







How to Build a Small Fishing Skiff 
An Ideal Boat for an Outboard Motor 
T takes only a few warm sunny 
days early in the spring to start 
the fisherman overhauling his out- 
fit and making it ready for the ap- 
proaching season. As a rule his mind 
at that time generally wanders to some 
far distant spot way up the lake or 
to a certain rocky and weedy cove way 
over on the other shore, 
He remembers the dandy bass fishing 
he had once or twice just above that 
group of rocks and how the white 
perch fairly jumped out of the lake to 
meet his flies in mid air just beyond 
that old ice house runway. What 
pleasure those trips really did give. 
He goes on thinking how kind it was 
of friend Jim to loan his fishing skiff 
on these several occasions. Then he 
gets enthused. My! wouldn’t the joy 
be complete if this season he had a boat 
all his own! Just imagine how Al 
and Tom would enjoy an invitation 
occasionally! 
For a fisherman in just such a mood, 
this article is intended and written. A 
By C. E. BRADLEY 
sort of “starter” for building a service- 
able little fishing skiff for ordinary 
inland lake fishing. This little skiff 
with its twelve foot length and four 
foot two and one-half inch beam is just 
the type and size a couple of pals can 
enjoy to the limit. 
HE construction details have been 
carefully planned to be as simple 
as possible. The frame construction 


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type of skiff as pictured in the accom- 
panying drawings is a far easier type 
of boat for the amateur to build than 
the single board, bent-sided skiff. Any 
real handy chap, such as fishermen are 
for the most part, can readily tackle 
the job of building and make a real 
creditable job of it too. First of all, 
study the drawings carefully and go 
over the list of material, as follows: 
Frames—White Oak, %” x 2%” x 
34” length; Side Stringers—White Oak, 
%” x 1%” x 14’ (2 pieces); Chine— 
White Oak, 5” x 13%” x 14’ (2 pieces) ; 
Stern Board—Cypress, 1%” x 18” x 
3’ 6” long; Side Planks—White Pine or 
Cypress, %” x 12” x 14’ (4 pieces); 
Bottom Planks—White Pine, %” x 6” x 
75’ (running feet); Keel—White Oak, 
7," x 4" x 14’ long; Deadwood—Spruce, 
1%” x 10” x 5’ long; Stem Piece— 
White Oak, 3” x 3” x 24” long; False 
Stem—White Oak, 3” x 3” x 24” long; 
Seats—Cypress, %” x 9” x 16’ length; 
Half Round Molding—White Oak, 1%” 
(2 pieces each) 14’. 
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