How to make a fishing boat with your own hands, drawings and manufacturing methods

Tackle, such as a boat, allows you to fish at a considerable distance from the coast, without the presence of a boat. It is more preferable in choice, since even a boat scares away fish. A boat will help to catch such cautious fish as asp, ide, chub and pike. This tackle, which was successfully used by our ancestors, is able to deliver the bait far from the coast, where a cautious fish, without suspecting anything, will certainly attack it. It is impossible to buy this tackle, since it is not for sale, but making it at home is not at all difficult.

How to make a fishing boat

This fishing device is characterized by several names, but basically, it is called “water kite”, and also traditionally “boat” and this name is much more suitable. Tackle is made from any material that has positive buoyancy. Basically, it is wood or foam. It is desirable that the structure has a certain weight, otherwise it will not be stable on the water, especially in the presence of wind and unrest. Drawings of such gear can be easily found on the Internet. At the same time, you should not try to repeat the first drawing that comes across. It’s best to start by reading the reviews.

The simplest boat

To make a simple tackle, you must have:

• A pair of boards of arbitrary length, up to 15 mm thick.
• Olif.
• Waterproof paint (oil), soft shade.
• A pair of M6 threaded studs and four nuts for these studs.
• A regular bracket with an M4 nut and a screw to secure the structure and the main line.
• Lead cargo.
• Nails or screws for fastening.
• Glue (water resistant).
• Drills of the appropriate diameter.

If all the components are prepared, then you can proceed to the assembly of the structure itself.

The order is as follows:

1. Finished boards are covered with drying oil, dried and covered with soft oil paint. The tackle should remain visible at a distance, but not scare away the fish.
2. Elements similar to trapezoids are cut out of wooden planks. On the side faces there should be oblique cuts. In this case, it is better to first prepare the boards of the desired shape, and then open them with drying oil and paint.
3. Holes are drilled in wooden blanks for their fastening.
4. Two blanks are connected using studs with nuts.
5. After that, the bracket is attached. Holes for its fastening should be made on both sides so that you can rearrange the bracket, if necessary, since you have to fish both on the left and on the right. The bracket is attached to the side where the water flows. This allows you to launch the “boat” in any direction of the current.
6. Finally, a lead weight is attached to the bottom of the structure with glue. The load will make the structure more stable.

The ship is ready for use, you just need to attach the equipment elements to it.

DIY reversible boat

In the process of using the “boat”, experienced anglers had an interesting idea, which led to an improvement in the design of the gear. The improved boat consists of:

• From the leading board.
• From the main float.
• From leaf springs.
• From a special switching device and a limiting element.
• From a towing line.
• From flies.

The springs included in the design serve as a kind of shock absorber, which smooths out the strong jerks of the fish at the time of bites. The float is included in the design of the reverse mechanism, and also gives the whole structure more stability. The safety bracket does not allow the fishing line to overlap with the controls. The switching device is designed to change the direction of movement of the “boat”.

Stages of manufacture

1. For the construction of fishing tackle, well-dried wood should be taken. To give the structure a small lifting force, it is given the desired shape.
2. To prevent the structure from floating to the surface of the water, a redan is attached to the lower end of the board.
3. The wooden base is impregnated with drying oil and painted with waterproof oil paint. The underwater part is painted blue, and the surface part is white.
4. A hole with a diameter of 8 mm is drilled in the middle of the board, for attaching a lead load.
5. In the upper end part of the board, between the springs, a cork strip is attached, where the flies are supposed to be stored.
6. The spring is made of stainless steel strips, 0,8 mm thick, 10 mm wide and 320 mm long.
7. The float is made from foam. It, along with the switch and springs, is attached to a wooden base.
8. A strip of stainless steel is taken and a switch is made from it. Strip thickness 1 mm.
9. The safety bracket is made of copper wire, 2 mm thick.

Springs made of stainless steel plates are bent so that the switch rises above the waterline to the height of the underwater part of the float.

Such gear is able to move both in the direction from the coast, and vice versa. This allows you to control the movements of the tackle. As a rule, a simple design is always located at one point.

The principle of operation of the boat for fishing

“Ship” must have positive buoyancy. Given the fact that there is a flow, the geometry of the device must have special shapes.

The action of the “ship” is similar to the action of the “kite”. The only difference is that such gear is driven not by air, but by water. Thanks to this principle of action, the bait is always in the right place. “Ship” can only be used in the presence of a current or a strong wave that can move the tackle to the right place.

