Flats Nation — Flats Fishing & Coastal Lifestyle Magazine

Flats Nation is pleased to welcome Amera Trail Trailers as an official collaborator and part of the growing Flats Nation family and ecosystem. For those who spend real time around skiffs, bay boats, tow vehicles, backroad ramps, and long hauls to the water, Amera Trail is a name that already carries weight — literally and figuratively!

Not everyone can draw a clean boat wiring diagram on demand. Some folks can sketch out a full marine electrical system on the back of a napkin. Others, myself included, may end up with something that looks more like a treasure map drawn during a small-craft advisory.

Some skiffs are built to impress at the dock. The Hell’s Bay Waterman feels more like the skiff built for the angler who already left the dock before sunrise.

Flats Nation is here to assist you in setting up your main watch screen with excellent data points,

We’ve made a fresh round of updates to Flats Nation to keep the website cleaner, faster, and easier to enjoy—especially for readers visiting on mobile devices.

Specifically designed for Hell's Bay Our friends at Ruckus Marine have launched an impressive lineup of new products that you're going to love! These products are not only intriguing but also address storage and convenience issues like never before. And make sure you read all the way to the end so you can land our discount code for them!

Pre-Lube pumps circulate lube oil throughout the engine before it is started.

In this Flats Nation Sound Bites Volume 14, Steve Pelini, VP of Sales for BMS, is back to educate us on the True Tracker Plate.

Are you looking to help keep your tackle, camera, and other gear bags drier and off the deck inside your hatches?

As discussed in our first article on this innovative product...

A nice guide on what and better yet, what (not) to use, for those awesome vinyl-coated covered seats.

If you have rod holders or any other metal tube working on your boat, you may already have the near-perfect place for cup holders

Hell’s Bay Boatworks emphasizes that Amera Trail trailers are engineered to “mirror the exact lines of our hulls,”

Keeping some things clean in life is just a royal pain!

So what exactly is Carbon Innegra, and what makes it a better option for building Skiffs and Bay Boats than say Kevlar?

Named after the serene southern isles of Biscayne Bay, the Islandia 18 channels timeless skiff design with modern execution.

Wherever you plan on boating, an excellent marine GPS is crucial to getting around unfamiliar waters without running aground!

They're super easy to take off when you're using a bigger camera sling or tripod and don't want them swinging around and messing up your shots

Octane rating measures a fuel's anti-knock properties, indicating its resistance to engine knocking.

We are proud to welcome Fujifilm to Flats Nation!