JON BOAT TO BASS BOAT FULL BUILD WALK AROUND TOUR!!

[@PeterCrooks-ss4vs]

In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens kzbin.infoUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.

[@cidmonares878]

I'm doing mine red with black strips. I like your idea on your boat.

[@LSDforEveryone]

Dude sweet setup! Looks like you thought of everything! You should be proud of the deck build, looks very professional.

[@coryboyd7958]

Great job! I'll be doing the same thing.

[@patrickrasmusson1810]

That’s an awesome build but you may wanna put some rubber Matt under your anchor just to reduce noise

[@jeffconley6366]

Cover the bottom with wetlander. Holds up extremely well.

[@edwooodfork]

You could have bought a bass boat but there's a certain pride in building things yourself. GREAT build 👏 🤜🏻🤛

[@jonstonst.martin580]

Yk how much a bass boat costs

[@beast_gago2660]

@@jonstonst.martin580 toooooooooooo much might as well buy a speed boat at that point

[@judgegarry]

Great build Adam, I'm definitely going to incorporate some of your ideas in mine! (BTW, who the heck is whistling starting about 13:00, it was driving me bonkers trying to find out who?what until I paused the vid) hehehe

[@alainlalonde]

I just bought a Jon 1040 Lund... Just, just got it...pack away in my snowy yard in Ottawa, CA as I wait on my 5HP Honda (and spring melt). After seeing this, I wanna sell it. I'm absolutely not able to do this. Dude, that's crazy beautiful!!!

[@davefraley8875]

Great build, especially for first time..love that front deck

[@Catchwhatbites]

This thing is so gorgeous

[@KenShew325]

I did a similar project on the exact same boat (14' alumacraft) except mine had a 9.9 hp motor. With mine I just added a plywood deck covered in carpet with chair mounts. No frame and no compartments. It was made to be removable. It made the boat heavy and sluggish. I ended up pulling it out. One of the nice things about a jon boat is the light weight. I think you'll need a bigger boat and motor if you add 200 pounds of wood to the front of the boat.

[@MooreCEJr]

You ever consider solar panels on the deck to trickle charge batteries while out fishing? Your GPS/fishfinder will tell you how fast you are going.

[@P-Fishing]

Nice work dude. It looks very cool. 🤙👏👏 Good idea to charge the battery.

[@BEERFISHINGRELAX]

Good job

[@parkerpowell4231]

is the deck screwed down or removable?

[@travism9339]

For someone that "didnt know what they were doing and didnt have plans" you sure did hit this build out of the park, brutha. Impressive! Makes me want to convert my job boat. You should hook up a small solar panel as well.

[@albertocabral1569]

Hi everybody from Miami FL. 👏👏🤝👍🇺🇸👍wao is wonderful job awesome, paramount incredible 👏🤝👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🍾🍾 congratulations 👏👏🤝👍

[@officialfabian5539]

On the front casting deck where u have your hatches in the bottom u should make like a box under the hatches so u can put tackle and tackle boxes there

[@AdamRyanA]

Yeah I may do that eventually

[@eduamart11]

I made a single long-carpeted board to cover the bottom of the foot petal and the right hatch. It’ll give that right hatch a small cabinet space.

[@doglover123456654321]

What do you wired up for charging your battery?

[@paytonlight4218]

What is the total cost if I want to build one for myself?(approximately)

[@doubletrouble3863]

You did absolutely great. I got given a old jon boat for free. It has some dents and it’s not in the best condition but I’m modeling it after yours. I’ve gotten almost all of the dents out im panting it and I’m making a deck. I’ll also have a fish finder and carpet and a trolling motor and a outboard motor. I’ve using ur boat as inspiration and as a “guide” to make mine. I won’t be able to do as much as yours cause yours is awesome but it’s a guide. Again thank you and you have done an great job.

[@gregknutson8524]

I would just suggest getting two small solar panels off Amazon to clamp to your batteries for long days on the water, GREAT BUILD, you gave this old man some ideas for my build

[@daylonrabon2269]

I've thought about trying to do one of these with my son as a "father/son" kinda project...how sturdy is the boat on the water standing on that deck being kinda top heavy and all?? Just curious what to expect??

[@AdamRyanA]

Not gonna lie it’s a little wobbly at first but you do get used to it and it’s pretty easy to stand and fish

[@thewolfhunter]

GREAT JOB. 3- Questions. 1- How did you anchor your decks down. 2- How do you put fuel in the tank. 3- In the future are you going to add a standup casting seat up front?

