Noise reducer / lure holder ... and a welcome knee saver too!

While the ability to be quiet is one of the beauties of a canoe, a little startling noise now and then happens. Fishing (in boats) as a kid we'd often be quiet as possible and coast or drift into, oh say lilly pads or whatever shallow area we wanted to fish on a still day. Catch something or not, after an unacceptable period of inactivity, we'd start up the motor, take off with a big wake and rip through the area a time or two and fish it some more. More often than not we'd wake something up. Our theory was we'd get the bait-fish moving to a different/better hiding place or interested in something littler than them that they just couldn't resist and in turn something would go after them. Basically, sometimes it doesn't hurt to rattle the food chain occasionally.