08-12-2009, 01:12 PM
Quote: i dont know about where you are but boats are alota more then 500$ even 800 $ for a 12 ft. aluminum boat and thats without a motor
yes of course they are that expensive brand spanking new, but you can buy a used one with a a motor cheaper. I guess i should have made that clear that my first boat was used. Look in the paper and on E-bay. There are tones of them, i feel confident that you will be able to find one with a motor for $500.00. If you are lucky it may even come with a trolling motor. I just recently bought my first brand new boat, and im loving it. Its a 2009 G3 Eagle 165 and its got all the room in the world. Nice big front deck, tackle and rod storage. All i did was keep saving my money over the years and i ended up getting what i really wanted.
schfifty5iv, i also have an inflatable pontoon and i like it alot. I use it on the smaller lakes around me that are electric motor only. I can sneak up on fish just about anywhere. But on the other end of it i wont take it out on big lakes cause i cant cover alot of ground with it. I can work a big area with it but not big enough. For that i use my new boat. Plus if its windy the little pontoon is like a leaf, it blows all over the place. I dont care how strong you are, rowing in the wind is gonna kick your a$$, i know, been there done that.
With all things considered i would say the an inflatable pontoon would be a good starter boat but i think that a good used john boat would be more practical. my lil pontoon was $500.00, and for that you can get a nice aluminum boat. you can take a buddy along on a aluminum boat, and you can take more stuff. you can always row a aluminum boat easily if you dont have a motor. i owned just about every kind of boat out there and thats just my 2 cents on the subject.
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