| So you've inherited that somewhat dubious old | | | | variety available.You may want to have a look |
| wooden fishing boat from your grandpa! You're | | | | at the beautifully crafted boats such as |
| feeling proud to be the one to carry on the | | | | wide-bottomed drift boats, or the graceful |
| family fishing tradition, but you're also | | | | curves of a special viking-type |
| experiencing just a little trepidation at the | | | | rowing-and-fishing boat.Some wooden fishing |
| though of setting out on the wide open | | | | boat builders specialize in traditional |
| expanses of the lake this spring on a boat | | | | Louisiana marsh pirogues and rowing skiffs, |
| that has clearly seen better days...Well, if | | | | and for these you will even be able to find |
| your newly acquired old wooden fishing boat | | | | building plans should you be tempted to make |
| is looking a little worse for wear, you might | | | | a project out of it!If you just want to have |
| do well to remember that wooden boat owners | | | | the experience of fishing from a wooden boat |
| generally accept the fact these kind of boats | | | | on your next fishing trip, you can head out |
| were not built to last forever.In fact, some | | | | to Ontario, where some fishing resorts have a |
| were probably built with the intention that | | | | special wooden fishing boat supplier building |
| they would be replaced within five or ten | | | | them to order.These beautiful spacious, quiet |
| years, and not kept going lovingly for | | | | boats are hand built out of cedar and oak, |
| decades by well-intentioned descendents of | | | | and equipped with swivel seats, a fishfinder, |
| the original owner.Constant maintenance is | | | | and all the necessary emergency equipment to |
| probably the key concept here, and you will | | | | make your trip an unforgettable |
| need to do some serious checking out of the | | | | experience.Back to that old lady grandpa used |
| boat's structure before setting out to haul | | | | for his outings on the lake: It may be well |
| in those prize catches.Of course, nowadays - | | | | worth remembering the saying: "Nothing works |
| with newer wood-based, penetrating epoxy - | | | | on an old boat but the owner"...For more |
| dry rot has become much less of a problem, | | | | information visit Fishing-Things.comRika |
| but you will still have to keep up the work | | | | Susan of researches, writes, and publishes |
| to keep your boat in shape for the fishing | | | | full-time on the Web. Copyright of this |
| waters.Apart from the gleaming, grand old | | | | article: 2006 Rika Susan. This article may be |
| dames of yesteryear, contemporary wooden | | | | reprinted if the resource box and hyperlinks |
| fishing boats are still being built, and you | | | | are left intact. |
| may be surprised at the workmanship and | | | | |