New Guy..new duck boat..great to be on the forum

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Tom McGaffey

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Just finished rebuilding a wood duck boat that was originally built for me by Montana boat builders. Started with a very (too) flat bottom layout rig from MBB but it would not handle Texas winds and water so I rigged a keel/stringer frame, glued it to the bottom and replanked to give the boat more deadrise bow and stern (deeper V)...turned out to be a very fast boat that handles at least 30mph wind and 3 foot sea...which whips up on Texas lakes way too often. As soon as I get trained on digital cameras i will send photos...

My wife says that I built a camo painted, 16' jet ski. Really looking forward to hunting from the boat this Fall, and chasing redfish in skinny water on the Texas coast (I will be waving a flyrod at them).

Great to be on the forum..wish I had been here while I was rebuilding the boat...could have used LOTS of advice...
 
Welcome aboard Tom,

Sounds liek you solved your boat problem pretty well. Post some pic's when you get a chance, we are all DBA's around here (Duck-Boat-Aholics) and enjoy looking at them. Don't forgrt to fill your boat with decoys anchors to hold it down, Toramdo season is just starting in Texas I see on the news.

Dave
 
Tom,
Where abouts in Texas ya'll at? :)
I've spent a bunch of time bustin' birds in/around San Antonio, Choke Canyon, Pearsall, Beeville & Uvalde....and a couple places I can't remember. The only fish I've waved a fly rod at in Texas were Bass, down at the Covered Gate Ranch in Uvalde.
Be sure to post pics.
Lou
www.lockstockbarrell.com
 
in case you were looking for another duck boat. I have a buddy down in San Antonio....moving to Uvalde soon and he has a couple of our boats for sale.....used. I don't have his phone number with me but I can get it for you if you're interested. He has one of our South Bay Scooters and Brant II's....with a trailer that hauls both. There are some pics in the Classified section of my website: www.lockstockbarrell.com

Holler if I can be of an service.
Lou Tisch
 
Lou...temorarily in Dallas (for 28 years)...at least it has a good airport. Grew up in Port Arthur...now that is Duck Hunting Heaven...Every weekend if I wanted to hang out with my Dad, it meant a duck blind in the salt marshes near Sabine Pass. Love that place. (if you discount the Apache Blackhawk Mosquitos). I hunt all the lakes in the DFW area and when really hungry, head back to the coast and try for sprig and mallards. That is where I am going to chase redfish. Have a salt bay near Sabine Pass (called Keith's Lake) that gets hot with redfish and spec trout in the Fall...Built (re-built) my boat so that I can get to the tailing redfish....and make it back to parking lot when the wind comes up. I also confess to hunting quail...use a very talented Llewellyn Setter, since the little feathered bees are hard to decoy.
 
You might get tired of eating fish, but you would have to be a damn fool to starve to death..

Remember fondly the time I used to play Jetty Jockey.
 
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