what is going on guys and welcome back
to another video so today i want to show
you all my 14 foot john boat
that over the last few months i've been
turning into a bass boat
so i've been posting i think i posted
about 28 videos
on this john boat build and in all those
videos i went into full detail
on certain parts but i never showed the
entire
boat build in one video so that is what
i am doing today
so here is my 14 foot john boat
so here is my 14 foot john boat so i
bought this drawn boat all stock
i bought the john boat and the trailer
all together from
academy but when i bought it it was the
normal green
and i bought it with plans to turn it
into a bass boat
i did not have any plans this is just
the end product
but the first thing i did to it was i
painted
it red so most drawn boats come in that
normal drawn boat green
i'm not sure what the actual color is so
i'm just gonna call it jumbo
green but i really like this red it pops
and
one good thing about this is people can
see me on the lake a whole lot easier
from a farther distance
so there's one good reason i painted it
red but i painted it red because
it's just awesome red is my favorite
color and as you can see it looks so
freaking good so i have a lot of
comments of people asking me
how is the paint holding up and the
paint is actually holding up
really good of course there's nicks
on this top edge from where i'm hitting
docks
but other than that it looks great the
sides are holding up great
i did notice some chipping down here on
this weld where it sticks out
but that is from me beaching it on the
beach
so that's why it's chipping down there
but other than that
the paint is holding up great no problem
whatsoever
but i also painted it right i put in all
the work
which really sucked but next thing i did
was
i wanted to build a casting deck up
front
so i had no plans for this casting deck
i could not think of anything
i didn't know what i was doing i have
never built a drawn boat before
or done anything like this so no plans i
just started to build
i built a two by four frame and this was
the finished product
all i really knew was i wanted the deck
to be up to the lip
of the boat and close to it i saw some
where the
deck sits right here on the bench and i
really didn't like that
i think this looks a whole lot better of
course that's just my opinion
but i built this deck with four hatches
we have hatches one
two there's three and there's four
if you saw the hatch video you know that
this hatch cannot open now
because the trolling motor sits on top
of it
that was a mess up on my part like i
said i've never done this before
didn't have a plan so of course things
are gonna go wrong
but for the latches on the hatches i
just cut
pieces of a strap so like a ratchet
strap or tie down
i cut that and just stapled it on there
and that is
my latches super easy super cheap
i could have spent probably another 50
or 60 bucks on latches but
it was free because i did it like this
super simple as well
and it looks good you can step on it
it won't cause no problems it doesn't
get a thousand degrees
in this texas heat i am in texas by the
way but here
is the hatches
i have all this space under here for
storage
i guess i'll go into that real quick i
took out everything by the way
besides this box because i couldn't take
it out so here we have a battery
it stores right here it stays there
never comes out
and then on this side we have a bunch of
electrical stuff so we have a fuse block
and a kill switch down there
so in here i just store life jackets
all the anchors deck rope stuff like
that
but this is where i store all the
anchors down here we have
the battery for the fish finder that
strap right
there is screwed in and velcroed around
the battery and that's what keeps that
in place
but that is the battery to my fish
finder so i keep everything in these
hatches
i took everything out so y'all could
just kind of see the boat but
there's the hatches so on top of the
deck i have
a minn kota 45 pound thrust 12 volt
5 speed trolling motor it has the foot
pedal
i built a recessed four for in the deck
for the pedal
which works amazing that that's probably
my favorite thing about this boat
when i'm fishing on top of the deck i
can control where i go
and it is awesome super easy to control
on the trolling motor i have the
transducer for the fish finder
but here is the trolling motor let's go
ahead and pull this down
so here is the trolling motor down so
next thing on the deck after the
trolling motor is this six
switch panel here i have the four deck
lights the running lights and the cabin
lights
all hooked up to this and this is hooked
up to
the battery right here so here is the
fuse block and the kill switch to this
battery
i can turn this on real simple just like
that
