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2 weeks ago | 
bdoutdoors.com | Lenny Rudow
The transducer feeding intel to your fishfinder is an unsung hero of the angling world. That plain-looking puck amounts to the eyes and ears of your electronics system, peering out through the depths below and listening closely for fish-finding clues. It looks like, well, a plain old piece of plastic. But sheathed inside that outer shell is a techy tool called a piezoceramic element, or often multiple elements, arranged into an array.
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2 weeks ago | 
proptalk.com | Lenny Rudow
Every year marine electronics manufacturers introduce their cool new goodies at the Miami International Boat Show in February, so we jumped on an airplane and endured two days in the torturous South Florida heat (while there were eight inches of snow blanketing Chesapeake Country… snicker, snicker), to bring you the latest news for 2025. Simrad announced a new NSS 4 MFD designed to boost navigational performance and control.
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2 weeks ago | 
boats.com | Lenny Rudow |SaltWater Sportsman |many others. Lenny
Whether you’re shopping at a boat show or perusing the listings for new boats for sale on boats.com, you almost certainly have a budget in mind. For many people this budget’s ceiling will top out at around $50,000, which is about as much as you’d spend on the average new car. With that price point in mind, can you find a high-quality new boat? Absolutely.
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2 weeks ago | 
fishgame.com | Lenny Rudow
When loading up the coolers and tackle for a run offshore few people have squid on their mind. This isn’t a shocker, since the allure of fish like tuna or mahi-mahi is usually what drives us to burn up countless hours and gallons of fuel to get out there.
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2 weeks ago | 
sportfishingmag.com | Lenny Rudow
Bucktail jigs might seem old-fashioned, but they’ve come a long way and are still productive at times when other artificials fail to entice strikes. Capt. Tim Simos / BluewaterImages.net The latest fishing report said so, right there in print: The hot lure du jour was a white bucktail. This seemed rather hard to believe. Haven’t bucktails been obsolete for decades?
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3 weeks ago | 
boattrader.com | Lenny Rudow
If you want an open boat that’s excellent for fishing but also family friendly and if boating safety is your top priority, it would be very, very hard to argue with a choice like the all-new Boston Whaler 330 Vantage. This dual console boat has the goods to chase after everything from mackerel to marlin, it has the comfort features your most demanding family members want, and like all Boston Whalers it’s completely unsinkable.
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1 month ago | 
rightboat.com | Lenny Rudow
When Sea Ray introduced the first 240 Sundancer in 1975, little did anyone know it would revolutionize the world of weekenders. Sleeker than most boats of its day yet with more cabin space than one would expect on a 24-foot boat, the 240 Sundancer (originally called the SRV 240 Sundancer) utterly exploded with popularity. It went through many redesigns and changes through its production run before Sea Ray ceased building it in 2004.
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1 month ago | 
rightboat.com | Lenny Rudow
There’s a tremendous range of different types of fishing boats on the water, and finding the best fishing boats for lakes will be very different from making top choices for rivers, bays, and oceans. Even among dedicated freshwater fishing boats there’s plenty of variation between the best lake boats, the best fishing machines for rivers, the best for ponds, and so on. So, which will be the best for you, personally?
The answer to that question depends on a number of variables.
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1 month ago | 
boattrader.com | Lenny Rudow
Visiting a boat show is a great way to find your ideal new boat, and one of the biggest spring boat shows in the Mid-Atlantic region has historically been the Bay Bridge Boat Show. For 2025, however, this is a completely new event. Now called the Bay Bridge Boat Show at Safe Harbor Narrows Point, the only similarity between the old show and the new one is the fact that you’ll see dock after dock lined with brand new boats.
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1 month ago | 
bdoutdoors.com | Lenny Rudow
Take a deep dive into the world of cold molded boats versus molded fiberglass sportfishing machines. In the world of modern boatbuilding wood is often derided, yet some of the best sportfishing boats are still made today as they were decades ago: with wood frames and Okume ply hull plating. Are these boats really better than fiberglass, and if so, why? Aren’t you better off with a wood-free boat? Yes. No. Maybe.
