Since alot of our rivers are gradually losing boat launch access due to vandalism and garbage, i was thinking about buying a pontoon boat instead of a drift boat.i would like to eliminate launching a boat with so many people.With a pontoon boat, i can just pick a spot and throw it in .Now i am a very cautious person when it comes to boat saftey. i have hardly ever oared a drift boat let alone never have oared a pontoon boat. I have heard horror stories about both.I heard that using an anchor system on a pontoon boat can be very dangerous and you can flip the boat real easy. Is this true? With this said and how "spooky" of a person i am, what route should i take and what company and model should i go with??Thanks for any advice

I posted all the info for you in the flyfishing area here.

The design of the boat makes a lot of difference. I have an ODC by Creekside and it handles well. I have an anchor system with a 10 pound ball and have never had any problem. Sometimes the ball will hang up and if the water is too fast to pull yourself back up to unhook it, you need enough rope to get to shore or else you cut the rope. The ODC doesn't hold as well an an Outcast. My brother has an Outcast and when we float a river we both have the same anchor system, but his holdswell becuase of the design. Mine slows down but doesn't really hold. Unless you're doing serious rivers there's no real safety problem. I've floated the Sky, Snoqualmie, Methow and Yakima with no problems, but I wouldn't do some of the pen rivers with mine.