So I started laying out how my seat and trolling motor would fit and I figures out it wont work like I had planed. The trolling motor is way to long to mount in the middle in front of the seat like I hoped, so the only way I can see it working well is to mount it on the left pontoon. That way I have room for my feet and not have the seat to far back from the center of the boat. No I don't plan to mount the seat on the car rim. lol I will most likely angle the foot control up in the front to make it more ergonomic. What would be a good water proofer for the plywood that I don't cover with the Poor mans Fiberglass?

I had my grandson Tyler meet me at SanV this morning to do a little catching. As we are leaving the dock, he says "Papa" we should have a bet on first, biggest and most..........you are on!!! Ten minutes into our first stop, I announce that you just lost the first bet. I told him our goal for the day was 20 fish. Couple of minutes later I land a nice 2.6 and let him know that he is down on all three bets and that he had better get going. He then lands the next three, and I am thinking maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. I then go up 4-3 in the next half hour, and he says maybe we should make a move. Alrightee, that we shall do lad. We get to our next stop, and first cast, he gets one, next cast, another, then another. Not suppose to be going this way. He lets me know that I am now down 6-4. Hmmm, better get going old man! I get the next three and take a commanding 7-6 lead. A pelican shows up and starts following us everywhere we go, and proceeds to start trying to get our baits right next to the boat. Stayed with us for quite awhile, was hoping to get one and feed him just to get him away. He finally leaves and we get back to catching. Over the next hour the score goes to 7-7. 8-8, 9-9 and now we are both anxiously trying to get #10 first. He hooks up with a nice fish (about 3lb) and it jumps about 6 ft from the boat and spits the hook, bummer for him, lol! A minute later, I land #10. Now we just need one more for our 20. I manage two more, and it is getting close to leaving time. He says he really want to catch his 10th, so I tell we will head toward the dock and make one stop near there so he can try for that fish. On his first cast , you guessed it, he hooks up and lands a nice 2+ and we head for the docks. I am also in the process of teaching him how to tow the boat and put it in and out of the lake. He did his first successful backing the trailer into the water and hooking the boat up. Proud Papa here!!! I know the story is a little lengthy, but we don't get many days like this so decided to share. Enjoy the pics!

There was still segregation in the 50's. There were "white" stations and "black" stations. When a "black" song became popular, it would be "covered" by a "white" singer/group so that it could be played on the "white" stations. Pat Boone also covered Fats Domino's Blueberry Hill. Many times the lyrics were also "modified". R&R was said to be "white man's words with black man's music". Thanks to people like Wolfman Jack for broadcasting from acoss the border so we could all hear all the music.