Building the Perfect Shallow Water Fishing Boat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Here’s a detailed look at how river rat Ott DeFoe has customized his river fishing boat. Chances are there’s some outstanding shallow water fishing to be had near you, but this can spell danger for hulls and lower units.
This doesn’t mean you can’t tackle skinny waters from a boat. Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe walks us through his tricked out jon boat.
He’s modified the hull and electrical systems to support running shallow water, while powering useful equipment like timed aeration, dual shallow water anchors and even a jack plate. Top if off with functional boat accessories, and you can transform any aluminum boat into a well equipped fishing rig.
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So proud of Ott!! Go Vols!
Badass! This is a dream boat
Interesting features, very well done for shallow water. Of course boat hulls are always a compromise, just so people are not mistaken. You can't expect this shallow draft boat to have the sea keeping characteristics of a deep vee hull inboard in heavy off shore seas. But in terms of specialization, this is a great combination of shallow water features!
That is a nice boat!
Awesome video Ott and awesome boat ! Thanks !
My old man had a four stroke mercury jet on his 18 ft triton Jon boat...it was underwhelming in its power. He then sold it for a 90/65 optimax. Man what a difference. We always have ran mercury motors, and love them, but for us, the optimax is stil the best running motor on the market, IMO. My grandfather has a 90 horse evinrude E-tec, I believe it’s a 2009. It’s meticulously cared for, and it just doesn’t get up and go like the 90 merc we had on a 190 sport fisher. His boat is a Lund 18ft V hull. Boats are almost identical in size and weight, and my fathers mercury walks has walked away from that ‘rude since he had it. We fish the St. Lawrence.
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Love my Grizzly tracker too. Mines almost the same besides big motor and jackplate. I go just bout anywhere my buddy's gator tail goes.
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Those mods you added are fantastic! What a great option to river fish. Im jealous bro. lol
+The Bopper We're jealous too! It's nice having a boat built for hard use.
awesome boat, we are getting ready to modify our 3 boats, some great ideas...Thanks
+TheVirginiaStew Good deal and good luck on the boat mods.
I just about went through all of the work to try and build a boat like this until I found out the make them factory. I haven't looked back since. Shallow River fishing is a blast.
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Who makes them from factory? Im looking at the Gator trax like keith poche but its at 48K without electronics
What a nice little boat you will catch some nice fish out of that
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Want a lesson in shallow water boats? Check out the bass boats they use on the Susquehanna River. This thing would be so much scrap metal if he tried "skip'n rocks" on the Susquehanna. Get a Jet drive and some skid plates!
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Nice Setup!!
ill be honest most people don't understand what it takes to make a boat perform in the shallows. I was skeptical clicking on this video, but the modifications where very well thought out. im still really surprised your hanging onto a prop. why not run a 2" tunnel and trade the 90 for a 150/105 jet? it would operate in less water and the smaller tunnel would displace a little more water and compensate for the slightly heavier motor. guess you don't have to worry about a clogged intake. nice rig, and good spot for your sponsors.
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also needs a place for a shad tank...;)
A lot of tournament organizations don't allow a jet. He uses this boat in some of the BASS opens, I think he won one of them by running way up a river.
I contacted an aluminum boat builder yesterday to get a poling platform and some waterproof cabinets put in my same exact boat and he told me the only way is to cut the entire boat in half to reweld everything 😭😂😂. You wouldn't believe the builder if I told you, I guess you're builder is smarter than him. Where did you get this work done?
I have a Ranger rt178, seems like this might work for me for all the river fishing I wana do. The lakes are so packed anymore every wkend I just wana get back on the rivers. Where do you find a shop to do all that at?
lol, bad ass little boat man, love it
Nice Setup
Hey ott ! huge fan from k town. Has anyone ever asked to see a pic of the bottom of your custom john boat ? lol
with so much going on the back of the boat were did you mount your trandusers
I'm a fan you man
Really nice video man but you need to ditch the TP and get sponsored by Dude Wipes!! :)
Excellent video! Looking for shallow water alternatives for SW FL.
