Pontoon Boats

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This was touched on in another thread
I am inrterested in buying one to use on small rivers and lakes - esp our
own lake
How safe are thety on rivers?

I have to be able to fit them (2) in the back of an SUV

I want to be higher up - sitting and casting than a float tube
I would like to be able to carry xtra gear

Any suggestions?
Any to stay way from?

I know that they sell this in Wal-mart's But I am no Wal-mart shopper
i would rather pay more money to get a good one line or at a sporting goods
store
What about the water strider?

3 brands come to mind, as quality boats. Outcast, Dave Scadden, and
Buck's Bag. I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones I looked
at when I was planning a purchase. I went with a Scadden, Skykomish
Sunrise, because of some features it had over the other models.

http://www.northforkoutdoors.com/homepagedirectory.html

I've been pretty happy with it, and it's been getting quite a bit of
use(stillwater)lately. My boat would be "safe" in rivers(class IV-V),
with somebody qualified at the oars. I'm not, and struggle in tricky
situations. Mine is a big boat, and it would have to be taken apart, to
fit IN an SUV. Complete setup time...including time to pump up 2 boats(4
pontoons), would be close to an hour. Less if you had the frames
assembled, and toons partially inflated. By the way, it's sportsman show
season. You might finds some good deals now.

brians