and now we have power to all these
lights
it's a sunniest crap outside right now
so
you can't see the lights but i do have
video of all that so i'll throw that in
right here
so there is a switch panel up front i
also have one in the back but we will
get there eventually
i'll go ahead and turn this off so don't
forget i have
a led strip right here that is 26 inches
long
i also have one right here
under the lip of the boat and one on
this side
as well so this shoots down into the
water
so these two lights right here were on
the top to be lights
on the top of the deck for night fishing
but we tried it and it was just way too
bright
so what i did that night was i just
flipped them around to the underside
and that seemed to work out pretty good
it wasn't too bright
but it was bright enough to see what
you're doing and also these side lights
right here are cool because it shines
down into the water
and when i'm filming i can film fish
releases
or i can just shine light into the water
to attract fish
so that's pretty cool so next up on the
front deck
we have a fish finder so this is a
garmin
striker plus 9sv so i got all the wires
running straight down
under the base wire runs all through
here and it shoots out this side
right here and then that's the
transducer wire
and it follows this core to the trolling
motor up
and then it goes down there to the
transducer
which is right there
so that is my fish finder on the boat
which is awesome i freaking love this
thing
it has a 9 inch screen super big and
like i said
that battery to the fish finder is
screwed in and velcroed to place right
here all right so next thing on the
front deck is i have these two spaces
back here
where i just keep these containers that
have everything i need
i have one there and one over here
i also have this outdoor annual book
just to
make sure i'm keeping the right size
fish but in these boxes i keep
everything i need
for the boat so we got the registration
here we got the whistle that is required
to have
the air horn required to have i have an
extra
bolt plug back here then we have extra
parts for
my aerator there we got some clippers
to cut string we got two of those just
in case
we have bells we need a lot of bells
we have some pliers tools a knife
we have a gripper to get the hooks out
of the fish's mouth
we have a crap ton of extra fuses in
here in case we blow some
then we just have a marker and then here
we have a
voltage checker for batteries just in
case i have this on the boat just to
check my batteries you don't want to
ever run out of battery while you're out
in the middle of the lake that would
suck
then we got some extra zip ties in there
here is my
leash for my motor the kill switch
all right so that is what is in that one
also down here i have the fire
extinguisher
which is also required to have that was
there
and i thought i was gonna have to add
some straps
right here to keep this stuff inside
there but that stuff has never
ever bounced out it doesn't even slide
around inside there
in this next one i have all of my scents
baits stuff like that oils here we have
some classic bass oil
uh power sense what is this crappie
nibbles
stuff like that i got a whole bunch of
stuff for
trout whenever i fish in the winter so
that stuff just lives in here just
because i never use it
half the year mr trout salmon eggs
we got some extra paracord i just do
that in there just in case
here we have some dog food that is for
my minnow trap
um here we have some bobbers i'll
probably throw in some more but
and then we have a fish scale right here
the way the fish
keep track of personal best and then we
just have the extra plastic slots
or dividers in there as well so that is
what stays in that one
that goes there all right so there is
the front deck
of my jawboat i absolutely love this
thing how
it's so nice to cast off of also it's a
great seat
for any passengers that's where they sit
but yeah i'm really happy with how this
front deck came out
i'm happy with how the whole entire boat
came out especially for not having a
single plan
and just getting outside and start
building and this is what came of it
so i'm really pleased with how it came
out all right so now we're gonna move on
to the middle section which ain't much
we have a four down here under the floor
i have
a crap ton of pool noodles in case it
ever takes on water
it will be more buoyant in the water it
won't sink to the bottom
and then there are six ribs in
the middle section so what i did is i
went and attached
all these rod holders to all the ribs so
we have
six rod holders in the middle of the
boat which i love
i can go full speed of course i only
have an eight horsepower motor
but i can go full speed and my poles can
be sitting right there and i don't have
to worry about them at all
