Pontoon / Tri-toon

[todd]

Looking to put a new boat on Lake O. Im torn between a Legend or a Tri-toon, ( a pontoon with 3 logs ). We have a pontoon at the cottage super stable and the reasearch i've done is limited. What does eerybody think about the idea of a'toon for salmon. They sit wide aand high and might be super stable. Or does anybody have experence in a toon boat in rough water.Thanks in advance for the opinions.

[GAMBLER]

My father ran a pontoon boat for salmon in the 80's. Not the greatest vessel for salmon. Spring browns it was awesome but offshore it did not do the job. The large light pontoon boat would slip to the side while trolling really bad. Trolling with it was horrible in rough water. The only good thing was the room for riggers on the back.

[Big Dave]

You will have real clean feet if the waves come up a little. The one I saw looked to be a SOB going through the chute at fairhaven when it was rough.

[big easy]

Ask the guy from Olcott who hung on to his overturned pontoon for 2 days before he was rescued off Toronto,how well they handle Lake O's water.

His was a pretty industrial type very heavy duty pontoon boat with all kinds of safety equipment,even radar.

A friend of ours fished with him and told us that he had a king on and it actually swam right accross the deck.The owner also told us there were times that he tied himself to the rails when he got caught in nasty water conditions.

He and his wife were out one day offshore and got flipped by a large wave.They spent two days adrift hanging on to the framework on the overturned rig.the story was covered by several newspapers.

In my opinion lake O is no place for a pontoon boat.

[Edd]

Yes the pontoon can test you in rougher water. The third log will help smooth things out a little, but it is not a boat for the likes of the Great Lakes.

Edd