[@AdamRyanA]

The front deck is such a tight fit that it sits under the lip of the boat and doesn’t move, the back deck frame is screwed into the transom and the deck is screwed to the deck frame, and I have a funnel with a long tube that reaches the gas tank, and yes, if I knew better I would of added it to this build but definitely going on the next build

[@braysonrich123]

Did you just paint the boat or did you sand it down and then paint? How did that process work?

[@AdamRyanA]

I roughly sanded the green paint to rough up the surface, and then painted it with oil based enamel which is the red you see on it now

[@baldrickscunningplan6154]

Jon Boat green. Yeah, a bright red mass next to your bait would look very natural to a Fish. What could go wrong.

[@MrPoseidonSays]

this was fun to watch love to have you on as a guest!

[@Klehocky1]

Looks like you are very close to having the trolling motor mounted in a way that your hatch it blocks will open. Might want to try adding a board underneath it and extending its base over the front edge of the boat.

[@cipdog100]

Nice 👍👍 dude your work is lot more cleaner than my brand new tracker 170 good job

[@mattwhite9670]

I’m not a fisherman, but I thought it was an interesting build. Looks like you did a great job on it. If I had something like that, I would become a fisherman.

[@randivids9118]

Very Very nice.. love it i have a jon boat and would like to do something like this. Great job brother

[@kylemurray7086]

Just curious man, why didn’t you just hook your garmin to the cranking battery? That way it can charge via the noco.. maybe didn’t want extra wires rigged through the middle and visible? When I seen that part in the initial build video i was curious

[@AdamRyanA]

Both batteries are charged through the noco, I have them both hooked up to it, it’s a duel battery charger

[@kylemurray7086]

@@AdamRyanA Oh it looked like you had a small lithium battery in the compartment directly underneath the fish finder? The one that you mounted with a strap.. I see your charger and your cranking and trolling batteries all hooked up but what was that other little battery for them?

[@AdamRyanA]

Oh sorry I read that wrong, thought you were talking about the trolling motor, but you are correct, I have the fish finder on its own battery just so the fish finder and trolling motor last longer and to not cause any interference on the fish finder

[@kylemurray7086]

@@AdamRyanA So do you just remove it to charge it up then? The point I’m getting at is I was looking into putting together a portable pack fish finder out of smaller lowrance hook2, and was considering getting one of those lithium batteries and a ice transducer that I could just drop into the water basically anywhere out of any boat if I wanted to.. looks like a pretty viable option with how small that battery is

[@AdamRyanA]

Yeah I remove it and charge that battery with a battery tender

[@Thorzon]

Nice! It gives me hope for my OLD 16' jon boat. :)

[@ronbeckybeasley3566]

and whats that ugly ass plastic tube. Why not make it look better and put a thru hull fitting on it

[@Geoff_G]

If you worked with a technical writer and a cad program you could produce plans that would definitely sell. Great build!

[@christophervela5447]

Geoff you're really onto something 🤔 👍

[@DTFShorTie]

If your front led lights get too bright you can get a plastic cover and place it on top.

[@AdamRyanA]

That’s a very smart idea

[@pioneer9078]

Omg. You are genius. Great work and great video..

[@ShaneJMcNair]

Very Cool, so the BIG question what would you have done differently after it was completed? I follow Tiny Boat Nation, so I know it's always an evolution in progress.

[@AdamRyanA]

Lol that is very true, I definitely would of but a pedestal up front so you don’t have to stand and steer the boat with the foot pedal, and if I knew how much money I would of spent I probably would of just bought a used bass boat, I don’t regret building this job boat tho, it was a awesome experience and I love it but yeah just being honest

[@8Scorpions]

Awesome job man!! Are there any adjustments that youve though about adding to it. You definitely rocked it man...Great Project

[@AdamRyanA]

If I knew better I probably would of added a pedestal seat on the front deck

[@THeSPARTEnMORTER21]

great boat, i just watched the 40min full boat build, i thought man thats a long video, likely going to just skip around but let me tell you that was the first full boat build i watched all the way through. awesome job.

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you for watching Snake eyes

[@MattyWongFishing]

So rad!!!

[@jason-ian-Van-Sloten]

This is the reason i changed my COSTA'S from mirror glass into just dark glass. Mirror glass is for wannabe hipsters.Or put it like this.. it's a trend a fashion.. i hate it. Refuse to do the la la la Content of this video is great. Very awesome job tbe whole boat thing

[@StephenWickson]

Nice vid

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you Stephen!

