Pontoon or Kayak

[Terry Beeson]

Sounds familiar...

[davekeim]

Both Dude! Make a deal on the brand new Pontoon for about $20K and say I'll buy this if you throw in the Kayak! Then go home as a happy man. Use the Kayak when your serious about getting into small areas and use the pontoon for total relaxation.

Take the pontoon with a cooler of beer and some snacks, put the CD on a little Ted Nugent, sit back, throw out a line and let life take its course. The wife, if you have one, will love the pontoon and say go take the Kayak whenever you want.

Life is short. I'm sure you've worked hard and deserve it all! Go do it today! Don't waste another minute.

Go CHIEFS!!!!

Signed,

Cardiac

[timsfly]

Look real close to the Hobie, I've had one for 2 years and it is great, the sit on top is nice you can see better and mine has two storage areas in the boat, it is heaiver than my preception, but very stable, the pedels are ok to get somewhere but at times they are just in the way, but the rudder on the back is great and it was easy to rig up an anchor system, and you can get one at Bass pros outlet store for 700 to 1000.00, I got mine for 600.00 2 years ago, couldn't pass it up since that one retailed for about 1500.00. I have fished mine a lot of places where it would have been a real pain to have taken even the smallest of flat bottoms, good luck on finding the right kayak or boat.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Paddles??? Oars???

Get a pontoon and put a Minn Kota on it.

It will also fit in a variety of vehicles, without it hanging over or buying racks. If the ponds is some distance from parking, you carry the pontoon in pieces.

Small water, can't beat an Outcast.

[retroaction man]

I also have a perception 9.5 swifty i love my boat. Someone mentioned that you dont have alot of room. However i installed two deck bungie systems have a rod holder and a 4 pound anchor. I get to were i want to fish anchor down and BAM fishin. It can be tricky though and even more so if your fly fishing.

But with a little practice and the right gear can be VERY fun. good luck in your puchase

[davekeim]

Bigmouth, love your style. Your on the edge!

Cardiac

[Al Agnew]

Well, if it was me and I was just going to get one boat, it wouldn't be either one. I'd get a good solo canoe.

I've fished from all three (or four, if you count sit on top and sit in kayaks separately). The toon is stable, comfortable, carries plenty of gear. But it gets nowhere fast, and sometimes you just want or need to get across the lake or get down some long river pool to get to the next fishing spot. And toons are terrible if it's windy. Sure, you can use a trolling motor, but by the time you carry around the motor and battery and toon and gear and set it all up, you've wasted a lot of fishing time.

Kayaks are great for getting places where others can't. They are fun to paddle and okay to fish from. But they are wet in cold weather, they aren't the most comfortable things to sit in all day (and the sit ins can be tough to get in and out of), because you sit so low in the water some kinds of fishing aren't as easy, and above all, they just can't carry much gear, or at least carry it conveniently.

So...a good solo canoe can go about anywhere a kayak can. It's almost as good in the wind as a kayak, and far, far better than a toon. You can make it go fast enough if you want to. It's reasonably comfortable to sit in all day. It's fun to paddle. And...it carries all the gear you'll ever want to take. Overall, it's a more versatile craft than either the toon or a kayak.

If you want this boat strictly for one type of fishing (like fishing small lakes), the toon might be your best choice. But if you want a craft that will do most anything and do it reasonably well, think about a canoe.

[RSBreth]

Pond fishing may lend itself more to the 'toon, but the subject has gone around and around....

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3035