Anyone use a pond boat like this?

[abarkley]

I'd rather have a kayak or a float tube.

ditto

[Slabster]

I'm thinking of getting a small molded pond boat similar to this style. My goal is to be able to put it in the back of my full size truck by myself and get it to the water. I have about a 30 yard drag from the road to the pond. Bass Pro has some that say they are 100 pounds. A couple slightly bigger ones say they are about 125. I'm thinking I can handle that although kinda worried it might be heavy to drag back slightly uphill from pond to truck again. Of course I will remove all the heavy items.

Maybe attach a small winch from harbor freight and pull it up on homemade bunker planks.

[rocket rich]

I have a 9 ft sportmans from Rural King nice but not in the wind very much like the one you showed. I sell you mine for $175. with 2 seats has a nice plug in for drainage . width 48" If onlu one man in the boat it will drain and not touch the water Email richa3749Aol.com

[EvilxTriumphs]

I have a little pedal boat and i will tell you that you do not want to drag it! They will be 100 pounds yes when putting them in the water but when you take them out they weigh about 50 pounds more

[Limb Snagger]

I have a Sportsman III that I love. It will float in about 6 or 8 inches of water with two 175 lb guys, battery, and tackle in it. I used to load it by myself in my S-10, but have since built a trailer for the four wheeler and it works even better. I've thought about putting a winch on the front of the trailer and it would pull it right up the ramp.

Father-in-law and me have been fishing out of it for years. With a 34# on the back, it'll move along just fine. It's very stable. Just ain't much room for all the crap that we take with us.

[score300]

Personally I'd like to have a small boat like that for my local community pond. I'm just wondering how many rod holders I could fit on it for trolling.

[dockfishin]

My brother and I fished out of a boat like that for years. We caught alot of fish out of that boat and made alot of great memories. Never had much problem dragging it around and it held up fine to many years of use/abuse from us. Largest lake we used it on was a 500 acre state lake (idle speed only). A 55 pound trolling motor did the job well for us. Hope you enjoy your boat....we sure loved ours.

[TnRidge]

I agree with Turtlebait. I had one of the molded boats several years ago to fish watersheds and the biggest problem I had with was keeping it from spinning around. I guess there was not enough boat in the water for anything to act like a rudder to keep the front towards the front.

I had the same isse with the two small boats I owned . Every time I let off the trolling motor to cast , the boat would spin around . I made up a rudder from a small oar to attach to the transom .
They are tipsy boats too . I bought a Gheenoe , canoe type boat that is actually more stable .