I am officially sleepin' on the couch for awhile...I hope.

Well friends...3 years ago I started fishing again...CrappiePro was gracious enough to get me started on Lake Conway....I bought a nice boat and wanted to fish Lake Conway (7 minutes to Danno's from my house)......but after countless trips where I spent as much time getting off of stumps as fishing...I finally decided that outside of Gold Creek and the pond, Lake Conway was just more frustration than I could bear... I think I may have found a solution...Picked this up today! I may be sleepin in the truck for a couple of nights...

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Nice little rig!

Looks like the ticket for Conway.

Yep, nice little rig. I bet it will scoot right along for you.

You may get a spanking and have to sleep in your truck. Better leave it at Conway when you come over here.

great little rig, but you get that on a stump your butt may be wet lol

What is the advantage over a 14 ft john boat?

I like but where's the tm?


(C.J.)

Cool little rig you got there. I ain't sure how it will handle the stumps, but it will get around easier for sure. Be careful when up in gold creek with it, every year when the crappie run it draws a few people who are inconsiderate and they will blast up and down gold creek creating a hazardous wake, watch out for the boat swamping goobers that don't look out for anyone but their selves.

X2. This has happened to me the last several times i have fished conway. Even if you are in the main lake fishing close to the boat lanes they will not slow down. Just part of fishing this lake i guess.


(C.J.)

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What is the advantage over a 14 ft john boat?

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Probably none.

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I like but where's the tm?


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It has a TM...just not on the boat.

is that a gheenoe?

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is that a gheenoe?

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Yep

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X2. This has happened to me the last several times i have fished conway. Even if you are in the main lake fishing close to the boat lanes they will not slow down. Just part of fishing this lake i guess.


(C.J.)

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That's part of most any lake any more. I think it goes with everyone running more hp on their boats.

saw my first one down in florida. always wanted one but never got one. they are really neat boats.

I think it will probably turn over easily, better watch those stumps on Conway!

Have a friend that has one fishes red river bottoms wear your "Life Jacket" Turned his over last spring sunk it like to never found the boat.Lucky to be alive great rigs wear your "Life Jacket":highfive

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Have a friend that has one fishes red river bottoms wear your "Life Jacket" Turned his over last spring sunk it like to never found the boat.Lucky to be alive great rigs wear your "Life Jacket":highfive

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Thanks for the tip Jackie...I'm told they are alot more stable than a canoe...but I will definately where the life jacket...

The first time you quietly slide through those big ole Cypress trees and stumps, or quietly slither through the pad's and dip your jig in and feel that first VICIOUS THUMP!!!, Your going to like that boat a whole lot better, just dont get excited and become one with your boat as you fight those big slabs in Bob. Go get em :fish

Hopin to feel that thump tommorrow

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Hopin to feel that thump tommorrow

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So what did you end up with? I had 6 when i saw you. Then came back and fished the rest of the afternoon, only caught two more. I hope you did better.


(C.J.)

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So what did you end up with? I had 6 when i saw you. Then came back and fished the rest of the afternoon, only caught two more. I hope you did better.
(C.J.)

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I caught 3..... came back home hopin the Hogs might rebound...man what a mistiake that was! Good meetin you CJ!

You too, well i can tell you you didnt miss anything.


(C.J.)

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Well friends...3 years ago I started fishing again...CrappiePro was gracious enough to get me started on Lake Conway....I bought a nice boat and wanted to fish Lake Conway (7 minutes to Danno's from my house)......but after countless trips where I spent as much time getting off of stumps as fishing...I finally decided that outside of Gold Creek and the pond, Lake Conway was just more frustration than I could bear... I think I may have found a solution...Picked this up today! I may be sleepin in the truck for a couple of nights...

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I've been fishing out of one of these for over 12 years and wouldn't have anything else. It works great for what I do. And, I don't think it's possible to turn it over. The way the hull bells out on the side, you can stand on one side rail and not tip it. You'll love, I'll bet.

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I've been fishing out of one of these for over 12 years and wouldn't have anything else. It works great for what I do. And, I don't think it's possible to turn it over. The way the hull bells out on the side, you can stand on one side rail and not tip it. You'll love, I'll bet.

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Thanks Kmag! ... I've been able to get it out once. I can already see I'll be able to fish places I couldn't get to in the bigger boat....

My late father fished a 12' aluminum open v for decades. It is quite a bit wider but the smaller boats get into tight places a whole lot easier than the bigger rigs and they can be fished a whole lot quieter which makes for a lot better crappie response. His was rigged with an old 8 hp Evenrude and a 30 ftlb electric. They load and unload real easily too. You can come in right over the top of slabs in that size boat, if you fish it quietly and use the electric or can skull with a paddle. We use that boat every year at family gatherings, since my mother keeps it and uses it as a trailer when she packs for that week. When I take it out, I often don't even start the gas engine unless I am traveling completely across the lake. It doesn't have much more free board than yours; so these are not big water or windy condition boats unless you have direct access to the sheltered shore. That is probably not much of an issue in a cypress stump field. That little boat of yours should work great in a stump field for one or two fishermen. I will put up to 4 total in dad's but then it has more capacity, since it is about 4' wide at the stern and that is only if the wind permits. A real nice thing about the little boats like these is that you can launch them in places bigger boats can't get in or out of and you don't need a big truck to haul them with either. Some of those smaller waters are real gems and tend not to be overcrowded with other fishermen either.