Thanks Kelkay, As much as I enjoyed fishing up in your neck of the woods, it's amazing how many fishing spots open up for you when you have your own boat. You'll soon find that out! I reckon I could spend the rest of my life just exploring the lakes/rivers/coast down here. All that being said, I still plan on heading up there in February to go chase those monster Sabine River whites out of River Ridge. I've been fishing with Jane Gallenbach out of RR for the last 3 years, but this will be the first time I'll be bringing my own boat. Still plan on fishing with Jane one day though. It's awesome fishing out of your own boat! Enjoy!

Kelkay, and new photos of how your boat is coming along.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/2798096/10

Hey CatfishMike! Here are the latest photos I have put up. I got the part that was white sanded down...used a fine grit, then a super fine grit, and primered it with self etching primer. I am still on the outside sanding on the top part that was green...and I have a long way to go. I am just using sandpaper, and it is taking much much longer than I ever dreamed it would. Thanks for asking.

congrats!
I just boat another boat. Boy she is pretty! Girls, gotta love sparkle LOL

So what kind of boat did ya get? I am still sanding on mine.

How is the boat coming now Kelkay. Any new photos on your progress.

This is the last pic I took. I painted the last bit of the boat a couple of days ago. I will have to do some touch ups here and there probably. I will wax some more, using a clay bar first. I am about done. I also cut the styrofoam and glued it, so it is ready for the seats.

Looking good!!! Keep us update.

Looking great Kelkay compared to what you had started with. Keep up the great work.

Click to enlarge pic, and go to the boat album.

Okay the boat is back on the trailer now. I am done with the bottom. The gray is gonna require another coat though. I like these colors. I will have red lettering for the boat numbers. My friend thinks I need red pin striping to go along the rivets on the exterior. What do y'all think? I hate to do that because it will come off and fade over time. Other than that I think it might improve it. I will have some red carpet inside possibly. (I bought a bunch of bumper carpet, and I could put that to good use.) Let me know your opinions. I am glad y'all like it.

Looking good. Yes go ahead and pin stripe it. Might as well go all the way with the decorating.
As many hours and as hard as you have worked on that boat I hope you catch a mess of fish and have the time of your life using it.

Thank you Grandpa. I sure hope I catch a mess of fish in it too! I think it is a great little boat. I do not know how much pin stripes cost, but that may deter me...lol.

You paint it what ever color you want to. It is looking good now as it is. Hopefully it will not be to long before you are able to finally get it out on a lake and fish from it for the first time. Would love to see some photos then for sure.

The colors you see above are the colors I chose. I messed up today and tried to paint in the wind. Now I am going to have to fix the botched job. One step forward, two steps back. I will have to sand that part with a fine grit, and repaint it. Luckily it was not a lot of messed up area. The wind decided to gust, and blew the newspaper up on my wet paint. I was HOT. I was so disgusted I left. I can't do any more painting in this stupid wind. Glad you like the job so far. It was way more than I thought it would be. But the end result will sure be worth it.

check at an auto parts store. Should be some decal pinstripping like they put on cars.

thanks for the idea...I saw some of it online really cheap for 50 yards I think it was...but I don't know if I will attempt it or not...do you think it would improve the looks? Remember I will have red lettering.

Hey Kelkay, any updated photo of the boat you have been working on?

I did not take a photo today. I ran the wire through the pvc pipe, added the rest of the brackets, put in the base mount for the stern light, that kind of thing. The trolling motor and batteries are on the boat. I thought I had everything I needed to do the wiring, but found out of course I needed to go back to the store to get more stuff. I will brave the heat again tomorrow, but probably not Thursday...Thursday will be super hot. Hopefully I can get the trolling motor and lights finished tomorrow...I ran the wire for one trolling motor, lights, fish finder, and bilge pump. (I do not have the bilge pump yet, but decided it was best to get it wired for when I do get the money for that) The heat prevented me from working on the boat, today wasn't too bad. My friend let me put the boat in her garage area with a covered top...so I was out of the sun.

http://s373.photobucket.com/albums/oo175/Kelkay59/boat/

Here are all of the boat photos, maybe you missed one. Everytime I take a pic, it goes right to Photobucket, that day.

Great work Kelkay!! You have done a lot since December!

Kelkey,

Looked in my stash, have a brand new bildge pump, still in its wrapper, its yours if we can find a way to get it to you. My Wife has an apppointment next Tues in Tyler with her Dr. possibly there is some place we could drop it for you ? We come in From Hgw 80 at Miniola down to Tyler. let me know.

Thanks Dwight. I did a lot of work up until around the first of June, then the heat got me to stop. We finally had a little cooling off with the rain, so I am back on it.

Hooker, let's take this to pm, I sure appreciate the offer!

kelkey,



CORRECTION, CORRECTION: Just checked that is an areator pump, sorry, "the mind is a terrible thing to waste"

Wow what a drastic change, look like it is going to be a nice boat!

Kelkay,

I was cleaning up the garage this week and found several unopened marine items that I have no need of. Let me know if you need anything for your boat and I will check what I didn't throw out. Some of the items I found will only fit the jet boat we once had.

Dwight