I do not live around big bodies of water where i could go duck hunting, but i was wondering how many of you guys have a boat specifically for duck hunting and fishing?

are there alot of duck boat owners out there? just curious

I have a duck boat...I guess a guy could use it to fish out of but not what I bought it for.

i have 2 duck boats, airboat and a mudmotor. also have a bay boat and a bass boat.

I have a long tail. You can fish from it, but it's not ideal.

I have 2 boats

One champion for fishing, and a john boat for hunting.

The john boat is for all the hard to get places and what not, you know the drill.

One is enough for me...when the water gets choppy she can really suck down some bread

i have an xpress boat that is more for duck hunting but i fish out of it when i can, (outboard).

jon boat with a longtail and a bass boat

Gotta duck boat, but haven't ran it in 2-3 years.

BassCat that will be on the water 3-5 days a week for the next 4 months.

Gator trax here.

Jasb what are you running on that Gator Trax?

90 hp Johnson

I have three. Mudboat and two pokeboats.

Very nice set up Rob

18' Brother Breaux w/Prodrive here.

25hp longtail on a flat bottom for hunting and fishing

35hp gatortail on a 17' gatortrax

nice set up Rob...

I have a duck boat that can be fished out of. It is a little 15' Tracker Grizzley with a 20HP Merc and Trolling motor.



A Bass Cat for just that.



And a Pontoon boat for pleasure. But I have draped enough Camo on the pontoon to take a big group out before.

We have an alum duck boat, but we use it as transportation only, we usually just hide it and hunt from blind, brush, trees etc.

14ft alum jon and 2 kayaks sit in & sit on top

SWEEEEET! And I thought I was anal about keeping stuff in order! You sir are my new hero LOL
Seriously! Looks good!

18 foot gator trax tunnel hull and a 35 hyperdrive

Thanks, I like to know where everything is and everything in its place. Nothing wrong with us. A couple more views.

This thread is making me jealous!

That freaking garage with the nice decoy arrangement gets me everytime. Definitely an awesome mancave.


I have a 18ft centersole Sea Ark with a 75HP Merc and hydraulic jack plate. It does the trick for me.

Hey Gdogg, I was told by Guy that we have very similar boats. You mind me asking what kind of jack plate ya got on it? How much do they run?

Oh yeah, I should get ...

Got a Sea Ark 1648 w/ outboard that I purposely bought for fishing and hunting.

I don't have any boats.

Only thing missing is a recliner and flat screen.......oh and a small refrigerator for my beer.

I hunted out of a jon boat with a 6 hp evinrude for one season. I changed to layout blinds, so I just take my bass boat and then park it a hundred yards down the bank.

I'm selling my jon boat, motor, and blind frame. Layouts are SO MUCH more effective, or so I think.

14ft jonboat with a 6hp longtail. Started out as a light fly fishing skiff, but honestly gets more use as a duck boat due to scheduling issues the last few years. Great river runner.

Also have a very wide and stable 14' canoe. Plan on duck hunting out of that some in the coming season.

We have 2....polar craft 17.5 and grizzly 18.

Here's polar craft:


Grizzly:

Just bought a Triton Ambush 18. Plan to fish out of it and use it for transportation during duck season.

I just bought a 16 foot flat bottom with a 40 hp. I plan to put a deck up front and use it for fishing in the spring and summer and duck hunting in the fall. I doubt I will hunt out of the boat. No matter how much camo you put on it they still stick out. We will probably use layout blinds or get into some trees.



Its going to be different since I've only hunted on ponds but I'm looking forward to the adventure.

18X54 sportsman fab mud hull with 36 Pro Drive.......

I have a 15ft Quachita flat bottom from 1964. Got a 15hp Merc on it.

2000 War Eagle 17x54, 2000 Mercury 50HP

2002 xpress 1870 side console 90 merc, avery quickset blind that i hardly use.. Wish i had a jackplate on her

I have this one for duck hunting and perch jerking: 15'46" Xpress with 25 Merc (Avery duck blind is not on here)



This is for bass fishing: Ranger 185 with 150HP Yamaha:

^^^ Nice rigs...

Man, that is the best duck boat blind I have ever seen!!

14' war eagle for hunting and a 18' nitro for lip rippin...

Supporting those Arkansas boat manufactures! I like it.

You better believe it! I like War Eagle better than Xpress, but it's still a dang good boat. You should recognize were that top picture was taken!!!!

Rob:

One of your coot decoys is slightly off balance.

We run just one boat only bc there is only one thing you need a boat for and that's duck hunting. We got a 31 hp longtail on a 18ft go-devil

I have a 14 foot aluminum boat, 15hp Johnson. I wrapped it in max 4.



Can anyone give me pointers on a pop up style blind for it. I see some in yalls pictures. Did you buy them or make them yourselves? Thanks for any pointers.

