pontoon boat vs raft

I have packed a pontoon boat on my back up to a high mountain lake, thrown them in the back of a truck, strapped them to vehicles and never had problems with them being portable. It all depends on your motivation I guess.....

I would advise against a raft like suggests. I have used one before and thought a pontoon was much, much better. You sit higher in a pontoon and can cast more easily, you don't drag as much, you have more storage, you can maneuver the craft more easily, have more storage if you get one that has a rear deck, can mount an anchor that is more functional and so on. There are far more advantages to a pontoon boat than a raft. While a raft may not blow as much as a pontoon boat, they sure aren't as easy to control in the wind. For a personal watercraft, a pontoon boat wins.

If you want to try one of those rafts, go buy a cheap one person raft, cut a section out of the floor and give it a shot. You can make a seat out of some sheets of thick polystyrene to raise you up. Then borrow or rent a pontoon boat and compare the two. I am sure you will chuck the raft and go with a pontoon after trying both.