Seat installation question - Scratching my head on this one.

[lowprofile]

well if you get another seat with the straps out further they cover the rod holders...

what do you really need in there? a battery?

[danjor]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

well if you get another seat with the straps out further they cover the rod holders...

what do you really need in there? a battery?

Thats exactly where i would put my battery if I had one of those instead of the 2012 models.

[dbarnett66]

Originally Posted by danjor

Thats exactly where i would put my battery if I had one of those instead of the 2012 models.

You know, that makes too much sense. You might have saved the day. I kicked that idea around with Brian at OEX and then thought I could use it as a fish hold for crappie. But I really want to keep the seat and I can find other places to stick the fish.

[dbarnett66]

Thanks for helping me think out of the box. The replies are awesome and this boy is learning.

[danjor]

Originally Posted by dbarnett66

You know, that makes too much sense. You might have saved the day. I kicked that idea around with Brian at OEX and then thought I could use it as a fish hold for crappie. But I really want to keep the seat and I can find other places to stick the fish.

Yup perfect place to put a trolling motor battery storage wise and weight distribution wise assuming your turning the front hatch into a bait tank. Than you will have a nice forward bait tank and a trolling motor to do circles around hobies while maintaining a low center of gravity!

[dbarnett66]

Originally Posted by danjor

Yup perfect place to put a trolling motor battery storage wise and weight distribution wise assuming your turning the front hatch into a bait tank. Than you will have a nice forward bait tank and a trolling motor to do circles around hobies while maintaining a low center of gravity!

The battery is for the fish finder and bait tank only. I bought one of those battery box complete things from OEX. I would not want to suffer from the pained stares of the members of this forum if I was using a trolling motor on the high seas. haha

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Maybe you could have the straps moved outward on the seat a bit if you can find someone who has a heavy duty sewing machine. Might block those flush mounts then but a couple Scotty mounts would take care of that. I wouldn't want to ditch that seat either.