BUILDING The ULTIMATE Fishing BOAT || 12 Foot Boat Modifications and Upgrades

[@johnbuschman8815]

Grate to see a young man so interested in fishing and you did a hell of a job on the upgrading of the boat. Your grandfather must be very proud of you. Really enjoyed the video. Good luck.

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@vinhha6073]

Hello young man... lol... i was 50 yrs old,, and im going to buy a 12" aluminum boat this weekend, it's old and nasty, that why I looking at your vid... I think you doing a great great job... I work all my life until now I trying get to a lake and enjoy.. on my weekend, I really hope that I can see you make a vid how your boat run on water... I'm scare, it's my first time ever... thank you young man and I wish you have a wonderful day....

[@derekland3709]

Sure nice to see a fellow millennial with the ability to work on there own stuff. Well done bud keep up the good work!!

[@zachsylvestre2373]

I’m a gen z and I did this it was fun and I learned a lot like imagining things and making them come true

[@gregoryrekitt9375]

I sold my 19ft fish-n-ski 2 yrs ago and I am thinking about getting a small aluminum like yours. I was always tinkering with mine and I think I miss that as much as fishing. I really enjoyed your video and you did a nice job on the boat and trailer! Keep on fishin!

[@MissionForFishing]

I own a bigger bass tracker now and it’s the same nonstop tinkering. It’s nice to have something simpler that just works when it needs to, thanks for watching!

[@808pathfinder]

nice job bud ,sad to see only 500 likes on this ,i smash the like on this one for sure

[@gabbievanegas5186]

I just got the same boat 2 days ago. This video helped so much. Can't wait to start working on it.

[@MissionForFishing]

Great to hear! One thing about the a12/n12's by Lund is they seem to be more weight sensitive than other boats. Just one thing I would have tried to keep in mind and cut down more on in the build. Still works great nonetheless, good luck with the build!

[@southpawmike]

I watched this video after finding the other rebuild and appreciate the details and basic how-to. I've got a 14 foot waiting at my father in-laws that I'm going to build out this winter and feel way more prepped after watching these.

[@MissionForFishing]

Glad you enjoyed the videos, good luck on your 14 footer!

[@jbmemphis2151]

Love how simple you made your build and you showed everything. I’ve got a 1956 12 ft mirrocraft that I bought from the original owners son. Tons of rivets in it and I can put it on the water all day without a drop of water coming in. My grandpa gave me a 15hp Johnson that I’m gonna run on it. I’ve been running it stock but these videos have inspired me to get going on it. Really appreciate your vids. Keep em coming

[@edwinmiller2729]

To make your lids for your hatches fit better. Shave the edges with your clippers Hope that helps

[@primetimeonpublic4951]

Dude I just came across you looking for ideas to revamp my boat and I saw this vid and the one of you guys fixing your friends and man you give me some serious inspiration. Keep it up bro!

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks for watching!

[@southernslipping4225]

It looks good young man wish there was more kids out there like you glad you had good parents that you could learn from an you said small body of water I’d fish out that v bottom in some pretty good size water if it was mine . I have a 18 ft 6ft wide tunnel hull river boat with a 50hp Nissan it’s my dream boat I’ve owned a lot of boats but this one is the one I’m keeping keep fishing young man

[@brandonkreider3919]

Duuuuude super badass !!!!! Add a few cup holders super easy.....boat is cool man thanks for the video gonna restore my own 12footer

[@Twilightzoneisreal]

Love your build. Very well done! Simple but effective. Nice rig btw.

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks for watching!

[@nodayatthebeach]

Nice job young man! I'm impressed with your imagination and work ethic. Tip of the hat from an old guy who loves tin boats.

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@nodayatthebeach]

@@MissionForFishing Quick question, What is that frame mountable strap you used for the rear of the boat?

[@MissionForFishing]

@@nodayatthebeach Its a heavier duty cam buckle style strap. probably around 8-10 feet long, 2 inches wide. Came with the boat, never had any issues with it, works great.