Preparatory work

The use of the “boat” involves the use of a fairly powerful spinning, with a test of 100 to 200 grams. There are times when the fish have to be pulled out not by spinning, but by hand.

For such fishing conditions, it is possible to use an inertial reel, still of Soviet times with an open drum. As a rule, anglers use the “Neva” reel with a drum, which can hold a lot of fishing line.

As the main fishing line, any strong fishing line of the appropriate diameter will do. The thickness of the fishing line has no effect on the effectiveness of fishing. The diameter of the fishing line for leashes is selected depending on the size of the intended prey. For normal fishing conditions, it is enough to have leashes with a thickness of 0,12-0,15 mm. If it is planned to catch individuals weighing up to 0,5 kg, then it is better to choose a fishing line with a thickness of 0,18-0,2 mm.

Boat fishing technique

Such tackle shows good results in three cases.

Fishing in moderate rivers

The fishing technique is more suitable in cases where the depth near the shore is not more than 1 meter, and the shore is overgrown with bushes and trees. Usually, in such places there is an ide, in anticipation that some kind of living creature will fall from the branches and leaves of trees and bushes.

In such cases, use:

• The ship.
• Spinning with dough from 40 to 100 grams, up to 3,3 meters long.
• Leash, about 2 meters long.
• Hooks or small tees.
• Butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies, and other large insects.

Basically, all fish are shy and afraid of any movement along the coast, especially in bright clothes. Therefore, first of all, you should take care of disguise.

As a rule, in such cases, you should count on bites closer to the surface of the water. This can be achieved by using floating artificial baits, which can be flies that imitate various insects.

If a bite is identified, a soft hook should be carried out. Given the specifics of the tackle, the fish will not be able to immediately feel the resistance of the fishing line.

The use of the “boat” on wide rapids

In conditions where the reservoir is distinguished by serious depth, including near the coast, the “boat” will always help out. Usually, in such cases, three or four leaders with sinking fly fishing flies are used. When using tees or double hooks, the number of fish coming off is minimized.

How is the boat used?

1. Leashes should be above the main line, which is done with a sharp spinning movement.
2. Spinning should have a direction with the flow.
3. In this case, the flies swim freely on the surface of the water for about three meters. This allows you to deceive the fish, but only during periods of the presence of various insects.

The fish is taken only by hand, after all the fishing line is reeled onto the reel.

Fishing on rivers with slow flow and dense vegetation

As a rule, pike prefers to be in dense thickets of coastal vegetation. In this case, the pike is difficult to take both from the shore and from the boat. And here, again, the “boat” can come to the rescue.

Boat equipment:

1. As a rule, such a predator as a pike is caught on live bait. Therefore, a live fish or frog is suitable as bait. The frog is considered the most tenacious, so it is better to give preference to it.
2. As leashes, it is better to take a braided fishing line. If a monofilament fishing line is taken, then its thickness should be in the range of 0,4-0,5 mm.
3. The frog clings to double or triple hooks. At the same time, you need to make sure that the stings of the hooks look out slightly.
4. After leaving the “boat”, leashes are attached for a considerable distance. They are connected in a loop-to-loop way, as well as with the help of carabiners.
5. The leash from the leash can be at a distance of two to ten meters. In the presence of a fast current or dense vegetation, one leader is enough, since more leaders are more difficult to control.

If the tackle is ready for use, then you can start fishing for the planned area, rising or falling from the roll. As for the type of wiring, it can be any. The bait (frog) can be immersed in water for several minutes, and also tapped on the surface of the water in places where there is no vegetation. If the vegetation is not very rough, then the frog can simply be dragged along the grass. At this time, one of the leashes should go along the edge of the vegetation, and the other leash should catch the windows of clean water. Pike can bite at any time and in any place. In this case, much depends on the nature of the reservoir and the presence of pike.

“Ship” is an interesting tackle that you need to be able to use. With the help of it, it is really possible to deceive anyone, even the most cautious predator. With the correct use of tackle, the catch is always guaranteed. The main thing is to apply the bait correctly and use it correctly.

As practice shows, the use of the “boat” requires special skills, and the tackle is very peculiar. This is not a fishing rod that can be cast and immediately pulled out of the water in case of a single bite. “Ship” will not be thrown and pulled out over and over again. There should be a clear calculation for the capture of a large specimen. Usually, the “boat” is used to catch a predator on live bait. Live bait, if properly hooked, can live under water for more than one hour, which is quite suitable for anglers. “Ship” can be launched and expected to bite for several hours. In its absence, you can pull out the tackle and check, and if necessary, replace the nozzle (live bait).