I find this very intresting and would like to hear more from you guys. Mainly now that I have a 5 acre pond I am thinking about some form of boat. I have never fished from a boat so never really thought about this.
Fishing from a boat is a blast. We use two. We have a two person kayak that is a lot fun. It is easy to paddle and very stable. We also have an alum. boat that we paddle. We have an electric trolling motor but it almost never gets used (came free when we bought the boat). I just prefer to paddle.
I find that fishing from a boat allows you to access areas that you might not otherwise be able to (at least on our pond) and also allows you to fish shallows and structure from a variety of angles.