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Hey guys I got a marshrat this off season and I hunt a 16ft wareagle. Was looking for some ideas on how to transport the rat to the spot. Pics will be very helpful of anyones rigs that transport layouts. Thanks for the advise!

Welcome Duckboy! Can't help with your issue, but post up an intro in the Blind. Lots of guys here to help you out, some might even try to help.

What kind of vehicle do you use?

I'd probably just throw it on a set of roof racks...

Feelin' Fowl wrote:What kind of vehicle do you use?

I'd probably just throw it on a set of roof racks...

Boat

Dumbass.......




:-D

How big is the layout?? Sounds like it might be though to fit it inside your boat to haul. Is there a way you could hook it up to tow?

Why not tow it? Just take it easy.

I built 2 brackets that I mount to the gunwales of my boat. I just tacked a couple a nut to the inside of one of the sides of the bracket that slides over the gunwale, put a bolt in it and tacked a washer onto the bolts so it has more hold to the boat. Pretty much just like a transom mount trolling motor, I can take em on and off as needed.

If you tow your rat you need to fill the structural holes that support the outer edges. At slow to mid speeds they seem to siphon water up like a fountain and into the rat, it usually stops once you get up to speed but can get the boat heavy fast. I put tape over them from the underside. Ibe also transported it inside the boat.

Thanks guys I'm going to try and build a rack on the boat. I will let y'all know how it works.

Duckboy84 wrote:Thanks guys I'm going to try and build a rack on the boat. I will let y'all know how it works.

I saw a guy thay was running a bigger boat, maybe 1872 ish, and he was running a rack off to the side that held his rat up on edge - maybe 70 or 80 degrees. It looked very similar to the rack guys use to haul their kayaks on the roof of their truck.

Across the bow sideways?

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I bought a used wave runner trailer and I tow my layout.

On the boat- he is talking about getting it to where he needs it ON THE BOAT.

Straight meat honker.

assateague wrote:On the boat- he is talking about getting it to where he needs it ON THE BOAT.

REally? We just paddle out to where we want to hunt

Tomkat wrote:

assateague wrote:On the boat- he is talking about getting it to where he needs it ON THE BOAT.

REally? We just paddle out to where we want to hunt

Maybe he has to go 10 miles from the launch before he can get to the marsh he wants to hunt. He'd have to leave at 9 the night before to get there.

I got a 5 mile ride from the launch. The racks off the side is kinda what I was thinking just didnt know if the kayak racks would work.

Goldfish wrote:Across the bow sideways?

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Length wise is what I saw

I look for a pic later of the style I saw.

Shoot n goose had a great setup on his boat, he had a bunk deal built that mates with his boat parallel for hauling down the road and spun 90 degrees and mates to the gunnel to head down the lake and launch and retrieve. Was a very good setup, wonder where that fucker had been?

The guy I saw was using something similar to a pair of these.

I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

Like this

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

Like this

layout.jpg

having the boats outside the gunnel like that would be a problem here in the Great Lakes

jehler wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

Like this

layout.jpg

having the boats outside the gunnel like that would be a problem here in the Great Lakes

Looks like a good way to fill the tender with water & a wet ride at best.

jehler wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

Like this

layout.jpg

having the boats outside the gunnel like that would be a problem here in the Great Lakes

Too unpredictable?

assateague wrote:

jehler wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:

MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:I saw a picture of a boat on the internet with brackets like that and a layout on each side of the boat. I don't recall where I saw that. Looked like a slick set up with the boat still open in the middle and everything accessible.

Like this

layout.jpg

having the boats outside the gunnel like that would be a problem here in the Great Lakes

Too unpredictable?

lol
Best ducking is when it's windy, and you have to cross some big water usually to get to spots to hunt, unless your Dan, then you just hunt in the middle, swells be damned

We transport in racks in line with the tow vehicle/boat...



And rotate 90* for launch/retrieve on the water...


You can run with the layout across the tender, but if its rough at all the layout catches all the bow spray and funnels it into the boat.

If you notice that guy in the picture is using a blind that is fixed to the gunnel so any spray should splash off and not come in the boat. I to use a hard side aluminum blind and spray off the boat is not an issue.

Its open in the front. When the bow plows into a wave, water's coming in.

Just cutting 8" off the end those 4x6's we use for the rack dramatically reduced the amount of water we would take