Bonita Springs, FL Bonita Springs, Florida is a small-ish town located between Naples and Fort Myers on the Gulf Coast.  Like most towns on the water in Florida, development has pushed forward at a feverish pace for the last several decades. Where there used to be a 15-20 minute drive […]

Fishing Report Last month (Mid-October), we teamed up with Capt Pierre Agena from Rising Sun Fishing Charters to take the Atlas Boatworks 23F bay boat out for a day of fishing near Wrightsville Beach, NC. The goal was to target some seatrout, redfish, and if available, false albacore.  We were […]

Laishley Park Marina The Laishley Park Marina is a public marina operated by the City of Punta Gorda. It is a great jumping-off point for adventures on the Peace River, Charlotte Harbor, and Boca Grande (Long run).  Punta Gorda, Florida sits on the east side of Charlotte Harbor in Southwest […]

Estero Bay Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve stretches between Ft. Myers and Naples in Southwest Florida. This shallow bay lies bordered by the mainland on the east and a series of barrier islands on the west. Designated an aquatic preserve in 1966, it holds the distinction of being one of Florida’s […]

Southport, NC Southport, NC sits on the inland side of the confluence of the Cape Fear River from the north and the Intracoastal Waterway from the west. Bald Head Island, a car-free vacation destination, and Cape Fear jut out into the Atlantic, providing Southport some protection from ocean swells. Southport […]

WO Thomas Boat Landing One of the nicest Charleston area boat ramps – and possibly anywhere- is the WO Thomas Boat Landing. It’s also sometimes known as “The Leeds Avenue ramp” after the major road that heads past the ramp. The ramp is in North Charleston on the banks of the Ashley […]

Trolling Motors When we were building out our 2024 Atlas Boatworks 23F demo boat we knew it would have a trolling motor. Ultimately, after a lot of research and referrals, we landed on the Minn Kota Riptide Terrova. This trolling motor is one of the more popular ones out there.  […]

Masonboro Island Summer is winding down, and the start of school is just around the corner, so we decided to take a family trip to the beach. We had never taken a boat to the beach in NC before, so we searched for an easy place to leave the boat […]

Bay Pines Boat Ramp The Bay Pines Boat Ramp is officially a part of War Veterans Memorial Park, but is known locally as Bay Pines (Google Maps also knows it as this).  The ramp is on the west side of the St Peterburg peninsula and gives access to John’s Pass […]

Dram Tree Park Dram Tree Park is located on the west side of Wilmington, NC on the banks of the Cape Fear River. This ramp gives access to the northern stretches of the river and the waterfront portion of downtown Wilmington. The battleship North Carolina is about half a mile […]