Camping In My Fully Restored Houseboat! (catch n cook)
Summary
TLDRThe video script details an adventurous journey of two friends as they embark on an overnight stay on a restored houseboat named 'Eddy Bitty.' Starting with the boat's transformation from a cardboard box to a remodeled houseboat, the friends test its functionality by loading gear, navigating through waterways, and even fishing. They experience a mix of success and challenges, including a bumpy ride, weight distribution issues, and a deflated air mattress. Despite setbacks, they manage to catch a crappie, cook it on the boat, and enjoy the novelty of sleeping on water. The narrative is interspersed with humor, camaraderie, and a touch of sponsorship content. The friends also discuss plans to address the boat's ballast issues and upgrade its anchor system for future trips, promising more adventures to come.
Takeaways
- 🚤 The narrator and his friend Gravy embark on an adventure to stay overnight on a remodeled houseboat named 'Eddy Bitty'.
- 🛋️ The houseboat has been restored over 2 and a half years and features thoughtful storage solutions, including compartments beneath the couch.
- 🌡️ They experience high temperatures during their trip, with a mention of it being 112° at one point.
- 📻 A coast guard radio is onboard for emergencies, highlighting the importance of safety while on the water.
- 🚢 The boat's speed is tested, with the narrator comparing the experience to driving a bar due to its unique handling.
- 🎣 Fishing is a significant part of their trip, with the first catch being a crappie, which is a type of fish they are excited about.
- 💤 They encounter issues with the air mattress during their overnight stay, leading to a less than comfortable sleep for one of them.
- 🌌 The use of lights around the boat at night makes it very bright and potentially attractive to fish, but also possibly annoying to nearby residents.
- 🔧 The boat has some balance and ballast issues, suggesting that modifications will be needed before further trips.
- 🍳 They attempt to cook fish on the boat, adding a layer of domestic activity to their adventure.
- ⚓️ A new anchor system is installed to improve the boat's stability and functionality for future trips.
Q & A
What was the initial state of the houseboat when the narrator first started working on it?
-The houseboat was initially in a very poor condition, described as 'just a cardboard box', and it was restored over the course of 2 and 1/2 years.
What was the primary purpose of the narrator's visit to the remodeled houseboat?
-The primary purpose was to check out the remodeled houseboat and see if he could book a night's stay on it.
What was the narrator's relationship with the person who helped him restore the boat?
-The person who helped the narrator restore the boat was referred to as 'Gravy', indicating a close and friendly relationship.
What was the storage capacity of the boat after the restoration?
-The storage capacity was significantly improved, with compartments beneath the couch and other thoughtful storage solutions to maximize space.
What safety equipment did they have on board the boat?
-They had a coast guard radio on board, which could be used to send out a distress signal in case of an emergency.
How did the narrator describe the speed of the boat during their test run?
-The narrator described the speed of the boat as being very fast, comparing it to being in a 'speeder' and mentioning that it was close to full throttle.
What was the issue with the boat's balance during the water test?
-The boat was riding a bit lopsided, possibly due to the placement of the generator, batteries, and gas tanks, which affected its balance.
What was the first fish they caught on the boat?
-The first fish they caught on the boat was a crappie, which is also one of the narrator's favorite freshwater fish to eat.
What was the issue with the air mattress during their overnight stay?
-The air mattress deflated during the night, leaving one of them to sleep on the couch.
What modifications were suggested to improve the boat's stability and safety?
-The narrator suggested adding a Mota anchor system and reinforcing the boat's structure with well-treated wood or aluminum to ensure it is braced properly.
What was the narrator's plan for the future use of the boat?
-The narrator planned to work out any issues locally before taking the boat on the road, and was considering taking it to various locations as indicated by viewer suggestions.
Outlines
🚤 Exploring the Renovated Houseboat
The video begins with the host discovering a remodeled houseboat at a boat ramp and considering booking a stay on it. The host reflects on the journey of restoring the boat from a cardboard box to its current state over two and a half years. The interior has been recently shown, but an overnight stay has yet to be attempted. The host is joined by a friend who helped with the restoration, and they prepare for an overnight camping trip on the boat, discussing the boat's storage compartments and testing its capacity.
🛥️ Boat Handling and Speed Testing
The host and his friend, Gravy, focus on loading their gear into the boat's compartments, which were designed to maximize storage from the previous layout. They then test the boat's speed, with Gravy taking the helm for the first time. The boat proves to be faster than expected, and they enjoy the experience, even attempting a high-speed loop. The video also mentions a sponsorship by BetterHelp, promoting online therapy services.
