02-26-2003, 10:57 PM
[cool]Some excellent points. Those are all part of the considerations in selecting a new craft, and it's why I try to get a read on the kind of fishing someone will be doing, before I make specific recommendations.
I fished for years out of a plain vanilla round boat, and dared not dream there could be life after tubes. I hesitated to invest in the first Uboats, but could see tha advantages of entry and exit. When the first pontoons started showing up on the water I thought that this would be the ultimate system...until I saw them blowing all over the lake while I had little difficulty maintaining position in my tube.
After awhile, if you have the opportunity to fish multiple waters, for multiple species, under a wide range of weather and current situations, you can develop a better feel for what kind of system will work best under a given set of circumstances. I do not think there is a "one craft fits all" system, but you can make almost any system work under a variety of conditions.
You may have to trade off the higher casting platform of a pontoon for greater wind resistance of a tube or Uboat. Or, in moving water or shallow situations, you may have to invest in a higher floating pontoon for safety, underwater vision and line control issues.
Thanks for dropping in Mr. Scud, and thanks for the insightful contributions.
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I fished for years out of a plain vanilla round boat, and dared not dream there could be life after tubes. I hesitated to invest in the first Uboats, but could see tha advantages of entry and exit. When the first pontoons started showing up on the water I thought that this would be the ultimate system...until I saw them blowing all over the lake while I had little difficulty maintaining position in my tube.
After awhile, if you have the opportunity to fish multiple waters, for multiple species, under a wide range of weather and current situations, you can develop a better feel for what kind of system will work best under a given set of circumstances. I do not think there is a "one craft fits all" system, but you can make almost any system work under a variety of conditions.
You may have to trade off the higher casting platform of a pontoon for greater wind resistance of a tube or Uboat. Or, in moving water or shallow situations, you may have to invest in a higher floating pontoon for safety, underwater vision and line control issues.
Thanks for dropping in Mr. Scud, and thanks for the insightful contributions.
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