Blog Posts
Why Silence Is the Soul of the Water
The Oldest Rule on the Water Long before motors, before sails, before the wheel, the fundamental rule of moving across water was this: be quiet. Every fishing culture on Earth...
The GPS Anchor: How a Fishing Innovation Changed Boating
The Problem with Wind Picture a bass angler on Lake Fork, Texas. It's a blustery April morning, pre-spawn. She's found a bedding fish along a rocky point — a fish...
End of the Gas-Powered Lake?
A Ban That Started a Century Ago In 1909, the Kingdom of Bavaria made a decision that would have seemed eccentric at the time and prophetic today: it banned gasoline-powered...
A Nation of Lakes: Canada's Paddle-to-Electric Journey
A Country Drowning in Water Here's a fact that stops most people cold: Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Of the planet's estimated 117 million...
Silent Waters: How Europe's Canals Are Going Electric
Morning on an Amsterdam Canal It's 6:30 a.m. on a Tuesday in Amsterdam. The canal is glass. A heron stands motionless on a houseboat's mooring post. A delivery boat —...
Why America Fell in Love with the Trolling Motor
A Motor Born in a Garage The story begins in Fargo, North Dakota, 1934. A man named O.G. Schmidt wasn't thinking about revolutionizing American fishing. He just wanted to...
From Canoe to Electric: 5,000 Years of Boat Propulsion
A Boat Before There Were Motors Picture the Euphrates River, roughly 5,000 years ago. A Mesopotamian fisherman lowers a bundle of reeds — bound tight with palm fiber — onto...
How Much Power Can an XT60 Connector Really Handle?
If you like electronics, solar energy, or battery-powered devices, you've probably heard of an XT60 connector. It is very significant, even though it is little and yellow. But a lot...