04-14-2010, 02:13 AM
I've floated all the sections in my pontoon more times than I can remember. Its an 8-foot Anglers Inn Expedition (recently replaced with a Scadden Renegade!).
Toons are the best floating "crafts" you can have, next to someone else rowing you down in a drift boat. If you have an anchor, its nice to stop on the edges of slower pools to cast to risers. Fins make it easy to control your toon and fish at the same time. Oars are the way to go through the rapids. Lots of good places to pull over, get out, and wade fish as well.
As for the rubber hatch in the summer, start VERY early. Also, you can launch about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and often avoid most of the traffic and float right up until dark.
As was mentioned, wear your life jacket (Law), and have an extra means of propulsion. Don't anchor in fast current.
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Toons are the best floating "crafts" you can have, next to someone else rowing you down in a drift boat. If you have an anchor, its nice to stop on the edges of slower pools to cast to risers. Fins make it easy to control your toon and fish at the same time. Oars are the way to go through the rapids. Lots of good places to pull over, get out, and wade fish as well.
As for the rubber hatch in the summer, start VERY early. Also, you can launch about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and often avoid most of the traffic and float right up until dark.
As was mentioned, wear your life jacket (Law), and have an extra means of propulsion. Don't anchor in fast current.
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