[@justin5345]

I really like the deck you made , and the switch box for the lights is very cool too . I’m going to buy a 1436 on Monday . I might try to copy your front deck a little . I will keep it a little more simple because I need to be able to put it in the back of my truck . Some of the places I want to fish you can’t have a trailer or outboard . Nice boat you did a great job .

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you Justin!

[@waynegilchrist1596]

I did virtually the same thing to a john boat in the 70's. It was a little bigger and deeper than normal because it had been designed for the La.Wildlife and Fisheries so they could sample traps nets etc. so upon becoming the owner I actually made my deck platforms because the back bench was only a half seat. The best part was that it had a 48" bottom and nearly 2' deep. Had an old chrysler outboard which never faltered but I did replace it with a new 50 Merc. Yours looks good and I enjoyed your build. I smiled at it because it brought back some very fond memories of nearly 50 years ago. I put bass seat pedestals on mine but yours looks better; I did mine in blue. Used her nearly 10 years before I bought a store bought model.

[@brandonwhite722]

Super COOL!

[@jerrydilliard1200]

This may have already been asked , but how much weight would you say you added to the boat ? I just started my build on a 14 ft tracker and wondered if you would have omitted anything because of the added weight? How stable is it after completing and would you do anything else different! It's definitely FIRE to look at !!

[@NorthWoodsWes]

Dude, the wiring alone is amazing. Awesome job.

[@sgrandmasterj]

The cubby under the front deck is a good idea

[@creeker81]

The color of ur boat wad od green/ olive drab green its steems from a millitary color!! Love the red

[@CRM-LIFE]

Go to lake levon they got great bass there it's near wily

[@AdamRyanA]

I will put it on my list of places to visit

[@willusa2927]

Sharp looking boat

[@jeffmoore759]

Wow looks great. How stable is the boat with you and all the extra weight? How much do you weigh? Still stable with more then 1 person!

[@AdamRyanA]

It’s definitely wobbly, but any boat is, once you get your sea legs it’s pretty comfortable but yes I have a passenger all the time and we both stand up and fish, it actually gets more stable with a passenger, I’ve had 3 people in this boat and it does good

[@charlesbillings9310]

Fire

[@garybareman8132]

What a great job you did!

[@zachd7856]

Definitely want to take my 1974 and do something awesome like this. That boat is sweet!

[@beebob1279]

An awesome build. I watched all the videos up to this point. However, I do have questions that I asked in a couple of your videos. 1. Why isn't the bilge pump on the switch panel? Found it. you moved the battery and hooked it up. 2. Why isn't the fish finder on the switch panel? Now you have an extra battery to worry about. 3. Wiring. If I'm reading you correctly. The main wire from the battery goes to the fuse box. Only one hot wire and ground goes to the switch box. The light wires (red) goes to the switch box and all the black wires from the lights go to the fuse box. Do I have that correct? 4. I figured out the kill switch and where that goes.

[@hmmreally620]

Man, great job! I watched the full build & it looked to me like you must have done this before or actually worked for a boat builder. I may have used a sheet of diamond plate aluminum for the floor to cut down on weight

[@AdamRyanA]

This was my first ever boat build, and thank you! 🤙🏼

[@jonmartin6451]

Awesome build...I love it

[@surenoblack2658]

I’m guessing this isn’t your first boateo 😂 superb job

[@AdamRyanA]

It is my first time ever doing this lol

[@surenoblack2658]

@@AdamRyanA I watched this today and thought I wouldn’t have a clue where to even begin 😂 kudos bro, very well done 👍🏼

[@steveandermatt5668]

I think the only thing I would have done different to save on weight would have been metal studs instead of wood 2x4's plus you don't need to worry about wood rot down the line.

[@peterblackadder5780]

Wow,excellent vid mate

[@joeslaughter1162]

How fast does it push the boat with that 8 hp motor,didn't know if you found out yet or not,great video though 💯👊

[@clintonmiller4917]

Great job young man.

[@Cs-vo2vk]

I have one thing bad to say, way to many commercials LOVE THE BOAT IMPRESSIVE

[@bradp2772]

This is fuckin sick bro...good job...just watched the video of the whole build...hats off...awesome that you took the time to do it right.

