Here's my 1980, 16' Lowe with it's 1980, 25 HP Mercury OB. Been wanting to modify it for better use as a bowfishing outfit but it works okay for now.

2070 Xpress
90hp Yamaha and 15hp Nissan 4-stroke kicker w/ all controls rigged to front deck.  All controls are removable and can be store under the deck when kicker is not in use.
Honda genny pushin 4-400w Metal Halide lights emmiting 130,000 lumens of light.
2-150w KC style driving lights.

When shooting bigeads it has a removable troller bracket which bolt onto nose of boat and removable 12v, foot switch operated -10' tall light pole that mounts in center of the deck.

       

   

   

   

 

 

 


   

LoweBow That is one sweet rig. I think you may really like bow fishing!    Very Nice.

QuoteOriginally posted by eddings220:
LoweBow That is one sweet rig. I think you may really like bow fishing!     Very Nice.

You reckon??      

Heading from KY to Sandusky, OH to shoot Lake Erie next weekend.  Can't wait.  One of my favorite trips of the year.

I have two, but I'm not going to show pictures, they are just a 14' and 17' jonboats with a flat deck in front and various choice on motors. Has anyone used LED lights? I used to work for a lighting manufacturer, but it was before the LED's were inexpensive or even widely available. Vastly lower current draw, cool to the touch etc.

very nice lowebow!! you like the kicker motor better than fans?

heres a blurry pic of ours...its a 16ft. semi-v with an older mercury motor and 50# thrust troller. we are now running 8 500watt halos on a john deere genny

I had an 1860 fan boat for a few years and sold it as I just wasn't using the fan much unless I was out of state.  I shoot the Ohio river mostly and shoot miles and miles of straight banks w/ current...the kicker does just what I want.  It'll take on grass and shallow water pretty well also.  Just a better fit for me right now.

My old 1860 w/ 20hp Honda fan.

 


My Xpress when it had an elevated deck on it prior to last years makeover.

 

i gotcha! yeah ive never even been in a fan boat...but love the kicker setup! i have family up in elizabeth town and want to come visit them so i can shoot some fish. if you know anything about the area let me know...ill be lost on where to go.

E-town is a not much more than an hour south of Louisville.  If y'er in town later this summer (when the river finally clears up) shoot me a PM and you're more than welcome to hook up w/ me and shoot some bigheads.  It'd be worth the drive.  You've got Rough River and Nolin Lakes in easy distance from E-Town.  Both are good shooting w/ some nice longnose, buffs, and commons to be found year round.

that sounds awesome! i really want to shoot some bigheads. we have good fish here, of course at guntersville, but ive never shot anywhere that has good numbers of longnose and never even seen a bighead! i will definitely be talking to you. thanks

Nice setups, got me thinking . . .

Ozy, that is insane, but looks like a pile of fun.  Did they drag your boat around?