I leave my sit in the pond. Mine is a 10 foot pelican with fold down swivel seats and prewired for trolling motor. I use a 55lb thrust trolling motor that the kids just love. Weighs about 150 but it is really east to drag if need be. I leave my covered with a tarp and use spring clips to keep the sun of the plastic and the rain out. A freind of mine had one for about 5 years (bass hunter) and left it in the sun all the time and the plastic got brittle. I do not have a theft problem hear so I do not worry about leaving it on the pond.
