Thanks all. Have already used some great tips from this site...finally decided to register.

Used to panfish religiously for about 15 years as a youngster since dad always had a boat. Even fished a couple of Crappie tourneys for fun. Then life got busy with school and work for the next 15 years. Still fished a little here and there, but devoted most of my free time to deer hunting and deer season prep. Finally missed fishing enough i bought a plastic duck hunting boat this spring. Still work too much, but hope to fish at least a couple times a month