Trolling with a pontoon boat?

[Kuba]

Just out of curiosity, anybody ever trolled with a pontoon boat on Lake O? how would something like that handle 5 footers? something in 20+ feet size...

[Chas0218]

Well seeing as it doesn't have a deep V I would think that it would probably end up on the bottom of the lake. The only reason the big boats can handle the water is because it displaces the water to the sides and are a lot deeper than a pontoon.

[Xxx]

Kuda, my uncle has a pontoon boat an they are ok to fish off of if you are still fishing,(perch,crappie,ect) but to troll they suck!! and forget about rough water, they simply can't handle the waves, they will capsize. I saw one almost sink 2 years ago out in the trench, he had his hands full to get in behind the break wall in Henderson harbor, the waves were breaking on the deck of the boat, it got ugly fast,other boats followed him in to break the waves and he followed in their wake, no way would that boat make it in on it's own, my hats off to those guys who wrapped things up to assist the pontoon boat.

[Gezijamez]

A guy out of Olcott has one he flipped it couple yeras ago, Coast Gaurd found him and his girlfriend 2 days later hanging onto the boat on the canadian shoreline, he still has it and still fishes with it.

[Kuba]

LoL.... I have no more questions

[tbulhead]

I did see someone trolling out of one a few years ago on Otisco Lake.

[Fish Hunter]

Quite a few of those on Oneida.

[Big Dave]

Saw one trolling off 9 mile pt in 3' ers.  They had very clean feet.  Every wave washed down the deck with a foot of water!