Wtb Pontoon For Family?

[Chris Musick]

I'm looking to buy a pontoon boat to fish and take our family out when the kids get older. We plan on having 4 lol. Already have a lil girl and a boy due in October.

Anyways we are looking for a reliable 1st boat with everything a rookie would need for around 4k including trailer.

(Live well, trolling motor, depth finder etc.)

[exiledguide]

Check Craigslist But I would only look at the boats that are on the water and test drive them.

[Chris Musick]

What do I need to look for when testing one? And what all should I need accessory wise? (Fish finder, troll motor, life vests, live well, swim ladder etc...) I'm completely new at all of this. I've only driven a boat once and it was a regular bass boat.

[fishinwrench]

Make sure you get a good trailer with it (that will be tricky at the price range you are talking). Pontoons are no fun to tow, even on the best fitted trailers.

24ft. is a comfortable and capable size, powered by a 70 - 115 hp. Try to stay with Lowe or Landau if possible. There will be alot of Trackers in your price range and they are good boats if they've been taken care of but there's a noticeable quality difference (under the deck).

U-shaped toons are preferable to round "pill shaped" toons.

Check the water line stain on the toons, the higher and more level it floats the better, and you can tell at a glance by the stain line.

[Jeff Maberry]

I have a landau bandit 20' with good trailer, 70 horsepower Force, humminbird fish finder with gps, bimini trop and travel cover that we decided to sell or trade would like 4200.00 for it or trade for a jet boat set up for fishing. you can my cell is 314-954-2852 located in Hillsboro. we just got back from taneycomo with it and it ran good thanks