"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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Anybody interested, here is what I have to work with:
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/1416/14foot0071mj.jpg

Not a bad first boat. For sitting up high it would be as stable as a flat
bottom jon boat, but its pretty wide and flat at the back so it won't be too
bad. I definitely would not want to sit up too high. Maybe you should
float it somewhere and stand up in it to see what it feels like.Then stand
up on the front bench. Then step from one side of the boat to the other
carefully. that should give you as good an idea as any what it will be like
to fish out of.

Might consider a fishing seat that has your feet down at sole level rather
than putting a raised deck in and raising your feet up to bench top level.
That way whenever you put your feet down it will effectively lower the
center of gravity. Just like riding a dirt bike when you put your weight on
the foot pegs instead of the seat.

I have gotten so spoiled even with that I would stay with a bow mount foot
control trolling motor. A friend here locally fishes out of a boat that is
that size or a little smaller, and he does it very similarly to what I
described. If I remember I'll snap a picture for you.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com