That’s right, a boat with an intentional hole in it. Crazy cool how someone would even think of that:

Holey Boat, a flat-bottomed craft into which a pair of holes have been cut and then topped with something like a stovepipe. Ice-fishing-style Vexilar fish sounders are mounted, and anglers fish through the hole at the top of the pipe, just as if it were a hole in the ice.

The angler, closer to the line and rod tip, can better watch what’s going on there. More importantly, that angler sees what the fishfinder screen shows — the presence or arrival of fish, and how they react to the bait and presentation.

By all accounts, the results are astounding. “Every time, people fishing in the holes in the (boat) outfish people fishing over the side.”