How Are Portabotes Made?

[@familybudgetfisherman]

Amazing! I literally just talked to Jeff yesterday about picking up a boat on Monday. My drive from Redding is four hours to Gilroy. Are used to have them back in 2005 through 2008. My dad has it now. I can’t wait to get it and get on the water with it.👏🏿👏🏿🎣

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Awesome - hope you are enjoying your boat!

[@manny4491]

I wish they would get a 9.9 rating for the 14!

[@OffTheHookFishing]

unfortunately, i think there is a lot that goes into the rating system. For a folding boat, they probably have a harder time getting qualified compared to rigid boats.

[@teus-janreinders1715]

I have a 10 foot porta boot since 2007.Outstanding quality.Use it for fishing on the canals in Holland.Never had a probleem with it.Just love my Poets Bote.😊

[@NYWaters]

I'm on my second 8 foot Porta Boat. Love them. My only complaint about the Alpha series is the built in transom makes my new boat much heavier than my previous one and also is very unbalanced. Glad to see that Porta Bote may have a removable transom in the works like the Gemini series.

[@russking63]

Love my 8 footer, so far. (2.5 Suzuki 4 stroke). Had it about 4 months. All fits in the back of my full size van. Found a cheap golf bag travel cover with wheels that holds the seats and transom perfectly. Copied your Garmin/battery setup. Works great. Thanks for that. Haven't had it in salt water yet, but have had it on New Melones, Almanor, Fallen Leaf and Loon lakes. Glad I found your channel!

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Awesome - thanks for the support!

[@dale5898]

Great video,great news. Congratulations. I had a 10,000year old with wooden seats. Not a leak. Used it in the Puget Sound. Good fishing rig. Thanks for your hard work.

[@xavierhernandez221]

Dude, I remember watching your videos and it helped me soo much.

[@xavierhernandez221]

Porte a bote collab is insane.

[@Martian74]

Good to see you doing some more Portabote stuff, that is what got my attention to your channel. I got a used 12' Portabote and have an 8hp Suzuki 2 stroke motor. It is now spring in Australia and next week I am doing some maintenance and upgrades to the boat and motor. I will service the motor and upgrade the bow of the boat, I don't like the crappy bow cover they put on it so I made a marine ply new one that I can attach a ladder to and also put a bow roller at the very front of it to anchor off, it isn't finished yet but in a week or so it will be as I want to start taking it out again after winter. I will also add a transom to seat attachment to lower the twisting of the transom. Portabote is great but I wouldn't take it into croc territory as the sides are too low, they make "tinnies" (aluminium boats) with higher sides to keep the reptiles out.

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Let me know what you think of the seat to transom support! It doesn't really look like I need it on the gen IV, but I'm trying to squeeze all the power out of my 5hp that I can.

[@Martian74]

@@OffTheHookFishing Yes, I have done it and it works really well, very stable now. I will have to make a video of it to show it off.

[@zzs7253]

For two people fishing in up to 2ft wave saltwater, is 12 or 14ft a better choice? Larger is definitely better, but it would be great if 12 can do it because 12 work for solo too.

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Mine is a 12 footer, Gen IV. I have had 2 people ocean fishing many times. I'd say if you ever want to go solo get the 12, because the 14 will be significantly harder to set up alone. Also good to take into consideration how much you and your passenger will weigh. I've had 2 men over 200lbs and we were good, but sat lower in the water. It will definitely slow you down. I can only get on plane when it is just me with the 5hp. Solo 10mph, double 5-6mph.

[@robleong2733]

I have some of the boat seat hinges breaking off the plastic seats. There are three under the seats. How would I reinforce or repair the seat so that I can place the metal rods back into the holes?

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Hmm, hard to say. I know they make "kayak rivets" that might work in re-securing it. Also, some epoxy never hurt!

[@zachchan9464]

do staples ever get rusted out?

[@OffTheHookFishing]

@@zachchan9464 not that I've seen. Barely any sign of rust on my 15 year old boat

[@brandonn3984]

They have aluminum ones? Or only colored “aluminum”?

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Just colored "aluminum" - they are still plastic!

[@zzs7253]

I wish they make wider portabote that has higher capacity

[@armadilllo]

I have a 10 footer, is is possible to make it into an 8 footer? Can I shorten it? I really don't need the third seat and it would fit inside my motorhome a lot easier

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Technically you could shorten it, but it would be vastly less work to just sell it and buy an 8ft, haha

[@armadilllo]

yeah and about two grand more@@OffTheHookFishing

[@ThinkDifferentish]

Can they stop making the seats black, so they don't absorb as much sunlight as physically possible and burn people?

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Thanks for the support!

[@armadilllo]

Try contact cement with indoor outdoor carpet or cut a piece and try it before you make it permanent.

[@kennanok9089]

Tried using code it doesn't work.

[@OffTheHookFishing]

Just checked and it is working for me - make sure you include the exclamation point, but not the quotation marks.

[@RollingRigTraction]

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