Early History of Florida's Airboat Tourism

As I researched this article, as in most things in history, you get some different answers as to what came first, the chicken or the egg, or who was the first airboat tour operator.

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association 2023 Airboat Show

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association held their annual airboat show, April 15, 2023.

Airboaters for Autism Awareness Light It Up Blue 2023

This year was like no other for Light It Up Blue.

Have Your Paperwork in Order

May and June are prime airboat fishing.

Deer Hunting in the Glades

I enjoy hunting by airboat and buggy in the Everglades.

Backyard Build

Jon Stalzer Adding EFI to 4-Cyl Race Boat

MEET YOUR VENDOR

Interview by Kendall Copeland with the Aero Wake team Photos courtesy Hoonigan and Aero Wake Boats Aero Wake Boats, LLC. is located in north Dallas, Texas.

Broward County Airboat & Halftrack Conservation Association 33rd Annual Airboat & Buggy Show

It was a great weekend and another wonderful airboat and buggy show completed on March 22-23, 2023.

The Seasons of Alaskan Airboating

Larry has been airboating in Alaska since 2010, and I was introduced to the fun after we met in 2013.

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association 2023 Youth Hunting Program Off to Great Start

The Lake Okeechobee (Florida) Airboat Association hosted two Florida Youth Hunting Program hunts in January 2023. There is another scheduled for March.

Indian River County Airboat Association 9th Annual Speck Fishing Tournament

But that did not stop the anglers from coming out to our 2023 9th Annual Speck Fishing Tournament at Duck Camp and Farm 13 Reservoir in Fellsmere, Florida.

Propeller Sizing in 3 Easy Steps

Airboating Magazine recently caught up with Patti from Whirl Wind Propellers and asked a simple question we often see from our readers: ‘What prop should I choose that will make the most thrust for my airboat’?

Evolution of the Fiberglass Hulls

Pioneers of Airboating

The Beethoven of the Airboat Industry - Raul Garcia

It is 1984, and Stan Floyd (President of American Airboat Corporation in Orange, Texas) is making a name in the airboat industry, when a hearing-impaired gentleman approaches him for employment.

Scorpion Airboats

PASSION. This word describes owner and builder of Scorpion Airboats, Lee Hancock.

Sea Turtle Rescues Along the Texas Coast

While most of you were opening presents on Christmas Day, we had the fun of rescuing stunned sea turtles up and down the Texas Coast.

2022 Margarita Run

On September 10, 2022, approximately 20 airboats launched at the ARAA boat ramp in Porter, Oklahoma, to journey upriver to the Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Tulsa.

Twinrivers Labor Day Poker Run

The annual Twinrivers Labor Day poker run was held September 4, 2022, in northern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River.

AIRBOATING ROAD TRIP

Six families from Fremont, Nebraska, made a little road trip, airboats in tow, across the states to boat a new river in Kansas.

3rd Annual Veterans Duck Hunt

I hosted my third annual veteran’s duck hunt in Texas on October 28 - 30, 2022. I bring in eight veterans, feed them, lodge them, take them hunting and fishing … all free.

This Girl Is Hooked!

I grew up hunting with my dad, which became some of my fondest memories.

Broward County Airboat Halftrack Conservation Club Frog Gigging Tournament

September 17, 2022, the BCAHCC hosted a frog gigging tournament in the 2A section of the Florida Everglades.

Hunting Ducks on the Yellowstone River

I've been airboating, hunting and fishing up here on the Yellowstone River in Montana and on the Missouri River for many years.

BACKYARD BUILDS

How and Why I Built My Own Airboat

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#Florida Strong - Rescue & Recovery

The end of September saw people up and down Florida’s west coast closely tracking the progress and strengthening of Hurricane Ian and the spaghetti models’ projected landfall.

TECH TIP-RUDDER PLACEMENT

I see nothing written in stone, all we have is our time spent in airboat building and operating.

Duck Island Airboat Tours

Lake in Fayette and Bond Counties Carlyle Clinton is the largest manmade lake in Illinois. In 1957, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a comprehensive plan for the Kaskaskia River and the Carlyle and Shelbyville Reservoir projects which were subsequently approved by the U.S. Congress as part of the Flood Control Act of July 3, 1958.

Florida Youth Hunting Program With Florida Sportsmen's Conservation Association Hunt for Invasive Burmese Pythons

Burmese pythons are a large nonvenomous constrictor and are an invasive species in Florida.

Do As I Say, Not As I Do!

We sure hope everyone has survived the summer heat.