pontoon

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She started the tournament to combat the fish after getting smacked by a carp while driving a pontoon boat 20 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Rescue teams from Thursday used earth moving equipment on a pontoon to dredge a channel through the sand to allow the animal to escape.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Fishing: At Trinity Lake, you can rent a deck boat, pontoon boat or houseboat and try your hand at catching large and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

The original hearing in October 2022 was told 24 children, aged 12 to 17, had been swimming in the lake when the pontoon overturned.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

They sailed in ships, walked on pontoon bridges, and stepped across frozen puddles without ever experiencing anything that seemed to oblige them to rethink their theories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton