launched the porta-bote at 6am saturday. caught several bluegill from the point on olive damsel nymph and double renegade, then moved into the south east bay and pulled in around 15 bass 10"-15" on black curley tails on a chart jig head.
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Nice report, I have been wanting to go to Mantua to catch some largemouths for a while. I have read a lot of your fishing reports and can't stop wondering, what is a porta-bote?
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I figured porta_homer would be all over this one. He has a boat that folds up, kinda looks like a surf board when it's all folded...then it sets up an looks a little like a canoe. I've heard that most people that own them are very pleased with them. Porta_homer sure gets around on his quite often.
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Here is their home page.
[url "http://www.porta-bote.com/"]http://www.porta-bote.com/[/url]
I saw one at the fair several years ago, and I was impressed.
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The porta-bote is the greatest invention since power bait. It is a gift from God for those like me who can't talk the wife into buying a truck. Anywhere my plymouth breeze can go, my porta-bote can go too. We bought it in April and have used it probably 20 times this summer. It is much better than a canoe-5 feet wide at the back, and we have got setting up and taking down right down to a science, 15 minutes from car to water. Next year i hope to buy an outboard-they say that baby can plane with a 5hp.
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Mind letting us know how much you paid for it (new or used)? Also does it take on any water?
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Impressive info on the website, it is almost to good to believe. I really like the porta-duck-bote. Thanks for the info.
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I bought a new 12' for $1100, comes with oars and boat opener. It seemed like a jagged little pill to swallow at the time, but so far I can say it has been well worth it. Porta-bote offers great customer service too. The first couple times i set it up, the transom was very difficult to put in so I called porta-bote and the full time tech made me some new brackets and 2nd day aired them free of charge.
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I sent for the info on the porta bote and they told me that they sell it at Camping World in SL. So I went to there website and the cost is about 1500.00 which I don't think is to bad for what you can do with that little boat. Know all I have to do is convince my husband how bad I really need one.I was impressed.
[url "http://www.Campingworld.com"]www.Campingworld.com[/url]
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hey icefool i wish just once my wife would ask if she could spend some money on fishing.. that would be soooooooo cool to have a wife that like fishing like you do....
from the fuzzyfisher--------------------------fish on dudes and dudets
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