Engines & Parts Reviews

ICAST 2010 is coming up and we’re already hearing about new fishing rods, reels, lures, and lines from the likes of Berkley, Penn, Abu Garcia, Shakespeare, and others. Yesterday I got the latest news release from Pure Fishing, which gave a rundown on some of their cool new goodies we’ll see in Las Vegas next [...] …Read More

Looking ahead with Roch Lambert, leader of the operation now building Glastron, Four Winns and Wellcraft lines. …Read More

Spotted this weekend in the North Country: an old direct-drive Johnson Sea Horse outboard. 1940s vintage. It has no clutch. A guy pulled it out of an old shed to stick on a skiff for his kid. Hadn’t been used in 12 years and after a quick prime it started right up. …Read More

E Sea Rider beanbags were the first bean bag seats made specifically for boats, and you may have heard me say in the past that bean bags are the best boat seats of all. But, E Sea Riders cost notably more then a regular beanbag. Is it worth the extra cash? I thought the answers was [...] …Read More

Truplug foam cones add to the safety of your vessel. We all carry wooden plugs in case a thruhull fails.  That means I also carry a mallet and make sure all the plugs are appropriately sized for the hole I expect to create.  Sometimes, holes aren... …Read More

Today's props are highly specialized, so it's important to find the right one. …Read More

Q and A with Dave Laska, president of L&L Electronics and an FCC-licensed senior grade technician certified by the National Marine Electronics Association. …Read More

Hella Marine has a new LED spreader light called the Sea Hawk that’ll make your deck as bright as day, in the middle of the night. But spreaders are good for more then just night fishing – they come in handy when loading the boat in the pre-dawn hours, and when washing it down after the [...] …Read More

Want to see what's underwater - and off to one side? This new technology from Lowrance will amaze even technically savvy fish-searchers. …Read More

Free stuff like fishing tackle, sunscreen, boat soap, and lures would interest you, right? I hope so, because I’m on a quest to figure out what types of blog posts readers like the most. The only way I can think of to gather this information is to go right to you – the reader – and ask. Of [...] …Read More