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2012 Project - Walleye Boat
Last summer we decided to get back into walleye fishing, but frst we need to a find a nice, used boat. Our criteria for choosing a boat were:

1. A solid aluminum hull,

2. An outboard motor,

3. Plenty of room to fish,

4. A fairly unmodified boat that would allow us to set it up the way we wanted.

Our search didn't last long. The second boat we viewed turned out to be just what we were looking for. We found an 18-foot Starcraft Mainer with a 85 horse Johnson outboard. The boat was amazingly clean and stored inside with no add-ons. It came with a working Marine Radio, an Eagle LCD fish finder, a live well and a trolling board that attaches to the boat with Eagle Feet.

Before we made any decisions on rigging the boat for the 2012 season, we decided to do a couple of test trips on Saginaw Bay. To do this we added four in-line planners as well as a couple of rod holders and four, six-foot, medium-action, one-piece rods with line counter reels. After these two trips we had a better understanding of how we would want to fish this boat.