Not technically fishing, but close enough. Have any of you ever hydro-turfed your whole boat? If so, how did you like it? How was the process, did it lay down good? I recently bought a bass tracker to piddle around in, and thinking about replacing all the carpet with hydro-turf.

I’ve never installed it, but I can tell you it’s light years ahead of carpet. I’ll never own another boat with carpet.

It’s incredible.

Neither. Seadek.

I had the vinyl but in my new boat. I thought it might be slick when wet. Nope. Fished numerous days this past fall in the rain. It has great grip.

I would imagine it would be way easier to install too! I ordered some stuff so I will keep you guys posted. I hope it turns out good!

What I ordered is very similar to sea deck from what I can tell. Hopefully it’ll turn out like I’m picturing it in my head.

Please do. I'll be looking at replacing mine in the near future. It' a 2004 Lund and it's showing its age.

I have used both HydroTurf and SeaDek and they were both real good. No mud, fish guts, etc. that I could tell wouldn't wash right off and we used this in boats that got commercial use. It will come in a roll and just lay it somewhere out of the box until it will lie flat before you try to install it. Easy as laying carpet after that.

I would never put carpet or carpet type stuff in a boat. It just holds water. I prefer topsides paint and non skid but the vinyl stuff is a winner if you have to cover up areas that can't be painted.

Thank you for that tip about laying it out, or I would have just took it straight out of the box. On installing it, did you wrap the lids like traditional carpet, or just run it flush with the edges? That is my biggest predicament right now.

It won’t work if you wrap it. It needs to stop at the edge of the lid.

I was figuring so, just wanted to make sure!

I put hydroturf on a fulldeck airboat and it was great stuff
I rounded the exposed edges with a router and also
Used 3M heavy duty spray glue under the joints and edges
And it lasted good .they put a harder surface on it and better UV
Resistance stabilizers in it nowadays.
Plus its a whole lot cheaper than Seadeck too i believe
Good luck

It's cheaper than seadek, but seadek is far superior and lasts a whole lot longer. It doesn't rot and crumble in a few years of uv exposure like hydroturf.

Wheres the best place to get the hydro-deck?

I just ordered some stuff off of Amazon. It is more like sea deck, but not the name brand.

About to start installing mine this week. Did you let the spray glue get tacky before sticking them together, or did you mash it straight down while it was wet? I have seen people doing it both ways, just wanted to hear your experience.

Order from GatorTrax. I bought mine with the 3M backing for the same price as the sheets without it if you buy from HydroTurf.

Here is my boat that I finished up a few months ago. Laying the turf wasn't bad at all, just make sure you measure several times before laying it. Once the 3M backing touches, it isn't coming off.