Man, I fish Patoka with a 14' semi v and am 18 horse evinrude. I'll fish Anywhere from Walls and so forth, Painter's Creek out to the main lake. Between these areas and Little Patoka and so forth, there is way more than plenty of water to fish with a smaller boat.

People with big rigs tend to run an gun too much. Even though a big rig gives them the means to, they tend to miss SO much fish in areas. Plus, by doing that, they spend way too much money on gas and sometimes bitch about how bad the bite was. Slow down, break the areas down into a lake size. Flats, channels, creeks, grass, and so forth.

A big plus for me is that having a smaller boat, I can place the boat where the big rigs can only cast to. I lets me have a huge advantage in fishing water that cannot be touched. Skinny water is fresh unfished water.

I have plenty days that I will sit where a rig can only cast to and catch great fish. I have done that, watched a big rig pull up and try to push me out and wind up pissed off because a small cheap rig is outfishing an 18-22 foot high dollar rig. They leave all shaking their heads discusted.

I appologize to everyone about the rant. I have told Raporter about some of my days. They are days that would make a man famous.