Straight answersfrom the builder
Which boat fits your water, what Kevlar and carbon actually change, and how Canyon Bay compares. Honest about where our boats fit and where they don’t.
Where you fish
Fishing Florida's Big Bend: The Boats Built on It
Which boat fits Steinhatchee, Keaton Beach and the Big Bend: rocky flats, scallop season and long runs to grouper water, from the builder in Perry.
Best Boat for St. Augustine and Northeast Florida (Inlets Included)
Which bay boat handles the St. Augustine inlet, the Matanzas and Northeast Florida nearshore water, and when a bigger hull is the safer call.
Best Boat for Charlotte Harbor, Boca Grande and SW Florida
Which bay boat fits Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound and Boca Grande Pass tarpon season, with depths, gear rules and honest model picks.
Best Boat for Charleston and the Lowcountry
Charleston's 5 to 6 ft tides decide your boat more than draft does. Which Canyon Bay fits the creeks, the flood tide flats, the harbor and the Gulf Stream.
Best Bay Boat for Tampa Bay (and How Big It Needs to Be)
What size bay boat Tampa Bay really calls for, which Canyon Bay fits the flats and the chop, and when to step up for runs past Egmont Key.
Buying and building
Wood-Free Boat Construction: Why Rot Still Kills Boats
Why wood inside fiberglass boats still rots, why "composite" doesn't always mean wood free, and how to check a transom and stringers yourself.
Kevlar vs. Fiberglass vs. Carbon Fiber Boat Hulls
What Kevlar, fiberglass and carbon fiber each do in a boat hull, where each one falls short, and why the best hulls blend them.
Is a Bay Boat a Good Great Lakes Boat? Lake Michigan and Erie
Mostly no, and a bay boat builder is telling you. Where a bay boat fits on Lake Michigan and Lake Erie, where it doesn't, and what Great Lakes anglers run.
Hybrid Bay Boat vs. Center Console: Which Fits How You Fish
What a hybrid bay boat is, how it compares with a bay boat and an offshore center console on draft and deadrise, and how far offshore each can go.
Spec ityour way
Pick the hull, power, colors and electronics, then send the build to us when it’s right.