Posts Tagged ‘Going Overboard’

The Case For John Boats
Posted on July 14th 2010 - Pete McDonald
A welded-aluminum john boat may just be the perfect small-boat light tackle fishing platform. They are multi-faceted. The reasons in favor: 1. The are lightweight ...

Barefoot Bandit Caught After Bahamas Boat Chase
Posted on July 12th 2010 - Pete McDonald
According to this article from Vanity Fair, the two-year saga of the Barefoot Bandit, aka Colton Harris-Moore, ended after a boat chase with Bahamian authorities. The ...

Kids and Boats
Posted on July 9th 2010 - Pete McDonald
My daughter’s already got the disease. We spent the holiday at my family’s summer place, and after her first spin on the first day, the ...

OLD SCHOOL: Johnson Sea Horse
Posted on July 6th 2010 - Pete McDonald
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 ...

Vet Memorial Adorned With Nautical Stars
Posted on July 2nd 2010 - Pete McDonald
Edson Marine makes and sells these nautical stars for boats. Since we’re approaching a patriotic weekend, this seemed like a good time to post about ...

FLIP-FLOP Bad News Continues
Posted on June 29th 2010 - Pete McDonald
This report from CNN puts my footwear of choice in a bad light. But I am going to ignore all evidence to the contrary and ...

MORE iPHONE: Free Boat Ramp Locator App
Posted on June 28th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Takemefishing.org has put out a free Boat Ramps iPhone app. Notice the “free” is not capitalized. The app itself is free, rather than an app ...

MoGo iPhone App Lets You Report on BP Gulf Disaster
Posted on June 26th 2010 - Pete McDonald
You can file your own “citizen scientist” reports on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster and contribute  information about what’s really happening down there. ...

Get Yer Daily Sea Surface Temps
Posted on June 24th 2010 - Pete McDonald
A fishing buddy turned me on to this a while ago. Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences publishes daily surface temperature readouts for the ...

Great White Shark Caught in Montauk Tournament
Posted on June 23rd 2010 - Pete McDonald
An angler fishing the 24th Annual Star Island Yacht Club Shark Tournament landed a 300-pound great white. His catch is landing him in hot water. ...