Re: Trailering a pontoon boat

On May 9, 8:47=A0am, "Jim" <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Reginald P. Smithers III" <"Reggie is Here "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Jim wrote:
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> >> "Reginald P. Smithers III" <"Reggie is Here "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> I am thinking of making my next boat a pontoon boat in the 20 foot
> >>>> range. I'd like to hear from people who own pontoons and especially
> >>>> those who trailer them. Things that I'm thinking about is how hard
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> >>>> load/unload, ease of towing, etc. Also, do you all fish with yours
> >>>> using an electric trolling motor? One thing I'm wondering is how
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> >>>> handle while using the trolling motor in the wind? Much difference
> >>>> than a bass boat?
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> >>> As you know, they are popular on inland lakes as a party barge, but
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> >>> would be hard to handle in a cove with a electric trolling motor,
> >>> ESPECIALLY, with any kind of wind. =A0You have much more wind
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> >>> act as a sall on a pontoon boat than you do on a bass boat.
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> >>> If you want a boat to act as a floating dock, to bring lots of
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> >>> spend the day on the water and to be able to have a grill and picnic
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> >>> the water, and maybe do some fi****ng, go with a pontoon boat.
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> >>> If you want to be able to do serious fi****ng, working the shoreline
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> >>> coves with a trolling motor, go with a bass boat.
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> >> Why are they called bass boats? What advantages do they offer serious
> >> fisherman?
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> > To truly appreciate the advantages they offer an inland lake
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> > you really need to look at one. =A0Everything about them are design to
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> > the needs of an inland fisherman, from the placement of swivel chairs
> > designed for fi****ng, an open flat deck that allows one to easily walk
> > around the boat, the low freeboard to easily land the fish, low draft
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> > they will fish in very skinny water, the engine easily pulls of the
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> > so you don't hit the bottom when trolling in shallow water, they
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> > mount for the trolling motor that will allow you to easily control the
> > rrolling motor with your foot from your fi****ng chair, the storage is
> > designed for storing fi****ng equipment, a built in live well etc.
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> > While you can pull water toys with a bass boat, it's reason for being
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> > fi****ng.
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> I guess you need to be a serious fisherman to see and appreciate the
> features. I'm not, so I don't.- Hide quoted text -
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s'ok... as long as you are happy with what'cha got, you probably won't
miss much;) The only thing I really don't like about bassboats is
there is no place to hunker down out of the wind and sun if for some
reason you are not feeling good that day.