fishing off a pontoon boat???

fishing off a pontoon boat???

My father in law would like to purchase a pontoon boat and try to hook
up a trolling motor to it for fishing. The boat would still have a 50 hp
motor too. * Has anyone tried to hook up a trolling motor to a pontoon
boat for fishing? I am concerned that it won't be easy to control with
the trolling motor.

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Everything's relative....depends on how big the pontoon boat is. It
certainly won't be like controlling a bass boat, but I have a friend
that has a small pontoon boat, and he uses a trolling motor on it. It
surprised me how much control he did manage with it. I actually enjoyed
bass fishing off of it...it had a retractable top and with that down,
there was a lot of room to "roam"!

Kinda hard to "lip" a bass off of it though...make sure you have a net!


John