Pontoon Boats

[Mike Thomas]

Hello all, I am thinking of getting myself a pontoon craft for fly fishing the lakes and I hope someone out there can answer a couple of questions for me.
1. Any brand recomended?
2. Is there a company in the U.S.A that will ship to N.Z.? I have tried Cabellas but they will not ship overseas.
3. What can I expect to pay for a pontoon boat of around 8 to 9 feet?
I realise these are fairly basic questions but I have never used one and only small six foot ones seem to be available over here.
Thanks.
Mike

[Mike Thomas]

Vocelli. thanks for those 2 sites, the basspro one is very interesting. The Trout Unlimited 9ft one looks good.
Mike.

[PaulM]

Take a look at the North Fork Outdoors boats:
[url=http://www.northforkoutdoors.com:5b66d]www.northforkoutdoors.com[/url:5b66d]

They produce some incredible boats and are very well respected in the western part of the United States.

The price of the boats are most likely more than the others you have looked at, but the quality is simply outstanding.

Shoot me an e-mail with any questions.

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[Fly Goddess]

I agree totally with PaulM, North Fork Outdoors.

[Mike Thomas]

very interesting thanks.

[Mike Thomas]

I have tried all the above and they will not ship to N.Z. any other ideas ?
Thanks.
Mike

[dixieangler]

Here is one that says it ships outside the US:

Its for a Fish Cat 9 [url=http://www.flyfishusa.com/outcast/3-fishcat-9/outcast-fishcat-9.html:15e35]http://www.flyfishusa.com/outcast/3-fishcat-9/outcast-fishcat-9.html[/url:15e35]

The Outcast site lists only a few overseas countries: [url=http://www.outcastboats.com/:15e35]http://www.outcastboats.com/[/url:15e35]

I have a Creek Company ODC 816 that I really like. I got it from Cabelas rather than direct from Creek Company for about $325. The same boat costs a little more direct. The Creek Company site says orders outside the lower 48 but I doubt that includes overseas. They say to call them. [url=http://www.creekcompany.com/shipping.php:15e35]http://www.creekcompany.com/shipping.php[/url:15e35]

There are other PIP (personal inflatable pontoon) catamaran companies with good boats so I'm sure whatever you get, you will like it. Use a search engine like google to find more PIP boat companies. Try using the name of a particular boat you like for the search. Best of luck.


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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 29 March 2006).]