I have spent the last two summers on a 22 foot pontoon, fishing at dusk, hosting family cookouts after sunset, and more than once trying to dock in the dark with a factory bow light that could barely cut through the haze. When I started pulling apart what works and what does not for a […]

When I bought my first pontoon, I thought the outboard would handle everything. Six months later, after one too many blown-off fishing spots and a sketchy dock landing in 15 mph wind, I started shopping for the best pontoon boat trolling motors. That decision changed how I use the boat. Pontoons catch far more wind […]

I still remember the first time I tried climbing back onto my pontoon after a swim using nothing but a rope. My knees scraped the toon, my wife laughed, and I promised myself I would never run a pontoon without a real boarding ladder again. That was the start of a long obsession with finding […]

I have spent the last three summers rebuilding and re-listening to pontoon audio systems on friends' boats, and I have lost count of how many blown factory speakers I have pulled out of pontoon furniture. The honest truth is that car speakers die on a pontoon deck in a season or two, and the wrong […]

I have spent the last two summers chasing the perfect on-water setup, and a good pontoon boat table quietly became the upgrade that changed everything for our family. After one too many drinks sliding off a flimsy surface at the sandbar, I started swapping tabletop after tabletop on our pontoon, taking notes on wobble, cup […]

After spending the last three summers fishing out of a 22-foot pontoon with my brother-in-law's fleet of replacement seats, I can tell you one thing with certainty: the factory furniture that came with the boat was not built for a full day of casting. We pulled the trigger on ten different pontoon boat fishing chairs […]

After spending countless weekends on the water and watching my original pontoon seats crack, fade, and finally give out after just three seasons, I learned the hard way that not all marine seating is created equal. That sagging vinyl and compressed foam wasn't just uncomfortable—it turned full-day fishing trips into endurance tests and made my […]

After six weeks of comparing covers on our test pontoon, hauling gear between lakes, and reading hundreds of owner reviews, I can tell you the best pontoon boat covers of aren't always the most expensive ones. Our team fit 12 covers on a 22-foot pontoon through three rainstorms, two sun-baked weekends, and one trailer trip. […]