May 23, 2017

Boating and Fishing Gear: On-Water Testing

Don’t you wish you could test out new boating and fishing gear before you laid out your hard-earned cash for it? Of course you do – how many times have you bought something that looked great […]

May 16, 2017

Strange Brew: Tile Fish, Blue Catfish, and Triggerfish

Yes yes, I know I usually cover boats as opposed to fishing, but if you own a boat and you aren’t into fishing, I honestly can’t imagine why you’re here on Fishgame.com. Besides, recently I’ve been immersed […]

May 9, 2017

The Outboard Propeller that Helps You Catch More Fish

Well, okay – no propeller is really going to help you catch more fish. However, there is one prop that can most certainly spook fewer fish, thereby increasing your catch. We’re talking about Yamaha’s SDS propeller […]

May 2, 2017

Misters: Adding Cheap & Easy “Air Conditioning” to a T-top

If you’re sick and tired of baking in the blazing sun, you may want to consider adding misters to your boat’s T-top, arch, or Bimini. Misters provide a cloud of tiny water particles which really do […]

April 25, 2017

Boat Ramp Follies: 3 Things you Shouldn’t Do at the Boat Ramp

The boat launch ramp can be a place of great entertainment – and great frustration. How well a boater launches and retrieves has an impact on everyone else, mostly in how long they have to wait […]

April 18, 2017

Can Fish Hear Your Outboard? But, Does it Matter?

The simple answer to both of these questions is yes. But, there’s so much more to this story… The other day I got into a somewhat heated argument with an angler who swore an idling four-stroke […]

April 11, 2017

New Bay Boat: Blackjack 256 Hitting the Water

I was walking to docks at the recent Palm Beach boat show, when I came across a Blackjack 224. This is a beefy bay boat, the brainchild of Bill Kenner, who created Blackjack years after selling […]

April 4, 2017

Battery-less EFI: Awesome New Small Outboard Feature

It used to be that all small outboards depended on a carburetor. EFI requires electricity, and since many 15, 20, or 25 horse outboards don’t necessarily have a battery nor an alternator, it was out of […]

March 28, 2017

Tow Insurance: A Worthy Investment, or Waste of Money?

I was at a boat show recently helping a friend pick out a new boat, when we walked by the BoatU.S. display. I asked him if he’d thought about joining BoatU.S. and getting towing insurance, and […]

March 21, 2017

3 Things Outboard Owners Forget to Do (With Disastrous Results)

If you own a modern outboard engine, be it a four-stroke or a two-stroke (read Outboard Smack-Down: Two-Stroke vs. Four, if you’re still trying to decide which you like most), chances are you utterly love it. […]

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