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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: Bone on May 01, 2006, 10:50:22 PM

Title: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: Bone on May 01, 2006, 10:50:22 PM

Just wanted to find out what you guys think would be a good pontoon boat for around $500. I was thinking of a Trout Unlimited Colorado

(http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0018134316684a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&&QueryText=Trout+Unlimited+Pontoon&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=Trout+Unlimited+Pontoon&noImage=0&rid=0180101070502&cmCat=perf&cm_ven=Performics&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=flyfish_watercraft&cm_ite=trout%20unlimited%20pontoon&_requestid=80339)

or an out cast streamer XL or discovery 8. Any ideas?

bone

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: stryker 07 on May 02, 2006, 08:24:12 PM

If your from the lower Mainland check out Hubs sports...Go for the fishcat 8 or 9fter

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: keithr on May 18, 2006, 10:02:50 AM

I don't know the one you mention, but I'm liking my Buck's Bag (South Fork model).  It's 8' long and cost me about 520 US dollars about a month ago.  The people at My Fly Shop in Vancouver sold me on that brand when I bought some flies there last summer.

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: marmot on May 18, 2006, 10:30:51 AM

id be looking for a used scadden :)

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: James on May 20, 2006, 02:06:22 AM

after askin' myself this same question a few months back , I agree with the info and advice I got then , Buy the best you can . Buying a cheaper brand is just not worth it if you intend to use it seriously and frequently , There is no comparison between the Fish cat Streamer XL and a Fish Cat 9 , for example . You will see and feel the difference , and it is well worth the extra money to go with the higher end model(s) .
Good luck , and if I were you , I would wait for End of season sales , or Beginning of season sales - I saved 25% on my Fish cat9 , alluminium frame , pontoon when Hubs had there sale .

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: Sterling C on May 24, 2006, 01:02:23 PM

Bone, looks like a decent boat but it seems a little heavy. I've been shopping around latley for a new 'toon and I think the Creek Co. ODC 816 looks like a good option and it weighs in at a much more reasonable 45lbs.  Here's the link.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431&id=0001576314536a&navCount=43&podId=0001576&parentId=cat360011&navAction=push&catalogCode=IG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat360011&hasJS=true (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431&id=0001576314536a&navCount=43&podId=0001576&parentId=cat360011&navAction=push&catalogCode=IG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat360011&hasJS=true)

Another more economical option is the water skeeter vision. It's from a different online site, that I find to be cheaper most of the time.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/4360,70792_Water-Skeeter-Vision-Pontoon-Boat.html (http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/4360,70792_Water-Skeeter-Vision-Pontoon-Boat.html)

Title: Re: Need pontoon advice.
Post by: DionJL on May 24, 2006, 07:38:18 PM

Go with the waterskeeter. Its what i use and i love it.