I have two daughters, 35 and 31. The youngest never did take to out door activities very much. The oldest would out fish me when we lived on Caddo and were fishing for blue gill. I mean we could be using identical out fits and fish from the same side of the boat and she would beat me every time. When they discovered boys that was the last of the fishing for a while. The oldest one married a fisherman and they live ten minutes from Tawakoni. She loves to fish with her husband now and her daughter (age 8) is just like she used to be at that age.
Don't worry too much if your kids don't share your enthusiasm for fishing. They will come around eventually.

Thanks for your experience on this. Yes, my daughter has discovered boys like you said. She just got another boyfriend. My son is 15, and still likes to fish, just not as much as me. I am hoping she will come back to fishing after her little phase is over...well let's hope so.

here are some pics of kelkay's boat after I washed it, cleaned up pretty good, unfortunately the wheel seems to be a problem, as you can see the threads are stripped on the lug bolts that I could remove, there is quite a bit of rust eventually got them all off one side, but could only remove one on other side before impact socket broke.

Okay you guys can stop looking at Craigslist, and the local papers etc...I am getting a new boat trailer from Northern Tools. (thanks to a wonderful TFF anonymous donor...who wishes to remain anonymous) It will take several days to come in....but I should probably have it in less than two weeks. This is just thrilling and I should be on the water soon. I am not sure if Mike posted the link to it on here, but that is the one I am gonna be getting. Thank you all for your help in this endeavor. I am sure his wife is ready for me to get that boat outta their yard!

YOU GO GIRL... How cool is that? Your own boat! You gotta start somewhere, set your mind to it, and you can make your dreams come true. I have a daughter that just turned 19 last month and it sounds like her and your daughter could be twins. She thinks I have a fishing problem and I always tease her by saying, "Hi, my name is Debbie, and I am a fishaholic". She just laughs. She fished with me when she was younger, but once she started driving, that pretty much ended. I sure wish I lived closer to you so we could fish together sometime. I would love to be able to fish out of a boat just one time instead of walking the banks all the time. I had 2 heart attacks last year and fishing is my stress reliever. Maybe one day, when the weathers nice, I can take a road trip your way and we can catch a few fish together! Congrats again!!

You just cannot imagine how thrilled I am. I may not sound like it, but I am. Yes our daughters do sound an awful lot alike don't they? My daughter thinks I've gone off the deep end about fishing, and fly tying. I think down deep she thinks it is cool. I think one of these days she will come back to it. She hopefully will anyway. I have no idea what part of Tx you are from. If you come my way you can sure join me. I don't mind fishing alone, but it sure is nice to have people join me too!! Yes I know how fishing can be a stress reliever. I like to get out and fish for that very same reason. I love the outdoors, always have. I have dealt with issues with my heart for over ten years now...electric problems. So I sure know what you are talking about. Fishing and fly tying are an obsession for me. I don't want to change it though, I see no problem. I can quit anytime I want to....lol...not.

Congrats Kelkay!!!

That is so exciting! I look forward to the first few reports from your first trips out on YOUR boat! Could be a good chance to try out the ol' hula popper ;-). I hope you get a hit right when you are about to take the popper out of the water right next to the boat! That will make you jump but it is worth getting startled!!!

Good luck!!!

LOL Thanks Cindy. I will try just that...hehehe.

Congrats Kelkay, I used to love working up in you neck of the woods. Some of the best white bass fishing I ever did was below the dam at Wright Patman. Tried to talk my wife into moving up there, but I just couldn't drag her away from Houston. I just picked up my first boat 4 weeks ago!

Well congrats on YOUR BOAT TOO. My brother lives over there by Wright Patman. I also have kin in that area I haven't seen in ages. It is a nice area. Houston is nice for a big city. I just don't care for living in a big city. Anyway just cause she doesn't want to move here doesn't mean you cannot come fishing this way now and then!!! Right? So come up here and catch you a few fish...hehehe.

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.