Just put a Sportsmans 9 pontoon on lay away today, going to pick it up next week.[
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]Whats wrong with big Browns, Cutts and Rainbows?[/size][/black][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]Waytago, Bro! I am sure you will enjoy your new ride. I also jockeyed a Kennebec for over a year. It was better than the donuts I had been using, but not as good as the Super Fat Cat I have had since. Those big round pontoons on the Kennebec are murder when the wind comes up. Tough to navigate in the breezes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We have several Utah members that pilot those Sportsman craft on local waters. Everybody seems to be happy with them. They are definitely a good value for the buck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am just finishing getting my Fish Cat Cougar set up and should have it out for the maiden voyage within the next week or so. I am also looking forward to being able to go farther and faster with oar power. I will also be adding an electric motor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PS...walleyes ARE biting at Utah Lake now. I am tubing Lincoln Beach Thursday morning to dredge up a few. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You need to stay in touch with us tubers and tooners and get in on some of the flotillas we do during the year. Lots of fun and a good way to get a look at how others have their rides pimped.[/#0000ff]
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[#505000]I gotta ask.... I was at Sprotsman's today and they have two model of the Sportsman's 9. The actual Fishcat 9 an outback craft, and they had a Buck Bag model also listed as a Sportsman's 9. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I have the Outcast model and have really liked it. It's a fine fish catching machine. I am also making big plans to upgrade my flaot tube and use it a lot more this summer on "smaller" waters, or places it's a paint to get a toon too. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I think back to Tubedude's hike with Leaky on Mantua and wonder if he would have done that with his Cougar!!! [
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[#505000]I've had a similar experience with my toon and decided it certainly wasn't worth the effort packing all my pieces one by one what seemed like a mile to the fishing hole. [/#505000]
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[#505000]While I'm here asking questions I was going to ask you Pat. On the cogar does it have the built in rod holders like the Fishcat 9 does?[/#505000]
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[#505000]I bought a second one today (while at Sportsman's) for the other side and have designs to use it as a sonar mount. I'll provide pics if I can get it to work.[/#505000]
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[
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I am getting the Fishcat model.
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[cool][#0000ff]No factory tubes on the Cougar. But, I have a retrofit design (surprise) that will get the job done nicely. I am just about ready to launch it. I've got the cartop rack done and I'm working on the rod tubes.[/#0000ff]
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[font "As seen on TV"][purple][size 3]Hunt4BigBucks, I got the answer for your trolling in the tube in the sale section of BFT. It would be perfect, all you need is a deep cycle battery and a minn kots 30. Of course you have to license it, but that is under $20. a year. FLOAT POWER. [/size][/purple][/font]
[font "As seen on TV"][purple][size 3]Either that or join me in the wonderful world of fly fishing, then you don't have to troll.[cool][/size][/purple][/font]
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build a sail for trolling. cheeper and lighter than a motor. lol
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Congrats on the toon. I just took mine out today, first time since Feb., Water temps are starting to warm up. Where is the first place you're going to take it?
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Jordanelle or Sand Hollow, is where my maiden voyage will most likely be.
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