Dude, you're probably getting a few things done without having to get up for the really early morning coffee cup car rides, so you've got the time to hear that snap, crackle & pop......Just passing on some not so reliable flyfishing hull slap info that I was taught. Seems a boat that runs in 9" of water & floats in 4" when needed is an excellent expensive fishin' platform. For some reason the "pros" of the tourney circuit couldn't believe that 40 or 50 foot fly rod casts to the mangroves off a CS actually resulted in fish without chumming or casting 90' or more since Carolina Skiffs are notoriously noisy with hull slap ! As for fishing...wishin' I was fishin', daydreamin' I'm fishin', fishin' on the internet...just got the house pressure washed today so it can be repainted after Charley ( 2 years ago ) and almost done with about 6 days to spare for the new hurricane season ! Tarpon fishin' on June 1 with any luck !