Portable Fishing Boats

[cadresults]

Are there any of you who have experince with the folding, portable boats. I beleive you can get the up to 14'. I would like to hear your opinions. Thanks!!!!
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[wiperhunter2]

Kentofnsl has one that he uses on small lakes and from what I have read he has had good luck with it. I'm sure you can send him a PM and get some more info. I think it is called a Port-a-boat. WH2
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[Kent]

As I told you in my PM I have a 12.5' Porta-bote. I like it, except that it is a little heavy for me to load and unload by myself.
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[toyguy]

I had the 10'8" portabote. As I was handing over the oars to the new owner when I sold it, I was thinking to myself "this is a mistake"...

I completely regret it. Those things are great. In the water, the bottom is slightly flexy, but you get used to it. I became completely comfortable quickly with stand-up casting. I had a 3.5 hp on mine. Me and gear weight was say, 225#. Boat would move along @ say, 8mph?

They are completely practical; I kept mine folded up behind the couch. It would fold down to <6". Easy close, easy open, too.

It did not leak. I even rigged a Canon Easy Troll on it, and fished the Gorge, J-nelle and S-berry in it. I was fine, but not recommended. I think the application for it is small lake fishing or shoreline fishing in bigger lakes. If you're planning that, you'll use it a ton.

So why'd I sell it? Because I have a boat and a pontoon, and it never got used. But I broke my own rule when I sold; because
it was no sweat for me to store it, and one day, I'll have the perfect trip for it, and I won't have it.
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[cadresults]

toyguy,

Thanks for the comment. You may have just convinced me to do it. As I said earlier, I am looking at the new 14'
model. Its 97 pounds and room for 4 adults.

I think I will probably put a 5 horse outboard on it??
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[toyguy]

I am a firm believer that you put the max size motor on any boat. The smaller the boat, the more I think that holds true. The p-bote 14" will take up to a motor weighing 83#.

That's a 8 hp short shaft Nissan 4-stroke. Do it.
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[HookJaw_Brimhall]

My freind and I take out his Scanoe (Flat back canoe) everywhere. He put a 5hp motor on the back and that thing hauls! We have got into some nice fish in some of the lakes that have no boat access. I'm thinking about buying one for myself. They are perfect for Causey, Porcupine, Lost Creek, Woodruff, and a bunch of others.
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[toyguy]

They are perfect for Causey, Porcupine, Lost Creek, Woodruff, and a bunch of others.

Oh sure. Rub it in...[]

Get the 10'8" or the 12'. A no brainer one-person operation. Kent's right, the 14's so heavy that it's unwieldy for one person; especially if you're doing a roof-top load/unload.
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