Whether your on a pontoon boat, fishing boat, or speedboat boating is always one of the best times you can have. As summer approaches there will be more boaters taking to the water.Among them will be first-timers boaters or those who have recently purchased their boats.Buying a boat can be an exciti …

Sure, average-size bass are fun to catch. But we know what you really want: your picture on the marina wall, showing off a fish that makes every angler around burn with envy.There’s no better time to land hefty, highly aggressive females than right now, as they chow down in staging areas and then hi …

Your engine won’t start with one turn of the key anymore. It idles rough, and it surges on its way to full throttle. The boating season has just begun, and you’re already having problems. It could be that your engine’s fuel injectors are dirty, clogged with stale fuel that has dried and turned to va …

If you’re a boater who was born before 1980, your first outboard engine memories probably resemble this: An adult male relative (your father, most likely) is bent over the the family skiff’s smoke-belching, cantankerous two-stroke engine with a can of starting fluid in one hand and a hammer in the o …

Checking the oil level in a four-stroke outboard is about as basic as maintenance gets, and should be part of the “pre-flight” routine of every outboard owner. But I’m guessing many outboard owners go an entire season without lifting the cowl, because our boats–like our road vehicles–are so reliable …