Bow River Blog

If you enjoy wading rivers, you need to try the best way I’ve ever seen to do just that. Provided your river is large enough, the best way to fish many rivers is a personal pontoon boat. The go by many different names but basically they are a personal boat and are perfect for exploring your favorite river. I do la lot of wading rivers and because of brush on the banks of the river and deep water; I can only walk most rivers for two or three miles at the most. With a personal pontoon boat, this problem is solved. Miles of river can be covered on a few hours.

With the help of this “personal boat”, if you will, you’ll gain access to new water. Much of which will experience much less fishing pressure that the rest of the river. Less fishing pressure means more bites and catching more fish, it’s as simple as that. Who could argue with that? A personal pontoon boat is the best way to fish a river.

When you’re fishing the river on a personal pontoon boat, it’s also nice just to float down the river and enjoy nature from time to time. Actually, the more time that you spend fishing in this manner, the more time you will spend doing just that. Just talking time along your trip to stop and enjoy nature and everything it has to offer.

Once you try fishing from your own personal pontoon boat, you’ll be hooked. You’ll find that it really is the best way to fish a river. You’ll find that you catch more fish as well. As I mentioned earlier, just the fact that you can access area’s that receive much less fishing pressure than many area’s on the river is a huge advantage to you. This is especially true in the west. Most anglers won’t hike more than a mile from where they park their vehicle, so this leaves vast stretches of river that only get fished by anglers with canoes, rafts, or personal pontoon boats, and a personal pontoon boat is much easier to transport than a bulky raft or canoe.

Trevor Kugler - Co-founder of JRWfishing.com Trevor has more than 20 years of fishing experience, and raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country….Montana.