Wife has a crazy idea or no???
 

Okay I'm in the market for a new boat. I'm looking for something to fish in marsh island an aroun vermillion bay.

I like the sea chasers, pathfinders, some key west, ya kno like a good heavy fiberglass boat.

We'll she wants to get a pontoon boat with a 250 yamaha 4 stroke! An two power poles, an a trolling motor. She likes the room the storage an the short covered top.

I have no clue how this boat will hold up to vbay which is a bi*** most of the time. I don't believe they draft much water but idk just don't think it's practical.

What do you guys think I need some feedback! Thanks an tight lines!!!

get a bay boat with a bimini top. If its real windy it will blow that pontoon boat all over the place

I have a pathfinder for sale. You could install a Bimini top easily.

Stay away from a pontoon boat if u want to fish the bay. It does not take long for it to get rough when the wind kicks up.

Fishing from a pontoon boat will negatively impact your relationship with your family. Plus, as quick as the bay can get nasty, you might have to get rescued...

Kool sounds like my gut instinct is still sharp even though it's gettin pretty round these days! Thanks fellas

Nautic Star makes a boat called a 210 coastal, kind of a hybrid type bay boat that can maybe work for you and the wife. Go to Nauticstarboats.com

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Wish I had the money for one

Attachment 70371Go with a cat hull....has 2 hulls with plenty of room just like a pontoon boat! Notice how shallow that boat can go in!

you would forever regret the pontoon...........

many 'family" styled fishing boats out there these days

Look at Alphamans boat in the classifieds.

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I did see a family shrimping out of a pontoon boat in Chauvin this weekend! This was a first for me.

there are some hybrid boats out there that are a dcent compromise...check out hurricane boats....they make one that is suited for fishing. Idk bout draft on those hulls tho?

26ft Calcutta with twin 90 zukes == TITS
Drafts 12-13" can put a trolling motor. Catch trout,Reds,snapper,mangrove,tuna. Eat that verm. Bay chop up.

I just googled that boat. Wow!!!! bad to the bone. looks pricey

I fished 15 miles in the gulf in a pontoon and it rides better than anything I ever had and I have a 24 Kenner now but it's not fast but like a limo on the water

Says a lot about that Kenner...!

I've seen pontoon boats at the wier down the worm in Marsh Island. Looked like a great time for the whole family, crabbing and fishing. Maybe you could get one of those tri-pontoon boats. They seem to be much higher performance than the regular two pontoon ones.

I got a nice 2104 frontier for sale.