[@markhoss8975]

Mission Accomplished! Great use of space.

[@josephpacheco7508]

Get you some red translucent butt connectors. Wire nuts are meant for residential wiring. Also, even though they are LED lights, always unplug them when dipping the trailer in water. Be sure to use good heat shrink at each connection then tape or they'll fail by next season.

[@brandonkreider3919]

Super simple ..super classy man boat looks good

[@bradbishop1893]

Nice work young man, great to see someone your age with some ambition.

[@davidschroff2160]

Nice work... I used your ideas and just finished the deck on my 14 foot v-bottom!

[@dmurphy3113]

This video is giving me some great ideas for my 12 foot boat, it could use a makeover and some functionality upgrades, awesome work!

[@MissionForFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@RobertF-cs7fx]

Pretty good job for a young guy. I installed a bow platform and a rear floor on my 14' Lund.

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks, they make a big difference!

[@chrisfalcone5211]

Your a G. Just picked up an old tin can myself. Gonna do the same, thanks for the ideas man!! N.S.F!

[@ckidphotography1318]

I had an old Mercury 2 stroke thunderbolt ignition. Never got along with it so we sold it and got a Honda 4 stroke. But love the vid man! I’m working on restoring my old Mirro craft atm. Love to see builds like this

[@redneckwithajeep5001]

I just got a 14 footer myself. Think I’m going to steal a couple of your ideas though mines going to mostly be at home on the rivers and creaks here in Missouri so making it as nice as yours is out of the question especially when you factor in I’m mostly after catfish. Love the way yours turned out if life circumstances were different I’d almost copy what you’ve done but with alpha gal syndrome I’m kinda driven to go after fish I’ll actually eat rather than bass though who knew maybe in the future I’ll get a second boat

[@ct026]

Well done for getting stuck in there mate. You’re a good inspiration for other folk. Nice one.

[@coalcrackeroutdoors3632]

Great video! I did a very similar project a zillion years ago on a 14’ ouchita. Good work buddy

[@ilovejesus4evr]

Nice build, very similar to what I plan to do with mine. Thanks for the video, you did a great job!

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks, good luck with your build!

[@mudslinger1m]

Nice work! I just got a 14ft boat and thinking about building it out like this! I like it 👍

[@kennyscott1591]

Job well done. Love the side box that you done

[@davejones3923]

Very well done young man nice job !!

[@ojmcbaggins]

Keep the hatches tight. Just add a cup pull or d ring

[@shireofthedead1]

That's an awesome build. It's given me some ideas for my boat I'm working on restoring.

[@robertmikita5745]

Awesome job just got a 16ft starcraft u gave me a lot of good ideas

[@MissionForFishing]

Great to hear 16 foot would be much more practical, good luck with your build!

[@jeffreyuzarski710]

Nice job bro! Now catch that big fish and enjoy the Great American Outdoors

[@theamerican7131]

you did a great build on that boat. way to go

[@cjgroote3599]

I recently bought a little 16 ft boat, and I plan on doing this to it, thanks a lot for posting! Also, I really enjoyed your ice fishing videos from last year, so I'm looking forward to this winter and more ice fishing videos from you!

[@DudefishhTV]

Dope video bro. Picking up my first 12’ aluminum next week.

[@michaelmaldonado5680]

Looks great man. Need bilge pump n nav lights!! But love the paracord handles

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks, bilge pump is on the way and the handles work great!

[@bronwenable]

I don't keep my tackle anywhere near my gas. Just in case it makes my tasty lures smell janky. Fish on brother, nice job

[@rodplunkett8651]

Nice work .... Thank you

[@rodplunkett8651]

Very proud of you ,

[@willcaballero7771]

You're Awesome young man..keep the good work 👍💪☝️ God bless you

[@tewksburydriver8624]

Nice job, good to see young people working on things. One thing though, I assume you have a phone, check the weather forecast before you paint lol.