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What are the details on the added mounting area on the back of the boat where the talons and motor are bolted on?
Where did you get that floor matting ????
What is this model of tracker? The transom must be risen and hull must've been tunneled?
+APFishing It's a Tracker 1860 with a tunnel hull modification.
Yea all that stuff is definitely useful where he was shown in video at Pickwick super shallow their at dam
Who did you find to do the boat work/ modifications ?
Most of this you can do yourself
What size are your trim tabs
@Bopper, I agree those mods are great! I sold our Sylvan runabout last summer and am looking for a replacement. I love those mods. @Wired2Fish, @OttDefoe - do you think local boat dealers can do similar mods? I'm in Wisconsin, so we have dealers, just not sure about the mods.
+Larry Reeder Not sure about a local dealer doing a modification like this. Ott had his good friend Mike Watson Designs out of Bluff City Tennessee help him on this project. Probably going to require doing some calling around and finding a good fabricator.
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what kind of boat is that and price, I am looking for something close to that
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What are the dimensions on the tunnel
What rods and reels does he use?
Great boat what is the full model name? Thanks!
This is the Tracker 1860. Sweet modifications and a heck of a shallow water ride.
I was looking for a boat that could fit my hunting fishing on rivers and lakes I think this one does it for me. I appreciate the reply.
Just get a gigging boat lol
Or instal beaver tail pods
How is this tracker 1860 performs on choppy waters I saw a video on youtube and it looked like it was a pretty rough ride?
It's more of a mod-v and not designed for real rough water, but can certainly tackle choppy water with ease - although maybe a little bumpy.
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Is this a 1860 or 2070 size boat? Cool boat.
+Travis Smith It's a Tracker 1860. Thanks for the watch!
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Man I thought I could buy a boat like this. Looks like I'm gonna have to make it a project.
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So what material did he use for the padding?
+Mike Jarvis Hydro-turf material: www.gatortraxboats.com/boat-accessories/floor-covering-hydroturf/hydroturf.html
+Wired2Fish Thank you, looks like good stuff!
30k Tracker John.
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30 grand bass tracker that he paid zero money for. I probably would guess that bass pro shop hooked him up and used a lot of older equipment from his older tournament bass boat's. I know he is not KVD WHO gets a new 21 foot nitro every season or every other one at least. I can't believe that everyone jumped over to Minn kotta but that spot lock feature is a game changer. Wondering how motorguide will respond to it.
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bass fishing done right Ott does get a new boat every year
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Was that Hydro Turf on the deck?
+Smithlogging1 Yes sir, 1/2'' padded hydro-turf material.
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how shallow can it run
how shallow can it run?
mattioder had mine in 6 inches of water with no mods no jack plate
Outboard Jet perhaps?
We were with Ott a few weeks ago looking over v3 of the boat seen in this video. He's running a 60 hp jet on his current custom build.
how wide and long is the boat and how deep is it
+Kansas Tactical Bass Lander It's the Tracker 1860. The dimensions listed on the Tracker website are 19'2'' long, a beam width of 84'', a bottom width of 60'', and an inside depth of 16.75''. Full specs here: www.trackerboats.com/boat/specs.cfm?boat=3676
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is it tournament legal? Bassmaster FLW?
Joe Lo he fished a open and won in that boat
...or you could just get a Riverpro.
You could damn near build two of these for what a Riverpro costs.
that motor so over kill haha
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How do you poop in a bass boat?
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Worth about $30,000
+BASSASSASSINZTV No doubt he's got some money into this boat, but a lot of the accessories are affordable - improvements like waterproof storage and decking cushion. It's just fun taking any boat and making budget-based enhancements to improve the fishing experience.
All dat for 38 lbs?come on man
Sale me that boat brother
Sorry, we got dibs!
How shallow can u go