Love my jon! There's nothing quite like slipping up a narrow creek and sculling silently down the banks!
Mine is 14' "Lightweight" Alumacraft with 9.8 merc and 30# minnkota. Boat and motor weigh less than 200#'s together. This boat floats in inches of water and will run on plane in about 1.5'. It's lightweight makes it quite easy to portage, especially with the outboard off. It beat's the heck out of fishing in a canoe. I run all types of water in this boat, and have fished 3 people out of it "somewhat" comfortably, and I can park it in the middle of a crappie bush if I want. The small size and light weight make it an invaluable tool to access otherwise unaccessable waters. I also have a 16' Xpress and a 19' Triton, but the Lil Jon goes places they cannot.
"They bitin' up river on that topwater"