Here is a Avery Quik Set Blind on a 14 foot boat. It not too hard to put together, but it will take you a whole day. It's good to have some help:

That looks nice but I really don't want to spend $500. Does anyone have a cheaper option or has anyone built there own?

dude... that stuff is way too organized... i dont know how u ever find anything.

17' Xpress with a 60hp Evinrude E-tech tiller, works great for both Duck hutning and fishing.

14' Jon boat with a 5 hp Merc, trolling motor, and depth finder. Blew my college grad money on it about 2.5 years ago and the little beauty is still kikin! However I am always looking for the right upgrade just havent pulled the trigger yet.

This little jewel, if I can ever finish it.......College expense has it's foot on mt throat right now and showing no signs of letting up. My oldest is heading for Louisiana Tech to pursue a mechanical engineering degree..
I am about to try and make a career change soon as well @ age 50 that ought to be interesting...I've been an industrial mechanic for 30 years and my body is starting to let me know it's had all of that it can stand...
With all this going on I still hope to get this thing at least painted, trolling motor installed, running lights and tags so I can use it opening morning.....

got a new beavertail final attack and im dyin to try it out. im hoping the 55lb thrust minn kota pushes it fast enough. im still tryin to figure out a good method of attaching a lot of raffia and or natural veggitation and still keep a low profile in the water.

I have 3. All can be and have been used for both duck hunting and fishing. In order of preference:

1) 1648 War Eagle LDV w/ 25hp Merc 2-stroke

2) 12' Ocean Kayak Angler

3) 16' fiberglass canoe w/ 30# trolling motor

My 35hp Pro Drive mud buddy on a 16ft tracker


These motors are beast's they make it through any thing and get you there fast.

X2, have a ski boat also for the whole family and momma to lay out on.

That aint no ProDrive!

Pro drive mud buddy.

I figured it was a hybrid belt driven CV Joint.

Thats funny because it says 35hp HD pro drive but thanks for the help ill let the manufactures now they were wrong.

16' Xpress with 25 hp outboard. (Dog on bow optional.)



Oh, got some yaks, too...

I would like to see a picture of that.

Back on topic.

I am putting together my jon boat right now. I am rigging it up with a 20 HP. Yamaha Mercury.

What length?

Are you going to pull it to the lake with Your Chevy f150.

15-48 alumaweld war eagle.

Nope I like the pulling power of my Toyota Titan.

In all seriousness Guy it is a commerical built 1548. I did some horse trading for last year about this time. Then Buckley gave me a 20hp merc that the person he bought his house from left.

Going to have it going before next weekends trip to Caddo taking all the nieces and nephews blue gill fishing. May run a few lines. Hopefully a gator dont get on the line.

17' flat bottom that used to be a air boat with a 25 evinrude.

My hunting ride...

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks Fourtrax....I post on a few other sites so I didn't know it was my first post on this forum until i posted up. Been following some of the threads for a little while now. Looks like a good crew of people. Thanks for allowing me to join in.

That is Sweet. Hate them things up here on the border. 3/4 of the guys with one just want to ride up and down the river ALL DAY LONG.

I hear ya....they can be very annoying. I pretty much only use it at the coast. Would be impossible to hunt some of the areas down there without it though.

Come on now Rob. You know you like it when they ride pushing birds to you!

I didn't know that the airboat guys on the rivers rallied birds.....I thought only the coastal guy were accused of doing that.

True Russ I like that part. The one in the background of this photo helped me alot last season.

Even the Wildlife Dept Guys do it.

I use mine for anything on the water. Fishing, hunting, skiing, etc. A good all-around boat.









17.5 Alumacraft Tunnel C/C with 50 HP Yammy, pods, and Hi-Jacker jackplate by TH Marine. I can rig up a light rail or a trolling motor on the bow.

NoChoke, I know where picture 1,3, and 4 were taken. But after I realized that was a redfish, I am not so sure about number 2. Regardless, nice boat!!

Here is what I have plans to build this summer



Here is what I have now

Just camo paint that you should be good.

Got this right now.....

I want to add this to my stable later......

I built a boat back in 03 or 04 from Home Depot plywood and marine glass and epoxy. We hunted out of it until last year and I retired it. The plywood was beginning to check on the floor she was beginning to show her age. We got a TON of useage from that plywood boat hunting ducks and fish. It would have lasted forever but I didn't have a garage and it was left outside in the weather.






We are running around in a 1650 Xpress now.

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It helped me out a lot too!

"I built a boat back in 03 or 04 from Home Depot plywood and marine glass and epoxy. We hunted out of it until last year and I retired it. The plywood was beginning to check on the floor she was beginning to show her age. We got a TON of useage from that plywood boat hunting ducks and fish. It would have lasted forever but I didn't have a garage and it was left outside in the weather."

Excellent! I saw one a few yrs back. Was worried about the transom then. Cool project boat.

I've been a "regular" at Lake Fairfield for a few yrs. That is were the Redfish and boat ramp pics were taken. Miss catchin' those things now. 25 in. was avg. Lost a forty incher at the boat last trip and "killed them" a week before the lake died.