Hamilton Reef
05-25-2008, 10:16 PM
Unique boat yields good results
Looney Tunes drew a lot of disbelieving looks this spring when Joe Raymer first started using it as a charter boat for walleye and bass. You don't see many pontoon boats on Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, where they are looked on as suited only for little inland lakes.
"Don't call it a pontoon. It's a TriToon," Raymer said on a sunny Friday morning as he headed the 24-foot boat down the Detroit River at about 25 miles an hour. "It has a third hull forward, and that lets me lift the bow out of the water. You can't do that with a pontoon boat. It's just a barge."
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Looney Tunes drew a lot of disbelieving looks this spring when Joe Raymer first started using it as a charter boat for walleye and bass. You don't see many pontoon boats on Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, where they are looked on as suited only for little inland lakes.
"Don't call it a pontoon. It's a TriToon," Raymer said on a sunny Friday morning as he headed the 24-foot boat down the Detroit River at about 25 miles an hour. "It has a third hull forward, and that lets me lift the bow out of the water. You can't do that with a pontoon boat. It's just a barge."
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/SPORTS10/805250631/1058/sports10