Jpp 11/3/2012

[agelesssone]

Fished my new (to me) aluminum 18ft Fisher Hawk boat (75 HP Mercury Force) yesterday with MPD816 and his lovely wife, looking for crappie.

Beautiful day, really tough fishing. We caught four or five crappie, only one keeper (MPD got the honors for that one).

Fished brush piles from 10 ft to 24 ft using minnows on bare hooks, minnows with bobbers, jigs, jigs and minnows, jigs w/crappie nuggets, drifted, vertical jigged. The only thing we didn't try was trolling.

The company was excellent, some good times joking around while the fish weren't cooperating. Beautiful weather (probably why the fish weren't biting).

BUT! After fishing out of my bass boat for years, I have to say the aluminum boat is a little less stable than the glass boat. When all three of us fished the same side of the boat, it tended to list a little, something I never experienced with the glass boat.

I'll fish out of this boat a couple more times to see if I want to switch. If I'm not comfortable with it, I'll put it up for sale.

[MPD816]

Merv,

Thank you for the fishing trip. We had a blast. Elizabeth said on the way home " I hope Merv didn't think I was bored, I was just relaxed and dozed off" I guess Cracker Barrel put some kinda sleep agent in the food. Your in the dog house with Elizabeth though, now I keep bugging her about some electronics. We will definitely have to go again.

If you guys have never met Merv (Agelessone) then your missing out. The man is very gracious and an all around nice guy. Actually offered my wife the shirt off his back.

Thank you again and hope we get to meet the misses sometime.