Mercury Verado Fourstroke Outboards

Mercury Verado
Mercury Verado

Updated February 2016 Mercury Verado Four Stroke outboard motors have been becoming the mainstay. As we all know the bunny huggers of the world are taking control so the old ways of the presumably dirty engines are gone. The EPA wants the environmental assets, the public wants the seemingly good fuel economy, quiet operation and the presumed longevity of the four stroke engine platform. The days of two strokes are getting behind us now…

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Yellowfin 24 Carbon Elite Bay Boat

My Yellowfin Carbon Elite CE bay boat Is Perfect September 23 2020- This is a re-post of an article I wrote about my / Yellowfins first 2015 Yellowfin 24 Carbon Elite CE bay boat powered by the new (then) Mercury Racing 400r. There have been some modifications and updates to the original article. My Yellowfin Carbon Elite CE bay boat Is Perfect Since 2005 I have owned bay boats and discovered one absolute. There…

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Stiffy Push Poles

Stiffy Push Pole
Stiffy Push Pole on my Flats Fishing Skiff

October 9 2020 - This review about Stiffy Push Poles has been updated throughout my career as a Key West flats fishing guide. I still use this push pole for my flats fishing charters. Works perfect on my Beavertail 17 ft Flats fishing boat. It's hard to write anything about a product with the name "Stiffy" without the reader's mind going off on a tangent about some obscene gesture of the male human anatomy.…

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Yellowfin 32 Center Console

Yellowfin 32 Center Console
My Yellowfin 32 Center console Intense

March 15th 2009 - The Yellowfin 32 Center Console is a Step Up for me. I was at a point in my career that I needed something more. A new challenge that brought me back into full circle in the fishing world. I had a ton of offshore experience both diving and fishing as well as a collection of GPS numbers that is very impressive from reef fishing Key West and out past the…

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