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Nice..!

Great set up bonz.

Couple of questions....

How tall are you and are you sitting flat footed with the seat extension?

And how about some detailed pics of that rudder? They dont seem to be as easy to find online as they once were, so custom looks like the way to go.

And thats a pretty sweet pond boat!

K.D.The extension is only 7" so when I sit down both feet are flat on the floor. I`m 5'10" so without the extension I was sitting too low .It made for long uncomfortable fishing trips.The Rudder is simply a piece of plastic cutting board fashioned and bolted to a 2 & 1/2 foot long piece of Home depot Gray plastic pipe (bolts are stainless steel & I guess you could use Sch 40) with a slit cut in it just wide enough to fit the cutting board into it . The other part is just whats left of and old troll motor I had laying around. I used the collar on the bottom & a piece of rubber from a broom handle on the top of the rudder. Thanks for the compliment K.D. I`ve come a looooong way since that venture Outdoors pontoon you sold me waaaaaay back when.

I remember that well. That little rig was a blast but mobility wasnt its strong suit. Ive been planning another pond boat and just found a motorguide bulldog. Thats a transom mount foot control. It will allow me to sit in the middle and not have the rear of the boat in the air while fishing. I saw a picture someone took of me and I had no idea the rear of the boat sat so high when I fished solo. That rudder looks like just what I need to do. Thanks for the pics and description

Any Time Capt. I `ve seen that BullDog from MotorGuide & it would be a Good addition for any pond boat! Good Luck on your rudder.

Yes Sir! Very nice.

Here is a picture of the rudder I was using. It was a plastic flag pole mount (from eBay) screwed in the transom with 4 stainless steel screws, spare PVC pipe and scrap thin plywood. The plywood rudder has a layer of fiberglass resin on it to make it waterproof. It also supported the transducer. The flag pole mount had a wing nut that I could loosen to adjust the angle of the rudder to either straight up for transport or down at an angle.

If I had to build it again, I would put the transducer on the trolling motor leaving the rudder free of wires. I would use white PVC pipe and paint the rudder white. I would probably still have that little boat if I had been using a trailer to transport it. I was lifting it into the bed of the pickup off a steep boat ramp and my back said "No More."

Necessity is the Mother of Invention . WTG capt WTG

Bonz,

What lithium are you running for your Garmin and Livescope?

[quote=chadwick902]Bonz,

What lithium are you running for your Garmin and Livescope?[/quotI`m running an 18ah lithium batt to power the Panoptics Blk box& Transducer. To power the Garmin Echomap UHD sv93 ,GT54 & Troll mtr i`m using a 31 series for the time being.

Correction: Echomap Plus 93SV w/GT52 Transducer.