Category: Fishing Boats
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Boat Test: 2026 Pursuit S 388 Sport
Boat Test: 2026 Pursuit S 388 Sport The S 388 Sport offers a responsive, comfortable ride in a variety of conditions. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Visit Pursuit Build Your Pursuit Find a Pursuit Dealer Overview Pursuit’s new S 388 represents the evolution of the Sport series center-console, supplanting the S 378 model and offering more storage…
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Boat Test: 2026 Grady-White Express 340
Boat Test: 2026 Grady-White Express 340 Visit Grady-White Build Your Grady-White Find a Grady-White Dealer The Express 340 tracks as if on rails, and it delivers a soft ride in head seas. Courtesy Grady-White Boats Overview The Express 330 spent more than two decades as Grady-White’s most popular model, so when the company announced a…
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The Caymas 291 HB: Redefining Hybrid Performance
The Caymas 291 HB: Redefining Hybrid Performance The Caymas 291 is a standout performer, redefining hybrid functionality for both the dedicated angler and recreational boater. Courtesy Caymas Visit Caymas Build Your Caymas Find a Caymas Dealer The Caymas 291 sets a new standard in hybrid boating, expertly melding the best of inshore and offshore capabilities.…
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Boat Test: 2026 Pathfinder 2300 HPS
Boat Test: 2026 Pathfinder 2300 HPS HPS stands for High Performance Step, a hull design that improves fuel economy and performance and “built-in” running angle. Courtesy Pathfinder Boats Visit Pathfinder Build Your Pathfinder Find a Pathfinder Dealer The helm of Pathfinder’s 2300 HPS is compact to maximize fishing space aboard, but there’s enough room for…
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Boat Test: 2026 Bay Rider 269 Bay
Boat Test: 2026 Bay Rider 269 Bay The 269 Bay combines seaworthiness and fishability with family features. Courtesy Bay Rider Boats Visit Bay Rider Build Your Bay Rider Find a Bay Rider Dealer Overview You’re shopping for a boat that gets the job done, offers a high degree of reliability, durability, fishability and comes with…
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Electric Center Console by Arc: The Arc Coast
Electric Center Console by Arc: The Arc Coast Electric propulsion allows a reimagined center console layout and Arc boats used that as a foundation of the design of its Arc Coast center console. This new boat also features a reimagining of the traditional center console helm. The Arc Coast design process began not with engineering…
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Boat Test: 2025 Wellcraft 38 T-Top
Boat Test: 2025 Wellcraft 38 T-Top The Wellcraft 38 T-Top matches European styling with fishing amenities and a confident ride. Courtesy Wellcraft Visit Wellcraft Build Your Wellcraft Find a Wellcraft Dealer Overview Full disclosure about Wellcraft’s boats: I like them. I’ve owned ’em, raced ’em, and regretted selling ’em. But I’ve never seen a…
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Pursuit Boats Introduces the New S 388 Sport
Pursuit Boats Introduces the New S 388 Sport The S 388 Sport is a luxury center console, from Pursuit Boats. Note that Pursuit also offers the Offshore (“OS”) series, which are tournament-style fishing center consoles. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Pursuit Boats has launched the all-new S 388 Sport. Unveiled to dealers and media this week in…
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New Cobia 305 CC Hits the Market
New Cobia 305 CC Hits the Market Cobia’s new 305 CC. Courtesy Cobia Boats The all-new Cobia 305 Center Console blends offshore angling capabilities with refined comfort and stylish lines. With a length overall of 30 feet 5 inches and a 10-foot-6-inch beam, Cobia’s 305 CC is rated for up to 800 hp. Built using…
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Boat Test: 2025 Vexus VXs21
Boat Test: 2025 Vexus VXs21 The performance-engineered pad-V hull provides intuitive reaction to throttle and steering inputs. Courtesy Vexus Boats—Advanced Marine Performance Visit Vexus Build Your Vexus Find a Vexus Dealer Overview Vexus Boats’ VXs21 is a full-size bass hunter aimed squarely at serious anglers. This boat is a pure fishing machine designed for running…
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Boat Test: 2025 Boston Whaler 365 Conquest
Boat Test: 2025 Boston Whaler 365 Conquest Fish and cruise in comfort aboard this luxurious crossover. Courtesy Boston Whaler Visit Boston Whaler Build Your Boston Whaler Find a Boston Whaler Dealer Overview Multipurpose boats sometimes have a weak link in their design where a token effort is given to one area to check a box.…
