January 20, 2025
It’s zero-dark-early in the morning as you cruise across the asphalt at 65 mph, trailering your fishing boat as you head for the boat ramp. Wait a sec, what’s that strange vibration in the steering…
January 9, 2025
If you haven’t already heard of the Sea-Doo Switch, it’s a jet-propelled tri-hull pontoon boat that drives like a PWC. That’s right, the design at the helm features Sea-Doo’s handlebar-style controls…
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…
December 22, 2024
Whether you do your fishing from a small Robalo R180 center console or a big, beefy Grady-White Canyon 386, it’s likely that as winter draws near you’re thinking about winterizing your boat. The best…
December 22, 2024
Most people don't think of getting a pontoon boat for a fishing boat, at least not prior to running across one like the Angler Qwest, which is bedecked with dozens of rodholders, livewells, and the…
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…
November 9, 2024
Trophy striped bass have been on a rampage and you want in on that action, but it just happens to be snowing at the moment? You’ll have to be prepared for a very tough day if you step aboard a center…
November 3, 2024
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and some boats that look great from afar turn out to be utterly incapable once you shove off the dock. But on rare occasions when you get your first…
October 7, 2024
What’s the biggest problem with most dual console fishing boats? They try to do so many things at once — please the angler, please the family, please the cocktail-cruiser — that they feel cramped and…
September 29, 2024
As the Annapolis Powerboat Show draws near, the Covid-induced boat-buying boom is finally over. Ever since the scourge burst onto the scene people began snapping up boats left and right, as three…
September 25, 2024
Center consoles are great in good weather, but their biggest downside is undeniable: during the colder months of the season you’ll need to layer up in a big way. You’ll still freeze your keister off…
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…
August 31, 2024
You know it’s a blustery day when the drone can’t keep up with the boat as you’re running upwind, even at just-planing speed. The roiled water and white-caps are another indication. And the big, bold…
August 6, 2024
We love fishing from center consoles, but as the market shifted in that direction many manufacturers ceased building walkarounds and cuddy cabin boats altogether. These days they’re few and far…
August 4, 2024
One recent evening we pulled up to the Thomas Point lighthouse rocks, Spot-locked in place with the Minn Kota on the bow, and caught one fish after the next for half an hour. Then an older center…