Need to make my Supreme a flats boat ,Help!
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I’m going to take my Supreme Jet to the Keys this year and I’m needing some inventive thinking. The front of the Supreme is flat like a big skiff. There is no V to break any kind of wave action. What I’m worried about is hull slap scaring the fish. Anyone got some kind of easy temporary application to prevent hull slap on a flat bottom boat? I was thinking some rectangle foam blocks glued vertically (long end up and down) to the front about where the waterline will be when afloat. Maybe leave a small gap between each block?
Mike, I’ve heard of someone taking one of those hollow foam “noodle” pool toys, cutting it down to roughly the width of the hull, running a rope through it and tying it off to the gunwale on each side. I’ve never so much as seen this but it sounds like a better option that glueing stuff on your boat as you could simply untie it and bring it in when you’re ready to get up and go.
Carter how big a deal is Hull slap in your opinion?
What about trolling motors? Do they spook fish too? If so I need an idea for a poling platform and a pole.Zach I think it might be easy to pole and here’s why. The bottom is flat, slick, and both ends are angled up. It has no chine’s in the hull and it only sits in about 3″ of water at rest.
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