Alpa,
Don't be hatin'.
Fred,
A kayak is much faster on the water but a pontoon is super stable and you can bring everything (including the kitchen sink) with you. The standing platform is not what I had hoped but the anchor system is MONEY. If you can, try both out and see what works for where you're fishing. The prof checked mine out and said he's got to get one. I was wading in the river one day and a guy passed me in one. I looked at my buddy and said "That's how you do it!". Started researching and got one. I figured they were 2k plus but you can get a good boat for as little as 600.