[@MissionForFishing]

Agreed, thanks for watching!

[@charleshupp2434]

nice job like how hatches are removeable

[@SketchingRocks]

Excellent job. I just bought the same style boat and looking for ideas. Thanks for your help and I look forward to many more of your videos. Oh ya, I forgot to mention that: I SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANNEL.

[@drjaywhitlock]

Great job sir! Be proud of what you've done! From the way you describe and talk about it in the video you seem like you are! Good for you!

[@foonus406]

How is it on rough water with the 2 motors, gas, and added deck weight on the back? Didn't catch if the battery for your electronics and trolling motor was back there too or did you relocate that to the bow? My 12 footer has only 8HP outboard and i saw yours is bigger/heavier. I have to put the 25L jerry at mid of boat and the trolling motor on bow or its no fun in choppy water to reduce waves/water splashing in over the transom when its weighed down too low even with one 180Lb person . Mine is rated for 660Lbs maximum, would adding a 200Lb passenger put you over for weight on your rig, or get you into trouble on choppy water?

[@MissionForFishing]

On rough waters it is a little interesting. We have had a 220lb friend on a lake with 4 foot whitecaps and as long as the boat is ballasted correctly the chop doesn’t send water over the side, it’s the wind that does. I do have my anchor and battery routed up to the front deck to ballast the nose down to help with getting on plane. We have had three guys in the boat, all about 150lbs plus the battery, two motors, and gear and we did manage to bury the nose in a two foot wave. This is a really good question and I hope this has been helpful. I will definitely touch more on this next week in a video walkthrough of the boat.

[@saulplatas4841]

Didn't you hear? He used 2x2's

[@everardosanmiguel7907]

Saludos compadre FROM MEXICO

[@Kevindtheis]

Holly cow last time I watched you you had 600 subs

[@Ryan_thebetterone]

Great vid and awesome boat maybe in the future since you said some of your buds like to sit all the way in the front you could find a seat eventually and put a swivel mechanism and pole to sit it on so then you could mount all the seats. Plus the swivel pole comes out of the mechanism on the chair and ground so it’s not always there if you don’t want it to be

[@andydechamplain]

Nice job kiddo!

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks!

[@razzso1482]

Good shit young man!

[@scottcarlson2788]

Fantastic. You are unafraid to tackle the new skills needed.

[@samcappelli146]

Awesome job guy.

[@sylvainlaurence1554]

Really good work young boy

[@paulskierski8271]

Nice job I like it a lot of good ideas

[@kylestoudt6454]

That cool that video helped me out I going to do my boat like that now

[@caseymoto]

u convinced me to make side hatches too

[@jefft3478]

Good job. Looks real nice!

[@TimothyLeMoine1Cor13_4-8]

Good job man. Inspiring!!!

[@Jay_Bird30]

Great stuff man! Gave me all sorts of ideas.

[@mikeprater6651]

Nice job. Very well presented

[@ProjectLMZ]

You know it’s a good video when you don’t skip forward at all in a 23 minute video.

[@RWBKLZ]

Seems from all the boat videos you have paint problems. I recommend epoxy paint. You can get pre-catalyzed or not but it should be more durable. Cheers.

[@AlgomaOutdoors]

Sweet rig, maybe a new sonar and bow mount minn Kota & you’d be set up

[@MissionForFishing]

Thanks, I think some upgrades are definitely needed!

[@daddymidwest4111]

Crushed it, kid! Nice job!!!

[@jesseclark8120]

GOOD JOB 👌👍 BUDDY

[@80ajflores]

Great looking boat.

[@rossevans1774]

Maybe some Railblaza accessories are required for The Beast.

