Kayaks Et Al On Taney

[Danoinark]

If you wanted a small platform for fishing upper Taney on 0 to 2 units what would you pick and why?

Sit on Kayak (double or tandem)

Sit in Kayak

Canoe w/o trolling motor

Canoe with trolling motor

Single or Double person Pontoon.

This is just a bit of research on my part, not a poll, I am just interested in what you think is the safest and easiest to fish from. When thinking of your answer also consider that you may have to paddle or troll (electric) back to your access.

Dano

[zsmith62]

Probably a canoe with a trolling motor, just because I don't have any real experience with the other platforms except canoes and kayaks, and the motor on the canoe may just come in handy if you do get into a tight spot if the generation picks up unexpectedly.

Besides....after pulling in all those fish, those arms get worn out

[Don]

I'll be in a single pontoon drift boat because of stability and comfort.

Don

[Danoinark]

You can use a trolling motor on the toons also can't you Don? Or would that make them erratic as to steering?

[Project Healing Waters]

A 2-man cataraft.

[Jeremy Hunt]

I agree with the pontoon boats. I have two with one being a water skeeter with a standing platform and wouldn't trade it for the world. You can use a trolling motor, but it depend on the thrust. I've found that it makes them ride high in the front, but if you move your seat forward it fixes the problem just like that.

[Danoinark]

I have seen you using yours Jeremy. How does it perform on two units? Are you able to row back up stream say along the banks without much effort?

[Jeremy Hunt]

Actually yes, it tracks real well, but you can't get all the way up because the current speeds up and stays the same all the way from one side to the other. You have to find eddy's or slower current or you can forget it about it. I don't have problems until I get passed outlet three. You have to get on the other side of the bank from there and get behind the island across from outlet two. Once you row up out of that it because to tuff to row anymore so you have to drift and anchor the spots you want to fish. I hardly do that anymore because I have a supreme boat now, but in rivers like James River, Kings River, Swan Creek, Little Sac, the Current, and Meramec Springs I wouldn’t leave home without my pontoon. It sure beats a canoe any day of they week. And the fact that you can actually fish effectively while drifting in these boats make a world of difference.

[Danoinark]

I guess I was talking more about the area from Big Hole to the MDC Ramp, how do they perform on say 2 gennies in that area?

[Jeremy Hunt]

That's what I'm talking about. Put in at the MDC and row on the sides of the bank. The opposite side is alot easier to row up, but a little difficult once you get to big hole. That's where you skull over to the other side where the old chute three is. There's a little eddy with a ton of fish and along that grassy bank is key if your fishing san juan worms and midges. That best part of the whole river I think.