This weekend I helped Jeremy Anderson from Black Dog Bait Co do some mods on his boat and trailer. Jeremy is in the process of redoing a bunch of stuff on his boat like replacing the carpet, repainting his trailer, fixing all the fiberglass issues, buffing the whole boat out, new upholstery, new motor . . . and the list goes on. He has a mid 90s, 20 foot Champion bass boat, and really, a new boat does not always mean a better boat.
We got a lot done in just a small amount of time.
The carpet on all the lids has been done already, so before the deck get redone all the glass work and modification needs to be done. Also, before the trailer gets repainted the old fucked up parts needed to be banged out and replaced. We started by cutting his old fenders off – they were rusty and banged up so they had to go.
After cutting them off with a 6" cut off wheel we cleaned all the old welds up. At this point we fitted up the new stainless steel fenders and welded them on.
Jeremy had his laser cut guy throw some paw prints in the center of the fenders for a cool detail. He is going to later back them with blue L.E.D lights.
The paw print in the center of the two wheels turned out pretty nice, it will look really good when its back lit.
After the fenders were done we fitted up the new trolling motor tub. We started cutting out the corners with a hole saw. Then we finished the cut with a jig saw.
We then cut out the foam to fit the trolling motor recess pedal with a drywall punch saw.
The recessed pedal tub fit very nicely, it wont be permanently attached until the carpet is installed. We will keep you updated as more work gets done to the boat.
In the meantime, here's some of the other bass boat mods I've done
Basic Bass Boat repair: Fixing minor dings – part one>