[@freakcascade6809]

I kept my boat upper part of the haul clean of paint because I knew it was probably not gonna look good in a year

[@MissionForFishing]

Yep, it looked great for the better part of 3-4 months but started to lose a lot of its gloss shortly after. I think if a guy wanted to really get it right, a spray gun with some automotive or marine grade equivalent paint would be best.

[@Johnny_s766]

Theres an incredible amount of. Measuring. Cutting fitting. Wiring. ...you name it. You gotta do it for it to come out rite. It takes. Time. . Patience. Plenty of patience. Time. & Work. Funds. Some know how. & figure stuff out as you go type thing. But yu stay at it. Imagination never hurts a thing ...& a fellow usually has a vision in your head. Hiow. yu kinda want. it to look.

[@georgetorres8834]

Nice job 💪

[@rcs1591]

Still have the boat? Getting ready to fix up a 14' alumacraft myself.

[@MissionForFishing]

Sure do, but this is my 12 foot Lund. I sold my 14 foot alumacraft over a year ago. Loved that boat, it was just about the perfect size for a everything-you-need type boat that could fish two people comfortably. Recently bought something for bigger water so I’ll have another project soon. Good luck with your build, that’s a great boat to build off of!

[@josephpacheco7508]

Doing a great job man. But I have one question, your buddies left a tornado of a mess in your boat when you first started this video. I really hope on of them is at least there to help hold the camera. If my buddies left a mess like that in my boat and I was going to remodel it, best bet, they'd be there helping lol

[@MissionForFishing]

They weren't there to hold the camera, but I can tell you they got an earful when it was finished lol

[@josephpacheco7508]

@@MissionForFishing atta boy. I'd be hot!

[@jeffstephens4163]

Looks awesome!

[@nickj4850]

Love the vid bro

[@stevevargas2321]

Nice job

[@jarrettsherman6652]

Sweet video! Watched several looking how to redo mine. I have exactly the same boat. Had it for years and it’s still an average row boat. Yours is the best set up I’ve seen so far. Going to tackle it this summer for sure! Question for ya tho. Something I’ve been worried about putting a higher floor in the front....does it feel really tippy when you have someone standing up there and your trolling??

[@MissionForFishing]

Honestly the deck helped with both stability and storage. I think its attributed to heavier objects being closer to the bottom of the boat and an increase in walkable area. I was pretty surprised when I first used it and it’s been an improvement to the boat, we’ve had two guys standing up front and I’ve stood on the back bench with no accidents or spills and that’s about as tippy as I’ve ever had it. Its still not 18 footer stability and never will be, but for a 12 foot boat it’s pretty manageable. I think stability really has more to do with gross weight and placement than anything, but that’s just a thought. Hope this helped!

[@jasonwilliams3843]

Get r dun young'n 💪🏾🔥

[@faraon1994]

Two years later this motor is going strong kzbin.infoUgkxBZWgzfpS2Jj7JqIHyaSZjyVHNUgCKCBf Just uploaded a video of it after 2 years. We use it probably a dozen days each year on our small raft.-original review- We got this motor the other day and tested it out. I don't have anything to compare it to, but it seems good to me. It has all the features advertised - the motor housing is metal. We will see how it performs longer term and I will revise this review if needed. Some initial observations:- Good thrust, moves our boat around really well- It comes with a circuit breaker but no switch - so there's no way to kill the motor other than yanking the connection off the battery. I installed an inline switch.- The mount bracket is plastic and I worry it might break- There are a number of plastic parts that I worry about, but the most important ones are metal or some kind of composite

[@kartersnyder4289]

keep up the good vids man

[@mikeprater6651]

Whatever works for you and makes you happy. Who gives a shut what anybody else thinks

[@oriond8677]

Is all that plywood just floating? I didn't see any framing

[@MissionForFishing]

Yup, there's framing on the underside for the hatches and that's it.

