Pontoon House Boat

by The Barley Boys
(St Paul, Minnesota)

It was a fishing pontoon houseboat that served us well. It wasn't the prettiest, but it sure was practical, and as a group of young guys, we had built it ourselves.

It was built on a steel pontoons cylinders, then we made a plywood floor to start building the structure. Fortunately as a group, we were able to get a lot of the needed material and supplies. It had a propane fridge, stove, and heater that came from an old RV.

This was used mostly as a base camp for us fishing buddies, so we didn't have a motor or navigation equipment on it, since we used a small boat to push and tow it, to anchor it in a bay.

Boy, have we got some great fishing stories, and memories to go with it. Now most of us are married with kids, so there goes the fishing weekends...