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