As I have gotten older, I decided I would rather fish out a small stick steer than my "big bass boat" I wanted it to reliable and solid. Here is the result
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Nice Job. I see limits of fish in your future.

Sweet! Nice job. I have been looking for a 60's skeeter hawk stick to rework.

You don,t have to spend 60000.00 to catch fish! Nice job. Brings back good memories.

Looks good. Had a cousin that had one like that.

Looks great! Love seeing the old ones brought back to life!

Nicely Done! Good job.

good afternoon,


SWEET!!!!

good luck,
PURA VIDA,
bluebonnet2

thats a real nice job, i bet that 60hp will make that boat move pretty good

I don't know, I have only gotten it to 30 mph and I felt like I was 7 feet out of the water.i got a good deal on it otherwise I would have gone with a 40 hp just could not find one.i was just looking for reliability .
Thanks for all the kind comments. By the way, the boat is a 1972 Gator that I spent weeks sanding, compounding, polishing and waxing.
Everything else is new.

Well done

Plus #1.

Very nice. That brings back a lot of memories for me.

Looks like a great restoration.

Great job on the restoration - I have a 16 aluminum stick steer w 25 merc that we use on the coast and not having to move from the driver seat is a big plus vs a reg bass rig.

Nice job!

Nice boat and nice shop.

This

That's Slick!

Wowzers! Great job. That's one sweet lookin' fish catching machine right there. Bet that 60 will make that thing skip across the water! Wear your lifejacket always!

Great work!

NICE I like it!!

Very good job. I started fishing with my dad out of a 14� Terry Bass with a 20 HP Johnson with stick steering.

That is one heck of a job you have done and what a sweet
looking boat. Good luck with catching all them fish and enjoy.

With that shop, I think I'd spend more time working on things than actually getting to use them!! Looks great.

Now thats a restoration. Great looking rig and garage to work in.

I need two seats like the old ones you had on the boat before you restored it. Do you remember where you bought them?

I still have them

$75.00

Nice work Tubby, you are an inspiration! I too have a 21' fire breather bass boat and picked up a 1977 16' Bass Tracker a while back. I'm doing a refit on it now and just installed a stick steer. The 40 Merc runs ok, but I'm going to repower it as a reliability concern.
This thing will run 35 now and like you, it feels like you're 7' in the air! The hull is rated for 55hp so I'm going to hang a 50 Yamaha on it.
It sure is a fun boat to fish out of. And if I run into a log or a rock, eh, no worries!

Cheers,

George

Looks awesome !!!

Nice job. I'm with you on fishin out of a stick steer. Sure is nice to do it all from one seat as we get older. Mine is a one (previous) owner 71 skeeter hawk stick steer. Has the original 65 hp merc. I keep it in the boat house in the back yard and really enjoy fishin out of it. Put some "big man" chairs in it and fitted them with the old original skeeter armrests. Its like driving and fishing out of your easy chair in the living room.

Thanks for all the nice comments

Looks nice, great job.

Great job Tubb........Reminds me of the old falcon I learned to fish out of.

Nice, I had a Toptenner for my first boat . Makes me miss it.

Great job!

Looks great!

For any of you that really enjoy the old classic style stick steer bass boats,
but don't have the time or ability to restore an old boat....
Pro Gator Boats still makes them.


http://www.progator.com/Boats/Lil_Gator/lil_gator.html



http://www.progator.com/Boats/154S/154s.html

I know some one with that exact kind of boat. Very reliable boat too

Nice job.............nicer shop, lets see more pictures lol

Very nice job brings back the old days for me.

Well done sir.