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2025 Everglades 375CC Walkthrough
2025 Everglades 375CC Walkthrough The 375 is set up for hard-core fishing with a large cockpit, twin live-wells and a fully insulated fish box. But also offers comforts as well with electrically actuated shade and twin retractable folding bench seats in the aft portion of the boat. Kevin Falvey walks us through all of this…
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Boat Test Redux: 2025 Scout 261 XSS
Boat Test Redux: 2025 Scout 261 XSS The Scout 261 XSS performed well during this boat test. Courtesy Scout Visit Scout Build Your Scout Find a Scout Dealer Editor’s Note: Here’s a treat for you. One of two boat tests of the same Scout Boats 261 XSS, each performed and written by a different Boating editor.…
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Boat Test: 2025 Robalo R300
Boat Test: 2025 Robalo R300 Visit Robalo Build Your Robalo Find a Robalo Dealer Overview Robalo’s R300 is the latest introduction into its center-console lineup, and it’s impressively equipped with standard features for beachcombing, touring and, in keeping with Robalo’s heritage, serious fishing. Robalo reinvented its popular 30 with a Michael Peters running surface and…
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Meet the 2025 Blackfin 262HB: Built for Bold Adventures
Meet the 2025 Blackfin 262HB: Built for Bold Adventures The new Blackfin 262HB redefines hybrid bay boating with a perfect blend of rugged offshore performance and agile inshore maneuverability. Measuring at length overall of 28’6” and powered by the latest Mercury V10 technology, the 262HB is built to handle it all—from battling big offshore game…
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Boat Test: 2025 Boston Whaler 210 Vantage
Boat Test: 2025 Boston Whaler 210 Vantage Visit Boston Whaler Build Your Boston Whaler Find a Boston Whaler Dealer Overview The 210 Vantage is the newest and smallest of Boston Whaler’s dual-console fleet. It shows its versatility immediately upon entrance to the cockpit, where its comfy, flip-up jump-seat backrests fold down flat to the deck…
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Best Boat Choices for First-Time Boat Buyers
Best Boat Choices for First-Time Boat Buyers The hardest part of becoming a boater is taking that first step. To be a real boater, you have to actually buy a boat, a prospect that can seem daunting. With so many choices and styles, it’s hard to figure out which one is best for you. Plus,…
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Boat Test: 2025 Scout 261 XSS
Boat Test: 2025 Scout 261 XSS The 261 XSS combines sleek looks with top-notch performance. Courtesy Scout Boats Visit Scout Build Your Scout Find a Scout Dealer Overview Scout’s 261 XSS is a 26-foot crossover offshore/bay boat that’s as well-suited for bay-hopping as it is for afternoon sandbar gathering, family watersports outings and, of course,…
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Boat Test: 2025 Pursuit S 328 Sport
Boat Test: 2025 Pursuit S 328 Sport The S 328 Sport is capable of handling a variety of conditions. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Visit Pursuit Build Your Pursuit Find a Pursuit Dealer Overview On our outing aboard the newly revamped Pursuit S 328 Sport, I realized why Pursuit is the perfect name for this builder. Fishermen…
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Boat Test: 2025 Mako 18 Pro Skiff Backwater Edition
Boat Test: 2025 Mako 18 Pro Skiff Backwater Edition Visit Mako Build Your Mako Find a Mako Dealer Overview The newly redesigned Mako 18 Pro Skiff Backwater Edition is a light-tackle angler’s dream. It’s a skinny-water boat that’s packed with standard features that will help you find and chase fish. The 18 Pro Skiff Backwater…
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Boat Test: 2025 Ranger RB210
Boat Test: 2025 Ranger RB210 Visit Ranger Build Your Ranger Find a Ranger Dealer Overview Ranger Boats has built top-shelf fiberglass bass boats for 60 years and tank-tough aluminum craft for more than 10. The new center-console RB210 bay boat is long and broad but boasts a shallow-draft hull rivaling flats boats while bringing more…
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Boat Test: 2025 Grady-White Freedom 345
Boat Test: 2025 Grady-White Freedom 345 Visit Grady-White Build Your Grady-White Find a Grady-White Dealer Overview It is Grady-White’s consistent adherence to its style points that tells all other boaters that they are looking at a Grady, even when the nameplate is not visible. So it is with the new Freedom 345 dual-console. Its high…
