| I've been a river angler for more than 15 years and | | | | hiking up and down the river, so when a get to a |
| have fallen in love with personal pontoon boats. | | | | good stretch of river, I fish it as I always do. It's |
| Fishing in a river used to mean wading for long | | | | great! |
| distances upstream and downstream in an attempt | | | | One of the things I enjoy most about river and |
| to catch fish. There is nothing wrong with fishing in | | | | stream fishing is being out in nature. There's just |
| this way, however on some rivers it requires a ton | | | | something about standing in the middle of a flowing |
| of crossing back and forth, and with no clearly | | | | river on a beautiful day that feels right to me. I still |
| defined trails along many rivers, the terrain can | | | | get to experience all of this with the help of my |
| become impassible. Therefore I could only fish a | | | | personal pontoon boat; it's just that now I have |
| couple of miles both up and downstream from the | | | | more access to the rivers that I fish. I'm no longer |
| parking area. | | | | limited to only the area's that are within walking |
| Then I began using a personal pontoon boat. What's | | | | distance of the parking area. |
| a personal pontoon boat, you ask? It's basically a | | | | My personal pontoon boat has at least doubled the |
| seat mounted on a pair of inflatable pontoons. I think | | | | amount of river I can fish in a single trip. And the |
| you can even get them with two seats if you need | | | | fact that I still get to fish the way I love to and |
| an extra seat. With a personal pontoon boat, you fish | | | | don't have the bother of maneuvering and hauling a |
| the river in style. They are great. | | | | canoe or small boat is another great advantage of |
| Using a personal pontoon boat to fish your favorite | | | | my personal pontoon boat. If you spend a lot of time |
| river is the way to go. They offer you the flexibility | | | | in waders, river fishing, it may be time to look into |
| to cover great distance, much farther than walking | | | | added a personal pontoon boat to your fishing gear. |
| along the shore and crossing the river numerous | | | | Trevor Kugler is co-founder of and an avid angler. He |
| times. You see, I don't actually fish from my personal | | | | has more than 20 years experience fishing for all |
| pontoon, although I suppose a person could? I use it | | | | types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet |
| to get down the river, and simply stop at a stretch | | | | experience. He currently raises his three year old |
| That I want to fish, pull over, and fish the area. I | | | | daughter in the heart of trout fishing |
| wear my waders the entire time, just like when | | | | country…..Montana! |