Small Boat

Thinking of possibly getting a small boat just for fishing this spring. I'm thinking either a small jon boat or a canoe. Nothing expensive/high tech, just something I could throw in the back(or on top of) the truck. I'll be mainly using it on small lakes and maybe floating rivers and streams like French, Shenango, Tionesta, Sugar, etc. I was also considering one of those inflatables, I think they're called Fish Hunter or something, but since I'll be bumping rocks and such in rivers I don't think that will be a good idea. What do you guys think? Something that would fit 2 people and fishing gear, maybe 3 at the very max. I'm leaning more towards a small jon boat and may want to eventually put a trolling motor on it for lakes, but for the most part I'll be paddleing.

If you where alone I would recommend a kayak. A Jon boat is kinda heavy to put on a roof and move around by yourself. Might want to go with a canoe or even try to find a good deal on 2 kayaks.

I'd look at a 12-14 foot canoe or yak or a 10 foot jon boat
 
 
 

Wider the better. Try to get a wide as jon as possible. I've never floated Tionesta, but in French we use a 2 seat 14' Old Town canoe and we usually have to walk through some riffles.
 
 
 

Keep an eye out for close-out sales. Got my Old Town for a great price cause its orange/yellow and apparently they dont sell well..but it floats and catches fish

Maybe check with some of the canoe rental places to see if they are selling any of their rentals.
Last week when I drove past the canoe rental place in Ridgway,Pa they had 6 or 8 canoes in front of their shop with "for sale" signs on them. 
I've seen signs on the ones at Cook's Froest at times too.

I'd go with a wide base canoe such as a Sports Pal or something along that line. There are 3 different types of canoes to choose from. It depends on what you're going to use it for. One type is for sports & recreational white water type boating, another is for general use, just going down rivers etc, and the third type is what I just mentioned. It's an all around type boat ideal for hunting and fishing.

go with the canoe light,stable handles well in rivers.i have johns,yaks and canoe is the one used most. i also use my trolling motor on it.look in some of the chain stores for last years models they can give discounts.

Thanks for all the insight. If I do decide to get one it will probably be a canoe. Erie Mako, I'll definitely keep that in mind when I go to register it..