center console

March 7, 2025
They say that two of everything is double the pleasure, double the fun, and that certainly seems to be the case when it comes to the all-new Cobia 285 CC. This boat runs on not one but two outboards…
February 23, 2025
You want to be able to cast a rod one day and run a trot-line for crabs with ease the next. You like to cruise down the highway to distant hotspots and enjoy easy towing, launching, and loading. You…
February 7, 2025
If you’ve been reading the boat reviews in FishTalk for a few years you may have noticed a certain pattern when it comes to Sportsman boats: I’m a fan. IMHO the bang they deliver for your boat-buying…
February 5, 2025
As Bay fishermen we live for the adrenaline rush of topwater slams and bird blitzes, but the question is, will a center console boat or a pilothouse get us more epic fishing opportunities? I’ve been…
January 24, 2025
Whether you groove on tossing topwater lures at daybreak, flinging jigs at riprap and docks, or finessing a swimbait through the weedbeds, no platform can top a bay boat style fishing machine for…
January 11, 2025
We originally told you about the Caymas 26 HB when it was launched last year in Caymas 26 HB Center Console Bay Boat: Altered Reality, and at that time we said we’d report back after having the…
January 5, 2025
Art lovers can drone on all day about the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, or Cupid’s Kiss, but I see fine art when a jighead splashes down a quarter-inch from a piling. When a dog-walking Spook has that…
December 23, 2024
Many of us anglers have seen those Axopar boats zipping across the Bay, with their cushy cabins, ski-tow arches, and plumb-bow Euro-design. Okay, so they look unique and perform admirably, but where…
December 22, 2024
Huddled around the center console of the all-new Key West 263FS, we can see birds diving just past Parsons Island at one of our usual Eastern Bay hotspots. So we nail the throttles and unleash every…
December 22, 2024
What stopped me in my tracks, when I saw the Crevalle 24 Bay sitting in the convention center at the ICAST fishing tackle show? Mostly, the fact that I didn’t see it—while slurping down a dose of…
November 23, 2024
They say it takes some soul-searching to figure out who you truly are and I say it takes some bilge-searching to find out what a boat really is, but every once in a blue moon I step from the gunwale…
September 6, 2024
You drive a Bentley, wear a Rolex, drink Dom Perignon, and you love to fish — but only with the same level of luxury and style? Step aboard a Formula 457 Center Console and bask in its glory, because…
July 7, 2024
Some center console boats are built to skim through the waves and some are built to hop across them, but a rare few (these days) are built to squash waves underfoot like bugs. Let me share my Pair…
June 26, 2024
Are you sick and tired of hearing the boating industry catch-phrase “smooth dry ride”? I know I am—if I read one more press release with the words “smooth dry ride” in it I might throw up. What’s…
June 11, 2024
Boat owners consistently report that docking is the most stressful part of their day, and outboard manufacturers managed to thoroughly de-stress that experience with the addition of joystick controls…
June 3, 2024
It was decades ago, but I can still remember when my knee-high kids were ping-ponging around in the cockpit of my 19’ center console wearing Scooby-Doo life jackets. Sure we tried to catch fish back…
May 7, 2024
The Grady-White Coastal Explorers have always been a great option for people who like a good dose of open water attitude in a hybrid-style bay boat. But since they stopped building the 191 CE years…
April 3, 2024
“Buying a fishing boat is a wise investment,” said no sane financial advisor, ever. But we LOVE to fish, we LOVE our fishboats, and from the mental health perspective buying a fishing boat is the…