I am now one of those guys

I am now a pontoon owner. No no no, I did not get rid of the fishing boat, but the wife convinced me to get a pontoon. I know on a site full of fisherpeople, toon drivers are not often well thought of. Well at least I am coming from the fishing side of things. I just feel like I am going to be driving around seeing fishing boats and thinking there are saying, “Look at this idiot coming…he better know what he is doing!”.

I got a feeling the wife is going to be saying “Why are you just doing circles in the middle of the lake?” And it is going to be because I DON’T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS

Often times when I’m on a pleasure boat my skins about crawling with how bad id rather be having a fishing rod in my hand .

Most pontoon owners are good , now tuna boats and wake board boats …

Congrats on your purchase , it’ll be fun when it’s 90 out and you can cool off.

If I lived on a lake I’d have one.
A muskie guide on Mille Lacs uses a pontoon.

isu22andy wrote:

…wake board boats …

My main goal is to mess with fishermen.

Seems like a lot of summer boat time is cruising around during the day w the fam and soaking in the sun, cold beverages, cool water and good times.

Often I look over at fisherman grinding it out for a few dinks thinking…..nahhh.

You have a right to the water as anyone else, be aware of your wake and enjoy!

Those who have never fished out of a pontoon have no idea how nice it is to fish out of one. Every person who has fished out of mine have always said how nice to have all that room, comfortable, no care for how big the waves are ext… You may find yourself fishing out of your toon more than your fishing boat!

If I ever buy a cabin or live on a lake, I’d 100% have a pontoon

Absolutely love my toon and I fish out of it all the time. Gotta fishing boat but it doesn’t see water to often.
It is difficult to position the pontoon in certain situations, but it’s ok.
With that said, it’s hard to be hard core fishing in a toon.

Nothing like cruising around feeling like your sitting in your living room.

Not sure the gal is going to appreciate me fishing out of the toon “getting it all smelly and dirty. We’ll see how next summer goes. She’s already putting a paly list together for toon cruses. The first song I told her to include, In The Summer Time, Mungo Jerry.

May I suggest Kid Rock, all summer long?

A pontoon is 100% better suited for my bobber bites in June than my tiller

Since I’m officially in the old people group I will admit my buddy’s Tri-Tune is nice, both cruising & fishing. With the 150 Merc it moves along pretty good and except for wind fishes well also.

B-man wrote:

If I ever buy a cabin or live on a lake, I’d 100% have a pontoon

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They aren’t great for trailering and hauling around. Ideal for just sitting at the dock all summer.

Pontoons are great for a party barge or taking kids out fishing but stink for fishing if your serious about fishing. They suck keeping anchored in wind, worthless for trolling.

We had one at the cabin was a happy guy when Mom got rid of it!

And as dutchy would say .. this is only my opinion and not to be taken seriously!!🤣

Just curious why you thought it was bad for trolling?

I’m trolling as we speak

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Dutchboy wrote:

Just curious why you thought it was bad for trolling?

any wind/breeze way to hard to control.

Rod tip is to far from the water

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>B-man wrote:</div>
If I ever buy a cabin or live on a lake, I’d 100% have a pontoon

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They aren’t great for trailering and hauling around. Ideal for just sitting at the dock all summer.

They trailer and pull just fine. Scissor trailers suck, not sure why you’d want one unless it was a single in and out a season

Bearcat89 wrote:

Scissor trailers suck

What’s a scissor trailer? The pontoon trailers I’ve dealt with were extremely narrow and unstable. The bunks were always placed inside the floats which created a very narrow wheelbase. I am now seeing newer pontoon trailers with bunks lined up right with the floats, which creates more stability because of the greater width.

We got a used one a couple years ago. It’s great for cruising with the wife and dogs and a cooler of frosty beverages with some tunes. I wasn’t that fired up at first. It’s been great.

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
Scissor trailers suck

What’s a scissor trailer? The pontoon trailers I’ve dealt with were extremely narrow and unstable. The bunks were always placed inside the floats which created a very narrow wheelbase. I am now seeing newer pontoon trailers with bunks lined up right with the floats, which creates more stability because of the greater width.

What you described is what he is talking about.
DT

I will say it trailered just fine from St Cloud (where we bought it) to Faribault, and it was kind of a windy day. The trailer is a 2022 so may be different that older ones. The boat is a 2019 but didn’t have a trailer so that is new.

In the fall at my brother’s cabin we soak suckers for musky out of his pontoon. My dad doesn’t do to well in a fishing boat anymore, but in the potoon he can enjoy musky fishing again. I won’t lie, it is pretty nice having the room and comfort of a pontoon.

My tritoon IS my fishing boat — it’s the only boat I have. And I don’t keep it in the water. It has two livewells, bow-mounted Terrova with I-Pilot, rod locker, 6 pedestal fishing seats, a L-couch for cruising, swim pad, tow bar for tubing and skiing. Huge in-floor storage in the middle toon for nets and rods.

We bobber out of it, jig, pull cranks, you name it. On those hot summer days, nothing beat anchoring with a bunch of people to bobber for panfish, head over to a lakeside restaurant for lunch, back out to tube, swim, etc, then back to fishing again in the evening. All in one boat with plenty of room for all of that.

gim wrote:

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If I ever buy a cabin or live on a lake, I’d 100% have a pontoon

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