🎣 Evening Fishing and Night Navigation
As the sun sets, the duo begins their fishing expedition using stick baits and walking baits, targeting top water spots on the lake. Despite a slow start, they remain hopeful for a good catch. The host discusses the boat's performance, including some ballast issues that need addressing. They also experiment with night navigation, installing multiple lights around the boat for visibility and continue fishing into the night.
🏞️ Overnight Stay and Morning Reflection
The host and Gravy settle in for the night on the boat, which is equipped with an air mattress that unfortunately deflates during the night. Despite this, they enjoy the calm waters and the experience of sleeping on the boat. The next morning, they continue fishing and manage to catch a few fish, though not as many as they had hoped. They also discuss the boat's kitchen facilities and the use of a generator.
🔨 Boat Modifications and Fishing Strategies
The host decides to install a new anchor system to improve the boat's stability, recognizing the need for modifications to better suit their intended use. They catch a couple of fish, including a small crappie, and discuss the fishing strategy, which involves casting close to rocks. The host also mentions the boat's capacity to handle waves and the need for further improvements.
🍔 Preparing Fish and Evaluating the Boat
The host and Gravy prepare their catch to eat on the boat, creating a makeshift cheddar bed for the fish. They discuss the boat's performance, including the need for additional bracing and the installation of access panels for reinforcement. The host expresses gratitude to the viewers for following their journey with the boat and invites suggestions for future destinations.
🎣 Continued Fishing and Boat Evaluation
The fishing continues with a focus on catching more fish to make up for the modest initial catch. The host catches a healthy spotted bass and discusses the fish's characteristics. They also observe a pair of locked fish, possibly mating, and decide to release the female to protect the spawn. The host reiterates the appreciation for the viewers' support and hints at future adventures with the boat.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡House Boat
💡Overnight Stay
💡Boat Restoration
💡Storage Compartments
💡Coast Guard Radio
💡Therapy and BetterHelp
💡Fishing
💡Boat Stability and Ballast Issues
💡Cooking on the Boat
💡Air Mattress
💡Anchor System
Highlights
The itty bitty houseboat has been restored over 2.5 years and is now ready for its first overnight stay.
The boat has been remodeled with ample storage compartments beneath the couch and other areas.
A coast guard radio has been installed for safety in case of emergencies.
The boat can reach near full throttle, providing an exhilarating ride.
The boat has ballast issues and needs modifications before further use.
The boat is well-lit with six giant lights for night navigation.
The first fish caught on the itty bitty is a crappie, marking a memorable moment.
The boat is anchored just 10 yards from the bank in a spot known for abundant crappie fishing.
A Moto anchor system is installed to provide stability and mimic a fishing boat's capabilities.
The boat's transom and overall structure hold up well during the first waves and high-speed tests.
A twin air mattress fits perfectly from the kitchen to the couch, providing a comfortable sleeping arrangement.
The boat experiences some issues with the air mattress and needs to address the sleeping arrangements.
A nice-sized spotted bass is caught, showcasing the fishing potential of the itty bitty.
A potential giant fish is spotted using a drone, adding an exciting element to the fishing experience.
The boat needs some modifications to ensure it is braced properly and secure for future trips.
The itty bitty series has garnered a loyal following, and the creators appreciate the viewers' support.
Transcripts
it's like traveling through an airport
what are you doing
here I I just pulled up and saw there
was a like remodeled house boat at the
boat ramp and I thought I would check it
out and see if I could maybe book a
night's day on it I'll book your night's
day can I book your mom's night day I
knew
it that was a layup ladies and gentlemen
she he loves my mother we are a
familyfriendly channel here thank you
for tuning back in if you follow the
itty bitty Saga we started with this
thing was just a cardboard box pretty
much and we've restored it over the last
2 and 1/2 years we recently showed you
guys the interior but we haven't really
put it through the overnight stay which
is why I've teamed up with the one guy
who actually helped me restore this
boat yeah let it out all that pinned up
anchor gravy shattered lamps you had
your chance oh my yeah started out right
baby let's break some freaking lamp tour
curtains make sure you handle those of
gloves oh they're still hanging in my
bedroom to this day are they really no I
think that might be in a local dumpster
somewhere or something no we did a lot
of dumping together I thought it would
be fitting if me and gravy were the
first two to break in an overnight
camping trip on edty bitty ready to do
this ready
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all right gravy we got a lot of stuff
and not a lot of
boat we're going to try to put all of
our gear in all the compartments that we
thought about you know how the old boat
was laid out really it really was yeah
