Pontoon Popularity

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Re: Pontoon Popularity

#16 Post by GaCarolinaTn » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:06 pm

I've been on the prowl for a good used tritoon for a while. Most of them sell very quickly, so I ended up buying new also. I've been smiling like a 'mule eating briers' (sp?) for about a week, as have the kids and wife!

Very happy I didn't go the deck boat/bow rider route.
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Re: Pontoon Popularity

#17 Post by jafo9 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:57 am

i agree. more pontoons every year on our lake. more nice new pontoons with big motors. it used to be rare to see a pontoon running on plane. now its pretty common.
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Re: Pontoon Popularity

#18 Post by pontchartraintoon » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:38 am

Good point Roland. The other thing I notice around us that the off season, you see the tooners out cruising the canals in our sub division, but no regular boats. It seems that we all get more use out of them as well.

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#19 Post by OK Toon » Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:30 am

pontchartraintoon wrote:Good point Roland. The other thing I notice around us that the off season, you see the tooners out cruising the canals in our sub division, but no regular boats. It seems that we all get more use out of them as well.
That's exactly what we are hoping for. We just bought our pontoon a little over a month ago. We are enjoying it this summer but we hope to also enjoy it this fall when the water is too cold to get in, but it will still be nice for a cruise around the lake.
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Re: Pontoon Popularity

#20 Post by curtiscapk » Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:53 pm

Roland,

Agreed! Last time on the lake we saw 8 toons and 3 fishing boats on TRUMAN!!!! Of course I am on the family friendly arm not the bass freak arms.... :alright :drink
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#21 Post by ScottE » Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:52 pm

Two friends of mine have boats and want to replace them with a pontoon. It's definitely the era of the pontoon.

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#22 Post by Capt Sully » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:40 pm

2 years ago I wanted a pontoon, and bought a sailboat instead. Well after 1 & 1/2 yrs, I sold the sailboat and got me a pontoon, I'm very happy.
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Re: Pontoon Popularity

#23 Post by Mosnowman » Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:47 pm

Hey bassn and curtis....

Where is the family friendly arm at Truman?

Bassn...where do you toon on LOTO?

Just curious....we trailer our toon but store it at my favorite lake in Missouri..Lake Pomme de Terre....we are newbies and haven't ventured away to other lakes yet. I'm a bit scared of LOTO despite rough water packaged tritoon I bought at Marine Max ...
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