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Boat Test: 2025 Bluewater 25T
Boat Test: 2025 Bluewater 25T The 25T serves up a comfortable ride to your favorite fishing grounds. Courtesy Bluewater Sportfishing Boats Visit Bluewater Build Your Bluewater Find a Bluewater Dealer Overview Bluewater Sportfishing Boats’ newest, the 25T, proves itself a purpose-built fishing boat ready to tackle offshore conditions like few boats its size. An Armstrong…
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Boat Test: 2025 Pursuit OS 325
Boat Test: 2025 Pursuit OS 325 The OS 325 serves up a smooth, stable ride. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Visit Pursuit Build Your Pursuit Find a Pursuit Dealer Overview Full disclosure: Boats and adult beverages are two of my favorite things, and I’ve realized that there are many similarities (besides being addictive). Some boats are beer…
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Boat Test: 2025 Alumacraft Competitor 205X SC
Boat Test: 2025 Alumacraft Competitor 205X SC Visit Alumacraft Build Your Alumacraft Find an Alumacraft Dealer Room is always at a premium on angling boats. For 2025, the Alumacraft Competitor line of aluminum multispecies boats offers a clever idea that expands the aft casting deck without compromising cockpit space or making the boat longer. The…
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Boat Test: 2025 Sea Pro 255 FLX Sandbar Boat
Boat Test: 2025 Sea Pro 255 FLX Sandbar Boat The Sea Pro 225 FLX Sandbar Boat is designed and equipped to be a versatile boat, optimized for taking to the sandbar, cove or boat raft-up. Courtesy Sea Pro Boats Visit Sea Pro Find a Sea Pro Dealer Overview Given the widespread popularity of taking one’s…
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Boat Test: 2025 Robalo R257
Boat Test: 2025 Robalo R257 Visit Robalo Build Your Robalo Find a Robalo Dealer Overview Robalo Boats are tough and stylish, offering optimal deck space for crew as well as top-shelf production quality at a modest price. The R257 dual-console punches above its class in performance, fishability and comfort. The R257 proves a seriously fishable…
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Boat Test: 2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea
Boat Test: 2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea Visit Intrepid Powerboats Build Your Intrepid Find an Intrepid Dealer Overview If, like me, you dozed through Ancient Greek Mythology class, Panacea was the goddess of all cures and solutions. And that is the perfect name for the new Intrepid 41. This big center-console will satisfy every one of…
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2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea
2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea Visit Intrepid Powerboats Build Your Intrepid Find an Intrepid Dealer In case you skipped Greek Mythology 101, Panacea was the goddess of all solutions and cures. It is the perfect name for the new Intrepid 41, which is, indeed, ready to satisfy all your boating wishes and desires. Go fast? Our…
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2025 Pursuit OS 405
2025 Pursuit OS 405 The OS 405 offers soft running offshore. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Visit Pursuit Build Your Pursuit Find a Pursuit Dealer The new Pursuit OS 405 raises the bar on the long-popular OS 385 it supersedes in many ways. It starts with an all-new hull with 20 degrees of transom deadrise for soft…
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2025 NorthCoast 415HT
2025 NorthCoast 415HT The 415HT offers a stable, dry ride. Courtesy NorthCoast Boats Visit NorthCoast Build Your NorthCoast Find a NorthCoast Dealer With its spacious enclosed pilothouse, seakindly hull, impressive performance and extended range, NorthCoast’s 415HT is equally suited to trolling far offshore or cruising distant coastlines, with an impressive list of standard features that…
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2025 Scout 400 LXF
2025 Scout 400 LXF Visit Scout Build Your Scout Find a Scout Dealer Scout’s latest, the 400 LXF fills out the company’s line of center-console yachts with another luxury fishing vessel. The 400 LXF offers quick acceleration and confident handling. Courtesy Scout Boats State-of-the-art design and construction include carbon fiber and E-glass for the highest…
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2025 Cobia 265 CC Open
2025 Cobia 265 CC Open The 265 is just plain fun to drive. Courtesy Cobia Boats Visit Cobia Build Your Cobia Find a Cobia Dealer Overview Mathematicians and philosophers have long debated whether there can be more than 100 percent of anything. I remember this from the mists of math class, while I dreamt of…