I’m calling it a crawfish boat, but some may call it a duck boat or a gator hunting boat. It looks narrower than most boats I’m used to and I have never been in one like this. Possibly interested in something similar to duck hunt and marsh fish with. Possibly with a mud motor instead of outboard but not set on that part. Are they stable to fish out of. One I saw was 16 feet long and 4 feet wide. Link is to a classified ad on Louisiana Sportsman btw. TIA for any info good or bad here.

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Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 12:09 pm to GravelLotinCanada

that’s a good looking boat.
my duck boat is 14x4.5 but fiberglass so heavier than that. Only concern would be that the metal boat will beat the shite out of you in chop

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Posted by Mr Breeze

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 2:36 pm to GravelLotinCanada

Nice looking hull and welds, well built and a very fair price. It's wide enough for decent stability, looks better suited for hauling decoys but works for marsh fishing, for which I'd go outboard over mud motor. Extreme Skiffs has a well laid out web site that might give you ideas for rigging. Definitely worth a visit to look if you're interested.

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Posted by bobdylan

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 3:08 pm to GravelLotinCanada

Anyone know how to rig a trolling motor for fishing on a skiff?

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Posted by keakar

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 3:41 pm to bobdylan

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Anyone know how to rig a trolling motor for fishing on a skiff?

you need to use a hand controled clamp on transom mount motor and then add a 2x4 to the inside and just clamp it over the rail

its not going to adjust to be 100% perfectly vertical but being slightly angled like that doesnt matter

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Posted by GravelLotinCanada

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 4:40 pm to cgrand

My only concern is it being tippy. I’m used to bigger bay boats. Any tippy issues with those type boats?

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Posted by baldona

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 5:46 pm to GravelLotinCanada

42” isn’t wide, wider the more stable. 48” is kinda the standard beginning for flat boats. There’s smaller that are 36” though. But for 15+ foot usually 48. Then you go 52, 54, etc.

Usually narrower boats are made more to run continually like a panga, then to stop, stand up, and screw around in like casting.

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Posted by CHEDBALLZ

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:43 pm to GravelLotinCanada

It will be fine. Troy Landry hauls 600 lound beast over the side of them things all day. For real though, they are stable. The sides go almost straight up so its the weight stays closer to the center line.

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Posted by Capt ST

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 9:00 pm to GravelLotinCanada

You can haul a frick ton in those boats and pretty stable. Trolling motor bracket can be made for the front, otherwise you’ll need a side mount. They go as fast sideways as they do moving forward in turns. Power is based on what you’re going to use it for primarily. Great utility boats.

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Posted by Trevaylin

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Member since Feb 2019

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 10:13 pm to Capt ST

Had one like that for a couple years. Built like a tank and hard to damage. Managing weight to the forward part of the boat is necessary. Build your battery box into the passenger seat helps. Positioning the back seat far enough forward and using a tiller extension should be done also.

As an extra, include a 4-6 inch tunnel on the bottom to allow motor install that much higher

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