Since he didn't ride around much, it only has 22 hours on the motor. I installed a 12' Bimini top, a Bluetooth radio, Attwood rod holders on the gunnels, Wally Marshall rod holders on the transom for crappie trolling, and Driftmaster T

Butlerrd, that's was a fantastic read and restoration

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Well, I figure it's time I throw my boat in the mix. This is my first boat and I am very very proud. It's a 1990 seanymph 15'. 2002 Johnson 25 hp on the back 2011 motorguide 55lb thrust trolling motor. I have a garmin 151dv in the front and the garmin striker 4 on the back. Me and dad just re did all the wiring. Havnt put any fish over the side yet, but hoping to change that very soon! Thanks for the consideration

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I picked this one up in 94. Its a Northwoods 15'.6". Just put a Helix 5 on it. The story it could tell . All 12 of my grandkids have learned how to fish crappies out of it. I think I will keep it. It still works. .Attachment 263602 Attachment 263603 Attachment 263604

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This is my new to me boat. I got it this year in hopes of fishing for crappie. The motor not working. So trolling is all I can do close to the ramp. But that's not going to stop me from Crappie fishing. My Dad started me fishing as a kid. He Loved to crappie fish. Now that I'm older I see way he Loved fishing Crappie. I only can hope to be as good as a crappie fisherman as he was. The boat will be some work to get set up but I will get there.

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War Eagle 548LDV. HB998c. Mercury 30hp 4 stroke. Minn Kota 45lb edge. HiTek rod holders/transport rack. Use the T-lock rail cap for all accessories and rod holders/rod transport rack. Solid as a rock.

Spaceman. I miss my old metal boat all the time. I'd almost trade the Other Woman for one at times. Almost. Nice rig you have there.

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Spaceman. I miss my old metal boat all the time. I'd almost trade the Other Woman for one at times. Almost. Nice rig you have there.

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Thank you Skeetbum. I like both boats greatly, but the War Eagle is my favorite. Both are setup to hot swap the hb998 head.

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The CrappieMama---1989 Suntracker pontooon with 3 toons Upfront, 20 FOOT. HDS7 AND HDS8. 85LB THRUST MINN KOTA WITH AUTO PILOT. LIL PRO ROD HOLDERS ON THE RAIL. 3 SEAT HOLDERS IN FRONT--CENTER CONSOLE. WALLY MARSHALL RODS. 115 JOHNSON.

This month's winner is butlerrd and the 1974 Ranger. Excellent!

Lots of nice boats this month. Real nice boats!

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This month's winner is butlerrd and the 1974 Ranger. Excellent!

Lots of nice boats this month. Real nice boats!

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Congratulations!! :HandsClapping:HandsClapping:HandsClapping