Best Boat for backwater hunting

[atovol]

We have some small lakes we hunt, but it is he!! getting a big boat back in there to hunt. Wondering if anyone has hunted out of canoe style, layout boat, or even those small bass buggy boats. I am looking for something light and stable that one man could use handle. Already checked out the Otter stealth boats but they are little more than I am looking for. Just looking for some ideas.

[OleMsVa]

This scenario has crossed paths in my mind before as well, and I can't help but believe the best small boat is a canoe especially if you're hunting with just yourself, a buddy, and dog. You could even try a canoe/trolling motor combination? My .02 cents

[W Vaughan]

Me and my little brother both hunt out of sit on top kayaks. They are stable and light and paddle super easy. A bag of decoys and a dog is no problem once you get used to it.

[LODI QUACKER]

GRUMMAN SPORT BOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blgros1]

i would buy a ganhew(sp. never can remember how to spell it) and put a little outboard 3hp or something on it. they are great for that type application

[gunner]

Chapman pirogue

[LODI QUACKER]

GRUMMAN SPORT BOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like a gheenoe only aluminum. thus lighter and no cypress knee holes.
more stable, and higher payload.

[champcaller]

http://www.fourriverslayoutboats.com/

[goosebruce]

if you into building stuff, a kara boat. go to duckboats.net and use the resoruces there for info on a kara. travis

[brake man]

Ditto on the Chapman pirogue....takes some getting used to, but, as I once read or heard somewhere, "A pirogue can float on dew."

[blgros1]

man i've seen a north ms boy in a pirogue before, you better get something else nah thats your best bet but unless you practice in the summer time, it could make for some miserable hunts. if you goona get a roug, go head and ball out and get you a round bottom, once you learn to stand up and push pole in it you wouldn't think about anything else. and also your buds will only borrow it once, ask trip on here about a pirouge he'll give you (first hand north ms boy information)sorry bro

[Jeff]

Pirouge would be my first option. If thats not an option for you, down here there are several people that build fiberglass 14-16' one to two man boats that can hold say a 5-10 hp mud motor. Then you get a small homeade blind for it and you are in buisness. That would be my two options.

[Agua]

Check out aquapod

[gobama123]

I have a canoe (when hunting with a partner) and a Kayak (for hunting alone).
I love them both.
Great for when you have to drag the boat a ways to get to the water.
Also, wonderful for drifting down creeks and small rivers.
Only drawback is having to shoot while sitting down and only being able to shoot on one side of the boat. As a right hander, I just set up so that my shots are on the left.

[rciii]

See about a gheenou...very stable and can handle a small outboard.