Pond boat for creek?

put a pontoon on the both sides of the canoe, but don't let it
touch the water, but just low enough that if the canoe
starts to tilt it touch and will stop the canoe from flipping.
worked great for me on the Susquehanna with my canoe.
and just as good on my sit on top fishing kayak down here
in Fla fishing for red fish on flats ..and for sharks in the surf !
Allen
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I've been experimenting with different ways to fish a small rocky
creek where I live. I've tried wading and drifting in a canoe. The
problem with wading is I can't get to most of the good spots. The
problem with the canoe is that it's hard to cast from. The main
problem is you can't turn around or stand up in a canoe. I used to
have a small plastic pond boat called a bass hunter. It was made with
ABS plastic and had 2 swivel seats and a hookup for a trolling motor.
I was wondering if that would work on the creek. If you're sitting you
can spin around and it's easy to stand up. My worry is how it handles
the riffles. There's nothing over class I, the biggest problem is when
the water is shallow you get stuck. I'm also wondering how hard it
will be to maneuver with a paddle. All I really need to do is keep the
boat in the middle. I'd prefer not to have to deal with a trolling
motor.

Are there any other types of boats that would work better?

Chuck.

Allen wrote:



Are there any other types of boats that would work better?

Chuck.



They make a 6 wheel drive amphibs' that will float you down a creek,
and drive you across the shallows, even drive you to the creek :-)


--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Allen wrote:

Are there any other types of boats that would work better?

Chuck.
They make a 6 wheel drive amphibs' that will float you down a creek,
and drive you across the shallows, even drive you to the creek :-)

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Naw, this would be much better. ;-) Joe Z.
http://www.watercar.com/

Yep. I think you're making it much more complicated and expensive than
it needs to be. Look at a belly boat (in some parts of the couuntry
they are called float tubes) Cabellas, Orvis and several other places
have them.....you can try out a cheap once from under $75. It will
floatt you where evey you want to go -- ride the riffles, and you can
walk it through the shallows.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...rd-item.jhtml?
id=0001334313789a&navAction=jump&navCount=1&indexI d=&podId=0001334&
catalogCode=IE&parentId=&parentType=&rid=&_DARGS=% 2Fcabelas%2Fen%
2Fcommon%2Fcatalog%2Fitem-link.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=search&hasJS=true


Allen
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Are there any other types of boats that would work better?

Chuck.

Riverwire sells several sizes of personal "watercraft" from float tubes to a
2-person stand-up pontoon.
There's a link to them (and links to some of their videos) on my website.

Uncle Dave
Uncle Dave's Fishin' and Lyin' Emporium
http://www.commonfolks.com/UncleDavesFishin

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Yep. I think you're making it much more complicated and expensive than
it needs to be. Look at a belly boat (in some parts of the couuntry
they are called float tubes) Cabellas, Orvis and several other places
have them.....you can try out a cheap once from under $75. It will
floatt you where evey you want to go -- ride the riffles, and you can
walk it through the shallows.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...rd-item.jhtml?
id=0001334313789a&navAction=jump&navCount=1&indexI d=&podId=0001334&
catalogCode=IE&parentId=&parentType=&rid=&_DARGS=% 2Fcabelas%2Fen%
2Fcommon%2Fcatalog%2Fitem-link.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=search&hasJS=true


Allen
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Are there any other types of boats that would work better?

Chuck.