it didn't have a lot of yeah it was
crummy and it didn't have like a lot of
Flor space at all so we tried to make
everything in here
storage okay so beneath the couch we
have two
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compartments had a boy she come open oh
she comes
open yeah oh a top comes off okay oh wow
air mattress number one air
M that might have to go in the other
side a mattress oh wow sheing in there
oh that's nice it is 112° in
here baby come
back I need you
so I'm so lonely and I just can't stop
the
steing baby come back wow
I'd say I mean you can fit a lot in the
[Music]
storage don't worry about
that wow
[Music]
okay all
right God so so dang
man what what is a it is a coast guard
radio if we ever get like in a bag of
storm you can hit
distress send some help out to you that
like it's 18 wheer
radio Big Daddy and big gravy coming in
we're about to slay the
fatties over and out you got anything
you need to
say no Roll
Tide Roll Tide there daddy
all right gravy is the first person I'm
letting Drive the boat you earned the
right good sir I'm going to plane the
boat out just so we don't wheelie for 30
minutes oh
wow there we go there we go this this
Full Throttle this is this is dang near
Full Throttle we're not going to do it
long come on over here all
right okay grab a hole it's all you now
brother just cruise down the main vein
of Channel that's it
it's a lot faster than you would think
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Diddy bitty this this this is pretty
close to Full Throttle you said it's not
completely full yeah I mean we could
give her a little more but I don't want
to been a minute brother I worked a
while so we could do this right here
yeah I feel like I'm like in TGA right
now with a steer wheel it's a dang
speeder did you expect her to be this
fast no little bit we're going to turn
around a big loop ah okay okay oh wow
Hard straighten around wow okay a little
bit more to the right okay out a boy we
make the Dream Team all straighten her
out straighten out straighten her out
again yes sir I'm going to give it to
her all righty B attendance please prare
the cabin for our
departure straighten her out good sir
you are a
natural oh wow okay all right
way
pest okay wow don't worry about it buddy
keep Built For
This
wow okay all right slow down bad I
thought you were a fan of that oh wow
okay all right we're should I be in
control here you're fine Brother this is
what we're here for wow we wanted to
test the itty bitty in home Waters we
know people around here if we break down
we can get towed in
I'm pretty sure we made those
waves well how was that been sir wow we
got a little bumpy there sorry oh that's
fine I get choked up a moment
here just let it happen man it's all
right think we're good how was driving
that b pretty crazy pretty wild driving
a boat like this it feels like you're
driving a bar we do have a little bit of
a weight issue I saw a lot of comments
when we revealed Eddy BTY on the water
it's riding a little bit lopsided so we
got to do a little bit of thinking about
where we have batteries and gas tanks
and I think what's really throwing us
off today is we had the generator up
there and last time we water tested it
the generator was off because I you know
oopsies no we were breaking it down oh
[Music]
yeah spot number one grave try to keep
them feet still dude before you're
anchored right on their home we're
starting deep then we're going to work
our away
shallow Oh Baby the sun is starting to
set and the way we like to fish top
water on this lake is cover points to
the best of our abilities in a 1972 St
gravy's going to be throwing a stick
bait I'm going to be throwing a walking
bait little bit of Chop on the water
overcast all day long should be the
perfect recipe to get some
dang
AC it is very calm right here
man oh fish on Fish oh gosh do he came
off he bent you up dog he
did dude if you catch the first I had oh
wow that was a heck of a cast not really
wow that was bad that was bad fishing on
my part hey dud don't talk to yourself
like
[Music]
that all right me and gravy just fished
for 2 hours wasn't great now what I am
excited about every other boat that I've
ever been on when you navigated at night
time was scary is all get out cuz you
can't see Jack Squad very scary I'm
scared it is kind like I feel like I'm
in a haunted house yeah I know like they
just called me up and said I got to pay
my
taxes that's terrifying we put six giant
lights around the boat and I'm pretty
sure every house on the lake is going to
hate us right now A houses D Us Lake
we're about to find out all right here
we
go that looks freaking crazy we are
bright baby we the future we are bright
like our futures gravy da that up the
whole boat is just one giant fish
attractor oh those is the cream RS no
those are just lights we have on the
boat those don't even count okay well so
we uh go ahead and see how we can drive
this thing at night
eh feel like we're on like Deadliest
Catch right now yeah there's just no
catch it's pretty dang cool dude it is
it's pretty dang cool I know we had got
a fish but this is really
cool oh wow all right all right yep yep
yep late night wave
action this looks Mighty fishy to me
brother me and gravy have secured the
boat up we're about 10 yards from the
bank According to some Intel from a
friend of mine
some
Intel the cartel in
here my buddy fishing with Smalls has
hit me up and he's told me that there