but uh yeah pretty cool happy i put
those on
here in the middle we have the wires
that is marine grade
6 gauge wire running to this battery
back here
and to the trolling motor but that's it
for the middle section
so here is on the back section same
exact setup
um no plans i just went for it i tried
to plan
this one i planned this thing for like
four days and i could not come up with a
plan
i could not come up with a drawing so i
just said screw it we just have to go
back out there
and start building again like we did
last time so here we have a seat
want to make sure i have a seat for the
driver the seat
is on the 360 swivel base as well
it can go all the way around and not hit
the side
but i definitely wanted 360 swivel to
reach back
and be able to hit the throttle on the
motor
so there's the seat only put one in here
one's all you really need i can have a
passenger sit
up here right there even up here as well
i did have three people in this john
boat
on the last trip i took and it worked
out fine all right
so the back deck has two hatches so i
built two hatches on this thing
two have two batteries back here
here is one of the batteries and then
also have the battery charger here
so as soon as i get home i can plug this
in
to the wall and i'm automatically
charging both of my batteries
it is a dual battery charger a no-co
genius
i love this thing it's so easy to charge
my batteries and i don't have to take
out
the batteries to charge them so here is
one battery back here
nothing special about that um i did hook
up a
circuit breaker down there you can't see
it because of the lighting
up there it is right there so that's off
right there all i have to do to turn
this battery on is flip that switch
and then i have power to my trolling
motor
this back knive light or anchor light
and
what else oh the bilge pump back here so
like i said i built two hatches back
here for two batteries
but whenever i put this thing on the
water it was really back heavy
with this motor all the gas and two
batteries it was just sitting too low
in the water so i moved the other
battery up front
that you already seen so back here i
just have this
for storage now all my fishing tackle is
in here
that is how that looks then over here
also have a fuse
block as well and then back here i have
another six switch panel
back here it controls the bilge pump
which is located right there
that is a 1 100 gallon per hour bilge
pump that thing pumps that water
crazy fast i never get enough water in
the boat to actually use that
sadly but uh it's there and ready to go
and then also have the anchor light
there so
that is all i have hooked up back here
like i said this was planned to have two
batteries and i had
planned to use a whole lot more of these
switches for all the lights up front
but i had to make a change to make the
boat safer so i did
but again just using the same straps for
my latches super easy to pull up
let's see we can throw that back in
there
okay so down here you can see the gas
tank right there i have a six gallon gas
tank
which just barely fit i mean that thing
is tight
i was planning on building a hatch right
here but i didn't but probably should
have just for the gas tank
but it's okay i can still reach down
inside there
get to the valve get to the tank
here is the hose for the gas tank that
just sits right in there as well
on this bilge pump we have a hose
running out to the back that shoots the
water out that way
then uh like i already mentioned the nav
light is here
and then on this side i put a cleat
right here
that's for anchoring the docks the gas
hose
and that goes up to a 8 horsepower
mercury
outboard motor i love this motor this
thing is so reliable
this motor was two and a half inches too
big for my transom so i had to build a
custom riser plate
which is what you see here but once i
added that this thing ran
perfect i don't know the full speed i
haven't tested it out yet
so i need to get an app that tells me
how fast i'm going but
i will do that soon and let y'all know
how fast i can get with this eight
horsepower motor
on this 14 foot john boats but uh there
is
my drawboat that's basically everything
i have in it right now
it is still newly built so i'm sure i'll
add more stuff to it
but for the most part that is
my 14 foot john boat to bass boat build
and like i said i have 28 videos
of this entire build i went into full
detail of
everything so if you all want to see how
i built the front deck
or attach the fish finder cut out
the square for the foot pedal i have
videos
in full detail on every single thing i
did to this boat
and that is right here so click on that
playlist check that out if you want to
check that out but i hope you all
enjoyed this video
don't forget to like and subscribe and
i'll catch y'all in the next one
peace