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you Brad! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🤙🏼

[@Mlee1936646]

Fish loves lights at night

[@MariaOrLex]

Wow great build

[@justinsowell5086]

I relley like this build

[@caryboozer6734]

Man what a build!!!! I done the same thing 20 years ago but it didn't turn out like yours, that boat looks like it came from the factory, PERFECT

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you Cary! 🤙

[@wrenwoodall6753]

I've got a 14" aluma craft gonna do this for sure

[@KayakFishing44]

Wow. Nice job bro!

[@jessek5291]

The military term is OD Green for the paint. My boat was painted the same color by the previous owner and his reasoning was because the color blends in well with most waters and especially in our area where the lakes are mud bottom and turn green very quickly as the water warms up. I like the idea of the strap handles you did vs just drilling a hole in the lid for your finger. I thought about that but then realized how much crap would get inside the storage area then.

[@Bmac_27__]

This is a sick boat someone you can say you did and plus if you ever get reasz for a bigger boat you can get $5,500 for it and with that buy a nice older bass boat

[@cdmjr76]

Just watched the build video, your attention to detail in the build is really impressive. Re: fingernail clippers, even though they're cheap, what about adding a wrist sized loop through handles to avoid accidental drop in water?

[@scottkinter2839]

Great job brother.

[@duke0ekub]

You can put on some shade in case it gets too hot under the sun.. Nice build.

[@sgib199]

Nice work! Only one Academy in Texas even has a jon boat right now...at least according to their website. Crazy Covid times. How do you charge the battery for the fish finder?

[@What_Fred_Said]

Like the red. To many jon boats are green. That’s ok for hunting but I don’t hunt out of a boat 🚣‍♀️

[@chrisny12]

How much was all of it with buying the boat/trailer and the final build?

[@benkenny3220]

Not including tools, how much does this roughly cost? I'm wondering how much cheaper it is than a Bass Tracker XL. Maybe even make it electric. Lake Pflugerville allows electric boats supposedly. Can you get a trailer with surge brakes for a 14' jon boat?

[@royd7984]

Since you used 2 x4's as your framing for the front deck, what did you use to seal the wood and prevent it from moisture and water damage? Very nice job.

[@mik3mill3r11]

Amazing build my man. I really enjoyed following your channel. Currently building up my old bass boat and taking notes on your build. Thank you for the awesome content brother 👍🏼

[@evana1900]

I see you’ve built a few of these. Probably perform well on KZbin. But as someone that just discovered these builds. I would recommend painting future builds different colors. Because I thought they were all the same boat when KZbin was recommending them.

[@stacysydneyjens2410]

Great build. Could you please tear those bunks off your trailer??? Please. 3/4 inch marine plywood . 2x4s on the side. It becomes the best drive on/ float off trailer for a jon boat

[@randybanta7466]

REAL NICE, 3/4 plywood beams with 1/2 inch floor could reduce weight. maybe not new-age studs are awful light.

[@lamarduke2770]

Nice boat.

[@JesseG085]

You did an awesome job on this. Any reason for going with carpet instead of a textured, non-slip roll on paint?

[@AdamRyanA]

Thank you Jesse! 🤙🏼 and the carpet doesn’t get that hot in the summer heat, paint definitely will

[@georgemartinez8496]

Awesome boat

[@nightfrighttalkshow]

🤔👉 no live well or front or back seat?

[@jeffcole5979]

How much did the whole add on’s cost you? Would you like to do mine?

[@jacobwain8240]

For a battery charge go to harbor freight and pick up the solar panel charge kit you can modify the wiring to eyelid connectors and not have to worry aboot battery drain it’s a worth while investment for aboot 15-50$

[@mmbassin7689]

How much weight can the boat hold because all that stuff probably weight 150-200 lbs

[@volvoman2057]

Wow masterpiece does it have auto drivers back to port without you drive in dark?, just kidding, well done.

[@johnhanselman6371]

A basic modern fish finder will also tell you the speed of your boat. * I store a basic tool set in my storage department along with more rope due to Murphy's law and my past boating experiences.

[@baldrickscunningplan6154]

He painted it right. He didn't use a primer and he used a brush. You wonder why manufacturers don't paint Boats this way so that they, also get, it right!

[@jefferyschirm4103]

How about two 6 in. Deep by 12in. Wide the length of the bottom filled with foam to support the extra weight??!

[@robertvail3677]

Safety stuff. Where's the flares and dont forget the porta poty.😜

[@ginahampton2129]

Cool boat Adam!! You did a great job!!