Ok, so I am sitting here looking out the office window and a light rain falling and it got me thinking. Next year I will be losing my primary hunting partner to college and will spend most of the weekends outside of Christmas break hunting on my own. Historically, my son and I hunt out a layout with a 19' x 95" tender boat that I just redid this year. Layout hunting is about the only consistent way to get on birds around here unless you want to be on the water at 2am to get a spot. Clearly, layout hunting is not going to work with one person and I have never had much luck setting up in the middle in the big boat, so I am considering options.
I have a 1978 Evinrude 25hp (like new condition) sitting on a stand in my shop.
I LOVE the lines of a classic BBSB
I also have a 24v foot controlled trolling motor that I may could modify so it would work
Looking for build options where I could use the 25hp, keep the lines of a BBSB, hunt with dog, and have it be somewhat effective as a one person ?layout? setup. Just wondering if a BB2 or BB3 painted in a battleship gray would work. Or maybe stretch my abilities and build a BBSB (strip construction) and use the trolling motor to power. Most my favorite spots are a mile to 2 miles from where I launch (a stretch for trolling motor power)
Thoughts?
As I said, this is a daydream of an idea at the moment
I have a 1978 Evinrude 25hp (like new condition) sitting on a stand in my shop.
I LOVE the lines of a classic BBSB
I also have a 24v foot controlled trolling motor that I may could modify so it would work
Looking for build options where I could use the 25hp, keep the lines of a BBSB, hunt with dog, and have it be somewhat effective as a one person ?layout? setup. Just wondering if a BB2 or BB3 painted in a battleship gray would work. Or maybe stretch my abilities and build a BBSB (strip construction) and use the trolling motor to power. Most my favorite spots are a mile to 2 miles from where I launch (a stretch for trolling motor power)
Thoughts?
As I said, this is a daydream of an idea at the moment
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