06-02-2006, 04:49 AM
Maybe it is because I am already boat poor but for me the advantages of a tube are many. If I want to be out of the water, I will use one of my boats. I use the tubes where boats are not easily launched or in smaller waters like stock ponds. The other thing that I like about the tube is that when it is too hot to enjoy fishing in a bass boat the tube is COOLER. I carry it when I go bass fishing in the bass boat or as a fishing buddy on my 22 foot pontoon boat. In the end, I catch more and bigger fish when I use the tube because it slows me down and makes me fish an area thoroughly. I’ll drop it over my pedestal in the front of the bass boat and throw it in to fish the backs of small coves. In a place where I might would use a toon, I prefer a small jon boat or one of those little plastic pond boats. With my strap on wheels my pond hopper is easy to roll even over a pretty long distance. It is 9 foot and has just about everything my bass boat has. All said, I still spend more time and catch more fish in and with my toob than all my expensive boats put together.
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