are crappie by the boatloads and they
are sitting 5 to 10 yards off the bank
which is a good thing we've only fished
2 hours we act like we've done a lot
ofday we haven't done nothing okay the
crappie are feeding up we typically
don't go after crappie but people are
catching tons of them and slabs we have
rigged up small crappie jigs I'm
thinking if we sit here long enough and
and gravy can keep our pie hole shut
long enough which is very tough for us
to do I'm thinking we can just jig right
off the edge of the boat catch
dinner
oh pretty intense man
[Music]
fish fish fish on
yes there he is I can't tell if that's a
crappie or a
bluegill come on
buddy yes first crappie of the
night dude that's the first fish in Eddy
bitty I didn't even realize it yeah
crappie crappie game I didn't really I'm
not going to lie to you guys
I
shoot okay all right all right in my
mouth in my mouth you're going to be a
memorable catch don't you
buddy you're you're going to be a
memorable sandwich fish number one I I
would have got more excited if I
realized in the moment that it was the
first fish catch on ity bitty but to be
honest with you guys it's just not the
craziest fish catch however one of my
favorite freshwater fish to eat m it's
got a mouth like Davey gravy on it holy
smoke I don't know if that's a good or a
bad thing that one dude that one was
right on the Rocks I didn't even reel it
like just cast close as you can to the
rocks it hit I looked my line was just
ripping to the
left crap not going to lie I was kind of
hoping the first fish in here would be
like a 12 pounder but that just gives us
room for growth sometimes you have to
start small and get
bigger Amen brother
all righty I'm
stiff stiff man it's 1: in the morning
we got one little crappie I don't know
if it's enough to cook or not but we got
it in The Bait Bucket in the water so
hopefully it stays good all night I
think we're just going to eat beef jerky
and call
it and I hate to do that I hate to do
that all the first night but I think
that's what we've come to tomorrow we
have nothing on the books but to
complete the first catch and cook in the
boat and I will say for the first trip
in that bit it is a pretty good trip to
go out learn the boat we definitely have
some ballast issues some modifications
that need to be made before we hit the
road I've been really impressed with how
the transom is holding up and the boat
itself we've hit waves for the first
time today just ripping wide open
especially this
[Music]
Maniac oh that's nice a twin air
mattress fits Heavenly from the kitchen
to the couch now we need to find a way
to fit the only air mattress we have
left between me and gravy the only air
mattress we have left is a
Coen it's going to
be it's a problem
oh it's happening oh god oh no no no
don't you worry brother it's just part
of the
process oh wow oh wow there it is there
it is that's what we want her to do this
could be a
break no don't worry about
that it's like a futon
man wow we got to take a soften these
approach with her especially when she's
leaning hard right there you go oh wow
there we go see not too bad not too bad
at all throw a dang sleeping bag in
there and you're in a dangerous position
bro do we have sleeping bags yeah oh wow
what a clutch boo thank you all right me
and gravy are bunked in for the night
tomorrow is going to be better we're
going to catch fish we're going to cook
fish and we're going to sleep hard gravy
I Feel It In My Bones yeah oh dude
this is nice
yeah oh
wow don't roll on top of
me sweet dreams brother sweet
dreams sweet
dreams good morning ladies and gentlemen
we slept like kings last night not
really gravy's air mattress completely
pooped out on him in the middle of the
night he's on the couch now the mattress
was fine until it deflated all sudden
you
hear I was like heck yeah
woo yeah all my air going the heck in a
hand
basket yeah the water was so calm though
we did sleep really good I love all the
windows in here we might have to figure
out some curtains or something but it is
cool to wake up and you're just on the
water it's kind of like a new house
right now like you're just moving items
into the house like you haven't had time
to go to the curtain store and buy
curtains right like kind of just have to
deal with the situation you have at hand
that's right and then maybe invest in
some
[Music]
curtains not a bad way to start the
morning out e empty about half a gallon
of Arnold Palmer out of the kidney and
then toss a top water
spook come on
now gravy it's been 2 hours just went
beating our butts little bit of that
booty wind what if we just take this
fishing mission to land
brother fish on come on gravy fish on
come on buddy oh
yeah flip them up on the bank dude we
need to eat them that's a good
one I'll come help you you just remain
calm I'm in the middle of night I'll be
here waiting heck yeah gravy is this
your first crappy first one yeah first
one for the channel yeah gravy's first
crappy on the channel nice fish dude
very dark she is we would like to
continue that act Clinic of gravy with
some crappy fish for you guys but we
just got word there is a tornado there's
likely Hood over tornado in a few hours
so this the definition of likelihood
there's a percentage
chance used to
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be po I get to be the first one to try
out a kitchen cook on the itty pitty W
yes you do get sir the first one to
drive the boat the first one to eat I