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Fun Way To Spend River Time
Having a day out by the river is a family memory that is undeniable. There is a peace and calm that the rapids of a river provide. The scenery is beautiful and peaceful. When you are spending it with your family, there is no better way to spend the day.
To add to the excitement is bringing inflatable pontoon boats to cruise down the river with. Known for their portability and light weightiness each makes it very easy to bring it anywhere that you go where there is water. You can enjoy hours of river fun with your family. Those are the memories worth cherishing.
Top Flying Fishing Boat
In my opinion, an inflatable pontoon is the best boat to use for fly fishing. Conventional motorboats are far too noisy; they scare all the fish away. The design of inflatable pontoons is also ideal because of its limited water disturbance. The quieter the surface water the more likely the fish are to bite.
The only downside is that inflatable pontoons can be a nuisance to set up. Still, with a motor powered air pump you’ll be up and ready to go in a relatively short amount of time. Inflatable pontoons come in a variety of sizes, so you can purchase a pontoon large enough to take fishing trips with friends or small enough for solitary adventures. Either way, you’re sure to have a lot more success with an inflatable pontoon than with a traditional, noisy motorboat.
Mounting a Motor on an Inflatable Pontoon
Mounting a motor onto the back of an inflatable pontoon is not too difficult a task. Just be aware of how heavy the motor is before you get started. Begin by removing equipment from the rear of the pontoon boat platform. Once the area is cleared, place a trolling motor with C-clamps in the center of the platform.
The C-clamps should then be positioned to set on the seams of the reinforce portion of the platform. Tighten the clamps to secure the motor and then sit in the captain’s chair while holding on to the steering shaft. The distance between the shaft and the chair should not be too far apart, nor too close, to ensure ease of maneuverability. Adjust the location if need be. This system should work on all inflatable pontoons.
A Brief History of Pontoons
Ambrose Weeres, a farmer from Minnesota, is credited with inventing the first pontoon motorboat in the United States in 1952. In order to create a more stable vessel, Weeres toyed with the idea of using cylinders to add extra support to a floating structure. Living in the “land of 10,000”, Weeres was well acquainted with the needs of boaters and saw the potential to market a new boat design.
The first time you see pontoon on the open waters, it can be bit concerting. Due to their flat hulls, pontoons often appear to simply be a fixed room or platform bobbing across the water. All pontoons, even inflatable pontoon boats, feature the same basic construction Weeres developed to stay afloat; there is a pair of closed cylinders (aka pontoons) that support the structure and provide its stability.
A Brief History of Pontoons
Ambrose Weeres, a farmer from Minnesota, is credited with inventing the first pontoon motorboat in the United States in 1952. In order to create a more stable vessel, Weeres toyed with the idea of using cylinders to add extra support to a floating structure. Living in the “land of 10,000”, Weeres was well acquainted with the needs of boaters and saw the potential to market a new boat design.
The first time you see pontoon on the open waters, it can be bit concerting. Due to their flat hulls, pontoons often appear to simply be a fixed room or platform bobbing across the water. All pontoons, even inflatable pontoon boats, feature the same basic construction Weeres developed to stay afloat; there is a pair of closed cylinders (aka pontoons) that support the structure and provide its stability.
Easy Summertime Living
In my opinion, nothing says summertime like backyard barbecues and long days spent at the lake. For years these two activities were mutually exclusive for me, as I lived hours away from any significant body of water. But last year my family relocated, and within a four-mile radius of our house there are three well-sized lakes.
Unfortunately, I can’t afford a high-powered speedboat, but my wife and I recently invested in the next best thing: an inflatable pontoon. Inflatable pontoons are just a fraction of the cost of traditional vessels and are infinitely most convenient. Just last weekend we went down to a friend’s house on the lake and enjoyed a massive potluck barbecue and a few hours trolling coast around the lake on our pontoon.
Memorial Day Camping
Every Memorial Day weekend my son and I take a camping trip to Banks Lake in Eastern Washington. It serves as an opportunity to bond with one another and offers a respite from the monotony of city life. Every year we invest in a new toy or gadget to experiment with in the great outdoors, but this year I think we have outdone ourselves.
We generally spend a good portion of the weekend casting our lines from a dock or the banks of the lake, but that is all going to change this year. While we were scouring the internet last weekend in search of a new toy for our expedition, we discovered Sea Eagle inflatable pontoon boats. Not only are the watercraft lightweight, making them ideal for our camping journey, but they are only a fraction the cost of a traditional boat. Now we will be able to troll for the bigger fish out in the middle of the lake.
Watercraft Options
There are literally dozens of styles when it comes to watercrafts, and the style that is right for you will be dependent on your budget and how you plan to use it. For leisurely activities like fishing or cruising around a lake, a pontoon is a solid choice. These craft have ample floor space and a shallow draft.
Pontoons are typically cheaper than a regular boat, and you can save even more money if you opt for an inflatable pontoon. An inflatable version will allow you to easily transport the craft and take advantage of it in remote bodies of water. They are ideal for any kind of fishing and can be assembled in just a few minutes.
The shallows will move you
This year kayaking in calm waters was some of the most exciting paddling we’ve encountered. 
My brother & I would silently glide our inflatable kayaks through shallow weedy water to be surprised by carp exploding out of the weeds. My kayak was pushed aside by these amazing 30 inch monsters.
For fishing the shallows, there is no better craft than the Sea Eagle inflatable pontoon to sneak up on bass suspended in the weed beds in bays and inlets. The sheer joy of setting that hook and the next few minutes as you play that line and net small mouth that fights like he’s going to take your pole and you if you lose focus for a moment.
Quick, grab your cell and capture the moment to share with friends and family. Release your beauty to tease and tantalize the next lucky angler to fish the weeds and set his hook.