04-12-2006, 10:06 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Hey Johan, good to hear from you again. Hope you are having a nice spring. It sounds like you are getting to go fishing anyway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It also sounds like you are getting a dose of reality. Pontoons are more work to assemble and disassemble, unless you are able to carry them to and from your fishing spot in a trailer or a truck. Many of our BFT members in the USA have pickup trucks or buy small utility trailers to carry their pontoons...all aired up and set up...so that all they have to do when they get to the lake is unload and go fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Whenever somebody asks me which is better, a tube or 'toon, that is one of the things I try to point out to them. If they do not have a large vehicle, truck or trailer, they have to plan to spend more time before and after fishing in setting up and taking down their pontoon for transport.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is why I will never give up my float tube completely. There are still too many places that it is easier to get to and to fish in a float tube, rather than my new pontoon or from a boat. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pontoons have the advantage when you need to move faster or cover more distance. Using the oars (or electric motor) provides much better propulsion than fins alone. They also allow you to sit higher off the water, which is better in cold water and for fly fishing, when you need a higher casting platform.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of fishemen who do not like the extra work involved in setting up and taking down their pontoons. I suspect that some of them decide not to go fishing sometimes, just because they do not want to put up with that business. Too bad for them. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We are sorry that your marriage with your pontoon is having difficulties. I hope you do not get a divorce.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It also sounds like you are getting a dose of reality. Pontoons are more work to assemble and disassemble, unless you are able to carry them to and from your fishing spot in a trailer or a truck. Many of our BFT members in the USA have pickup trucks or buy small utility trailers to carry their pontoons...all aired up and set up...so that all they have to do when they get to the lake is unload and go fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Whenever somebody asks me which is better, a tube or 'toon, that is one of the things I try to point out to them. If they do not have a large vehicle, truck or trailer, they have to plan to spend more time before and after fishing in setting up and taking down their pontoon for transport.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is why I will never give up my float tube completely. There are still too many places that it is easier to get to and to fish in a float tube, rather than my new pontoon or from a boat. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pontoons have the advantage when you need to move faster or cover more distance. Using the oars (or electric motor) provides much better propulsion than fins alone. They also allow you to sit higher off the water, which is better in cold water and for fly fishing, when you need a higher casting platform.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of fishemen who do not like the extra work involved in setting up and taking down their pontoons. I suspect that some of them decide not to go fishing sometimes, just because they do not want to put up with that business. Too bad for them. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We are sorry that your marriage with your pontoon is having difficulties. I hope you do not get a divorce.[/#0000ff]
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