Posted By: Ron Douthit
Fishing for whites in pontoon vs center console? - 10/05/20 12:56 PM
This is my first year fishing for white bass and hybrids on Cedar Creek Lake. Prior to buying a house out here, I mostly fished for largemouth. I've had a blast the past few months learning to locate and catch white bass thanks to the many tips, techniques, maps and fishing reports published by Dennis.
Right now I'm fishing from an old 23 ft Sea Ray with a temporarily mounted Humminbird with DI and GPS but no trolling motor. Now that my wife and I have moved to Cedar Creek full time we are looking to buy a new boat.
We were initially looking at a NauticStar 231 hybrid which has a center console but also has lots of seating which is why it's called a hybrid. Our other option is an Avalon Catalina 231 Rear Fish tritoon.
Unfortunately the NauticStar t-top will not fit vertically on my lift when the lake is at full pool. We could get one without the t-top but that was actually one of the features I liked most about the boat. The pontoon is definitely much more family friendly but I've never fished from a pontoon boat.
Any feedback would be appreciated. My assumption is that as long as I have a high end trolling motor with spot lock and remote that fishing from the rear of a boat for white bass would be no issue.
Right now I'm fishing from an old 23 ft Sea Ray with a temporarily mounted Humminbird with DI and GPS but no trolling motor. Now that my wife and I have moved to Cedar Creek full time we are looking to buy a new boat.
We were initially looking at a NauticStar 231 hybrid which has a center console but also has lots of seating which is why it's called a hybrid. Our other option is an Avalon Catalina 231 Rear Fish tritoon.
Unfortunately the NauticStar t-top will not fit vertically on my lift when the lake is at full pool. We could get one without the t-top but that was actually one of the features I liked most about the boat. The pontoon is definitely much more family friendly but I've never fished from a pontoon boat.
Any feedback would be appreciated. My assumption is that as long as I have a high end trolling motor with spot lock and remote that fishing from the rear of a boat for white bass would be no issue.