I'm the lone contrarian that will ever post something like this. I've got a Shawnee Commissary Boat with a 9.9 Yamaha that's been rejetted to 15. There is no place going down the White that boat won't handle. I can always get up Rim Shoals with any water and same at Wildcat. Buffalo Shoal stops me about halfway up unless there's a lot of water. Cody is right when he says, North Fork requires at least some generation for me to fish it. As you mention, jets don't handle as well slow as a prop does. And if you get shallow and suck up a few rocks in it that can be a pain. I'm just careful and get along fine. A lot of people on this forum have fished with me from that boat.
That said if I wanted a boat to be able to fish up and down any river around, it would be an 18'x60" aluminum flat bottom with at least a 40 Hp jet.
Here is Gandalf on the trailer. Pay no attention to the lack of a trolling motor. There's a chain in the boat that works fine.
Not to mention whose side God is on when it comes to starting up a nation, fighting a war, getting elected, getting rich and the other worldly things people thank God for all the time. Offensive plain and simple.
Ned rig being the exception, it's heaven sent.
On this Thanksgiving weekend I want to especially thank the Raiders for being there when our beloved Chiefs needed a win. We Chiefs fans can always count on the Raiders to come through for us. Thanks again Raiders.
Les expressed some concern. I told him I'm OK, the brace is really to remind me of the things I'm not supposed to do. He found it amusing when I told him Janet usually took care of that.
Bedroom window facing front porch stays open all the time so the cat can come and go. But this is no cat. And it's a new one on me for sure. Dogs heard it come in and went nuts. So I had to go see what was up. Bird was not injured, fanned its tail and flew a bit before I could perform C&R. Flew away after another fanning moment. Wild!!!
I'm the first lane with a mailbox on the South side of Smyrna just East of Smyrna Baptist Church. It's a good neighborhood with lots of walkers and bike riders, both kinds of bikes. We've only been here 12 years now.