02-23-2014, 06:02 PM
[#0000FF]You asked [/#0000FF][#FF0000]"[/#FF0000][#0000FF][#FF0000]Question - is the world of inflatable 'toons n' tubes a wholly Western phenom? From my perspective here in the Heart of Dixie, it certainly seems so...." [/#FF0000]
I have been float tubing for over 50 years, and I have tubed both fresh water and salt in your part of the country. I can attest that there aren't many others engaged in "floatation fishing" back there. Why? I suspect that there just haven't been many anglers trying it...possibly because you have lots of snakes, snapping turtles and even gators in some areas. I am smart enough that I don't go afloat in places...or the times of year...when I have a good/bad chance of adverse encounters.
Tubing evolved simultaneously in several places. In Texas and Oklahoma there were a lot of bassers who wanted to be able to float in the numerous small lakes and ponds that held a lot of bass, catfish and sunfish. And in the mountain states the trouters eagerly embraced tubing as a great way to get out where the trout were rising on small mountain lakes.
Since then, tubers and tooners have taken their craft afloat on just about every kind of wet spot you can imagine...for virtually every species of fresh water fish and many salt water varieties as well. We have found that tubes and toons are not just "poor man's boats" but are also serious fishing systems that often result in better fishing than either boat or bank fishing.
Welcome aboard our friendly forum and we stand ready to assist you as questions arise in putting together your system.
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I have been float tubing for over 50 years, and I have tubed both fresh water and salt in your part of the country. I can attest that there aren't many others engaged in "floatation fishing" back there. Why? I suspect that there just haven't been many anglers trying it...possibly because you have lots of snakes, snapping turtles and even gators in some areas. I am smart enough that I don't go afloat in places...or the times of year...when I have a good/bad chance of adverse encounters.
Tubing evolved simultaneously in several places. In Texas and Oklahoma there were a lot of bassers who wanted to be able to float in the numerous small lakes and ponds that held a lot of bass, catfish and sunfish. And in the mountain states the trouters eagerly embraced tubing as a great way to get out where the trout were rising on small mountain lakes.
Since then, tubers and tooners have taken their craft afloat on just about every kind of wet spot you can imagine...for virtually every species of fresh water fish and many salt water varieties as well. We have found that tubes and toons are not just "poor man's boats" but are also serious fishing systems that often result in better fishing than either boat or bank fishing.
Welcome aboard our friendly forum and we stand ready to assist you as questions arise in putting together your system.
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