[@charlesparmenter5515]

@Mission For Fishing what thickness is the plywood. About to start on my 14ft valco and seen most videos showing a whole framing with 3/4ply wood ontop. Im trying to save weight and unsure if both framing and 3/4 is needed. Thanks and awesome videos. Been watching alot of them

[@Strugglingdisciple]

Need some rod holders and a live well, but yeah. This is what I think I would like to do

[@shudge1]

Awesome!

[@danieljblairsr6323]

nice job

[@michaelprater3803]

Hey. How much space is there around you hatches so that they fit properly

[@MissionForFishing]

I only cut about an 1/8" inch off each side when I actually should have cut about 1/4" off. They are still close but its just too tight.

[@michaelprater3803]

@@MissionForFishing another guy I watch on here leaves 1/4 “ for carpet

[@michaelprater3803]

@@MissionForFishing I’m watching that video right now

[@tlokeijak]

what you're using to secure the deck frames to the boat hull?

[@MissionForFishing]

Well mainly gravity and friction. Since their removable they all fit like a tight jigsaw puzzle. They use random supports and the original bench seats to keep all of them fastened to the boats hull. (this might get confusing but maybe you can find parts in the video that show these better.) There are two bench supports on the middle seat. The front deck has two notches cut into it where these supports slide in and keep the front deck from moving back and forth. The side console is notched between both the front and back decks, as well as the sides of the original bench seats. the back deck uses the furring strips mounted underneath it to bunk up along side the back bench seat to prevent it from moving around. I hope this was somewhat understandable. The whole think is overcomplicated but it kinda has to be to retain the "removeable" feature.

[@RipTrippy]

Milk crates would work great under the hatches

[@Neal942]

Hmm I wonder who left all that tackle. Also that’s a cool orange rod

[@MissionForFishing]

Fax

[@mplemke]

Great job!

[@nightcasino]

Great work!

[@stevepesut5304]

What size tires on the trailer?

[@MissionForFishing]

They’re 4.80 by something. Pretty much as small as you can get.

[@work4rsl46]

looks good, I just got a old 12 footer and am going to do something very similar. how has it all doing a year later?

[@MissionForFishing]

The decking has been holding up very well but the paint started to fade again. Not sure if the fading is from winterization or regular use but other than that everything is holding up just fine.

[@work4rsl46]

@@MissionForFishing thats good to hear. I'll probably wait to start on mine till winter. I'm in missouri and its hot right now. keep up the vids.

[@MissionForFishing]

By that time prices on wood and materials should have hopefully dropped too! Good Luck!

[@FranksDIY]

Nice job.

[@fishinwithryley4547]

Where did u buy that trailer at I need one really bad!!!

[@MissionForFishing]

My grandpa actually built that trailer himself from an old camping trailer and sold it to me with the boat. If your looking for a trailer I’d check Craigslist, Facebook marketplace, or a junkyard. Chances are it probably won’t be in great condition but it’s nothing that some hard work can’t fix. And if your looking at where to start I have two trailer restoration videos up on the channel.

[@supermotoj9561]

How do you speed things up on video editing like you did?

[@MissionForFishing]

It depends on what editing software you use. For my purposes I use Davinci Resolve where its referred to as a "speed change". I've also used premier pro in the past. The only downside is you need a beefy computer setup to watch it back real time which is a necessity. Otherwise if you know you want to speed up a specific shot before filming you can always set up a time-lapse which is much easier to manage in post production and is done on the camera itself.

[@rippinmn8934]

yo nice video dude

[@MissionForFishing]

Thank for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@yankabillyron4505]

Nice job. Question-Do you know anywhere to buy the aluminum handles and bow handle? mine are roached....

[@MissionForFishing]

If you have the part number I would check Ebay first. If nothing comes up I'd try contacting a marine salvage place or a marine dealership. You would more than likely pay more at a marine dealership, but chances are if they have it, it would be OEM. I know there are also a few places out there on the internet that sell aftermarket replacements too. Hope this helps!

[@welder351]

Can you give hatch sizes? I’m doing the same layout

[@victorremick9721]

NICE