Northwest Fishing Reports

I am getting a Dave Scadden avenger XX (the 2 person one) tonight. I can’t wait to take it out to some small local lakes, eastern Washington ponds with no launch and hopefully the Yakima river for some fantastic fly fishing.

so just wondering who all out there fishes from one of these or similar. I fly fish, troll for trout and starting to get more into bass fishing. what kind of gear do you load up when you go out? are there any upgrades I should be looking at before I hit the water?

the only thing I am buying for sure is a nice comfortable life jacket other than that this is a whole new adventure.

Congrats on your new toon. I fish out of a 14' Dave Scadden two person pontoon as well.

First thing on your list - safety. I have three oars. This probably is more important on the river, but it applies to lakes as well. Lifejackets at all times goes w/o saying.

Second, you can never have too much storage space. I have four side pontoon packs (two for each angler) and I also have a large Outcast bag that slides over the top front seat to provide the rear rower with another storage space. Then, behind my rear seat is a platform that I have secured a larger cooler to. On the back side of the cooler I've added a rod rack that holds four rods.

In front of the front angler I made a 2x4 by 4 ft piece of wood that serves two functions. First, on either end is a fish on rod holder. So the guy in front can put trolling rods in the holders. Second, on either end I have a lip that I can pull my oar up on to and it sits in the lip. This allows me to have the oars up and out of the water, not dragging. Useful when you want to just free drift along and keep the oars out of the way.

At one time I also had a Bottom Line fish finder, it broke and I haven't replaced. I don't have an electric motor, though I know some do go this route. I prefer to row and get the exercise.

Welcome to the world of two-person pontoons. You're going to have a blast!