Can a Pontoon Boat be a Serious Fishing Boat?

[joe20toon]

http://www.boats.com/boat-buyers-guide/ ... hing-boat/

[rancherlee]

That article hits it pretty good, great "family" fishing boats but lack options for tackling Big Water fishing. I'd like to see a manufacture build a Toon that moves the Helm up front more with an Aluminum fishing boat style windshield setup with a fly that connect the windshield to the Bimini for a "dry" ride in poorer weather. A retired Premier engineer had a custom built Premier for sale on craigslist 2 years ago that was setup like that with the Premier SS windshield/helm setup up front and the Castaway fishing setup in the rear. I get all kinds of questions about fishing with my pontoon when people see the 9.9 Kicker hanging on the back.

[MH Hawker]

mine is

[joe20toon]

Mine works as a fishing toon too...
My wife did excellent work on the seat covers (terry cloth fabric).

[Aluminum Maiden]

Our pontoon is for fishing by design. But without having a trolling motor or electric anchor yet, I seldom fish.

[Gonefishing]

You can fish anyplace any other boat can fish except out in the ocean and even then on a very nice day could do that. I just don't go way out. I fish all lakes with no,problem. But then I don't need speed. Friends have the fast bass boat but rather go with me for the room.

[wwind3]

Fished 2 McDonalds tourneys--1 on Rayburn and 1 on Toledo Bend. Boat did well--I didn't do well at all Boat is a problem in stump fields. And my 55 lb remote control Motor Guide is a little light in the britches in a wind. Handles rough water very well xcept for spray in a cross wind. Or headon into large waves.

I crossed from Twin Dikes to Powell Park in the McDonalds in a constant 20+ mph crosswind from the west. Several bass boats got sunk at the weigh in when waves broke over the sterns. I followed a full grown Triton with a 250 on it out of the weighin and he disappeared from view after going over the waves-we thought he went down then we saw him climbing the next one.

I got my fence dented- Finally I got her turned north and rode the west waves-2-3 ft like the bull at Gilleys. Stayed on top of them and ran 20 mph all the way. Guy in the Triton was impressed! Wouldn't want to do it again.

I have a fishing model 20 feet with a 90 hp the chairs front and back so the front is lighter than the couches--the couches will turn you into a submarine if you don't know what you are doing. Horsepower is your friend--run rated HP.

[Bamaman]

It depends on how serious you are about fishing. Our lake is wide, deep and windy and pontoons/tritoons don't do such a good job. The still waters are hard to get into, and you couldn't get a pontoon in such tight places.

Most of the local bass fishermen move constantly, and wouldn't be caught with anything but a bass boat with 250 hp.

[solidhadriel]

Hey... Mine has a washdown station.

That's about all I can attribute to this thread lol

[PlaynDoc]

90 lbs thrust trolling motor with wireless remote, live well with automatic aerator, rod holders for trolling, front deck for casting....

now... if I were the 'real' fisherman i brag to be, id catch more fish!

[NonHyphenAmerican]

now... if I were the 'real' fisherman i brag to be, id catch more fish!

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