mini pontoon

[MN Shutterbug]

Anyone had experience with one of these?

[mainbutter]

I've used that style of "boat" before, a few years ago I took my little sister out to fish for bluegill and bass. It was fun but I'd take a canoe over one of those any day though. You'll get wet if there's waves, and if you get caught in some wind, it's a pain.

That said, it's an option if you want something small and compact with a motor, and I seem to recall it was pretty stable.

[MN Shutterbug]

I sold my canoe because it was impossible to handle in anything over a 5 mph. wind. You're saying this would be worse?

[LightningBG]

I would imagine it would be a pain to paddle with the width.

[tsande00]

Thing looks like it would be a blast to float down the river in with a few soda pops and a rod hanging off the side.

[MN Shutterbug]

I was thinking it would move pretty good with a 50# troller on it. My canoe just didn't work very well when I was by myself. I'd sit in the back and the front end would come up and just a bit of a breeze would make it a real pain. I was thinking this might work better for going solo. Unfortunately, the wind seems to always blow down here in the prairie. I'm running out of ideas.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

small jon boat or v hull?

[MN Shutterbug]

I'm looking for something under 150# that I can haul in my 5' X 10' utility trailer and the least resistant to wind. It also has to have a spot for a trolling motor. I prefer it designed for 2 peoplw and will support at least 500#. I also don't want something that I have to inflate.

[SimilarIsland]

My inlaws bought one for their lake house at Lake of the Ozarks. I used it for a few years in a very rough part of the lake with a 36 lb. electric trolling motor. That thing would scoot pretty fast. It's no Lund, but I never got very wet and it's very agile. I would usually fish in the morning or later at night so it wasn't quite as rough. It's a little trickier to fish with two, but it can be done. You could get back to some spots that would be very tought to get to in a full size boat.

[MN Shutterbug]

Similar, would the wind make it tough to stay on course? I wouldn't take it out on white caps of course, but I also don't want a stiff breeze to make it too difficult to steer.

There is a 50 acre bass lake nearby and a 156 acre lake just 30 miles from here. I used to have a 15 foot tracker which I really liked but just couldn't justify it for 1/2 dozen uses a year, especially when most of the time I fish solo. I now want something that doesn't take up a lot of room and is easy to take to these small lakes.

[SimilarIsland]

I would think that it would work well for lakes that size fishing for bass by yourself. I don't recall ever having much problem with the wind, but I was fishing for Kentucky Bass and Largemouth and not trying to sit on a spot for Walleye. The fact that I didn't hava a foot control trolling motor and I had to use my hands bothered me more than anything until I got used to it. I also didn't fish two in that boat, so I'm not sure how that would work.