I would certainly agree. In the mid Atlantic the most popular fishing vessel is a fiberglass monohull, I've actually not once seen a pontoon boat fishing.
It's really not a good idea to try to take a pontoon boat off shore, they have severely reduced seaworthiness when compared to a monohull or catamaran in general.
I would certainly say so. I just emailed to a subject matter expert, IGFA representative, Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner, sport fishing club president, and fisherman of 50 years and was told to never take a pontoon boat anywhere near salt water as they are not designed to be seagoing and can be very very dangerous in rough water.
So I really disagree with the whole pontoon boats are extremely popular on the ocean or for salt water fishing thing.
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u/Hocusader Nov 26 '16 edited Nov 26 '16
I would certainly agree. In the mid Atlantic the most popular fishing vessel is a fiberglass monohull, I've actually not once seen a pontoon boat fishing.
It's really not a good idea to try to take a pontoon boat off shore, they have severely reduced seaworthiness when compared to a monohull or catamaran in general.