If you could design your own cat boat…

  • mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    August 12, 2011 at 1:17 am #987856

    Thier already at his campsite if this is the same guy I seen last week. His wife was on shore yelling like hell and it sounded like something about the relatives coming over tomorrow to eat dinner, looks like they might be coming over again.

    shawnil
    Posts: 467
    August 12, 2011 at 1:39 am #987859

    Whiskerkev – great call on the SeaArk, don’t know how I forgot about them…

    Maybe build one from scratch with something like this… SeaArk 1652

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    August 12, 2011 at 12:02 pm #987936

    Shawn,

    You want to buy a boat? this is pretty similar what I am running now. The only problems are I get wet in any waves on a big lake and I can only get 23 mph with three batteries on board and I can only fish two people at once. It is one tough boat though. I’ve hit stuff that would have totaled a riveted boat and didn’t even scratch it.

    Xpress

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    August 12, 2011 at 3:37 pm #988003


    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    August 12, 2011 at 4:38 pm #988017

    I know nothing about cat boats but it looks to me that these guys have the right boat to catch cats. OK – I’m outta here… back to the walleye forum.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2011 at 4:58 pm #988022

    Now that was a hoot!

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    August 12, 2011 at 11:01 pm #988079

    Quote:

    This SeaArk

    Why does it have two consoles? Looks great but instead of console #2, I’d go with a baitwell there.

    joshbjork
    Center of Iowa
    Posts: 727
    August 13, 2011 at 1:14 pm #988124

    I would totally want the stand up console. On the river you can see more and on the lake you can use your knees and not just bang your butt on a seat.

    Jerry Hochhausen
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Posts: 275
    August 14, 2011 at 1:53 am #988219

    I don’t remember the make of this boat but it belongs to a friend in Virginia who made tons of modifications to it and has to be almost the perfect catfishing boat. My brother Dave and I caught a bunch of big blue cats in this boat on the James River this March.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 15, 2011 at 5:59 am #988333

    Holy rod holder batman!

    shawnil
    Posts: 467
    August 15, 2011 at 11:25 am #988339

    Got Rodholders?!?

    lowblazah
    MN
    Posts: 27
    August 15, 2011 at 5:34 pm #988408

    Quote:

    There was a gentleman with the right idea last year or the year before. Where everything could be hosed down and a large removable cutting board off the side for cut baits. Easy trailering, and just the right size for the smaller rivers. If one needed to do pool 3 or 4 for instance I would just call BK if his boat didn’t stink of walleyes.

    This one got me sold on my SeaArk. RB’s Boat

    hanson
    Posts: 728
    August 16, 2011 at 2:06 am #988526

    Quote:

    This one got me sold on my SeaArk. RB’s Boat


    I was going to say that RB’s SeaArk is about as “perfect” a cat boat as I could dream up in my head. Prop vs OB Jet would be a personal preference, they could do it either way. I would also like the livewell (baitwell) in the stern. Rod storage in the gunnels would be very cool as well.

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    August 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm #988629

    What I don’t like about most of the Sea Arks is their weight. If you look at some of them, the weight is 1400 pounds. What good is it to have a tunnel hull if when you beach the boat you have absolutely no chance of getting it unstuck by yourself? Or… if you can run it in 6 inches of water but can’t stop there because it drafts 10 inches?

    lowblazah
    MN
    Posts: 27
    August 16, 2011 at 5:04 pm #988699

    Quote:

    What I don’t like about most of the Sea Arks is their weight. If you look at some of them, the weight is 1400 pounds. What good is it to have a tunnel hull if when you beach the boat you have absolutely no chance of getting it unstuck by yourself? Or… if you can run it in 6 inches of water but can’t stop there because it drafts 10 inches?

    Guess I got lucky then…my tunnel hull 18′ only weighs 600lbs. SeaArk Tunnel 1872

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