Pencil Poppers

Actually they are pencil pillow poppers. I got the idea here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgn_h9bE99w

I pretty much did them the same way, but I coated them with 30 minute epoxy to help resist those toothy critter's mouths.

Redfish!!

A friend of mine went to the beach at Elmers Island yesterday, I had to work.. :-(

He caught redfish over 30 inches on every cast! We were going today, but he needs a day of rest.

The finished "fish coffin"

I got the idea for this on the Kayak Fishing Stuff forum.
Here's the finished cooler. It's 17" wide at the wide end, 28" long, and 12" and the other end. It's 8-1/2" high. It's made of 5mm luan plywood with 1" foam building insulation glued inside. The hinge is a piece of 1/4" tubing held in place by conduit straps. It's covered with fiberglass resin outside and all the inside corners are sealed with silicon RTV. I put a couple of coats of polyurethane paint inside and outside. It's very light weight, and low profile so that it doesn't catch a lot of wind or block vision. Now I just need to see how many fish will fit inside!

My kayak

I had been seeing this yak in a neighbors yard for a couple of years. It's a Pelican Apex II. I gave them $180 for it. The biggest problem with this model is the "wet butt" syndrome. I ordered a Surf To Summit "Drifter" seat for it. Those were designed for the original OK Drifters, which had the same problem. The seat provides a 3 inch rise and has great back support.
Being that this is a 13 foot tandem yak, there is plenty of storage room. I built the "fish coffin" out of 5mm luan plywood and lined it with 1 inch foamboard. The top is removeable for cleaning. I'm painting it with white polyurethane paint inside and out.
Possibly the next project is outriggers up front so that I can stand up in it.
Total investment so far is less than $400.

(click pics to enlarge)