I don't remember precisely when I bought my johnboat. Before the kids were born, certainly. Before my first dog. But after I married Julie, which was in 1991, and this I know because instead of ...

As far back as I can remember it seems as if I was part of a wooden johnboat. I recall sitting in one of my grandfather’s johnboats on the creek behind his house when I was very young, sensing that I ...

Robert Youens left Pensacola, Florida, in a sixteen-foot aluminum johnboat at 7:31 a.m. on July 12, with the goal of navigating America’s Great Loop as fast as he could. Roughly 4,800 miles, 64 locks, ...

A man stood in the doorway of his home, up to his chin in rising water. But he wouldn’t get in the boat. Not until his cats were rescued. Another, a World War II veteran who has told tales of escaping ...

The tale of the johnboat valued at $7,550 is no longer quite so taxing. Bibb County commissioners agreed Tuesday to refund about $99.20 paid by Steve Thompson on a johnboat he said he’d bought for ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- The operator of a johnboat that struck a channel marker in Gasparilla Sound, killing his friend, had marijuana and tranquilizers in his system. However, the drugs detected in Len A ...

BOAT LIFE: Clark Glenn, left, and his son, Taber, traversed multiple waterways by canoe and johnboat, as they made their way from Asheville to Mobile, Ala. Photo by Clark Glenn East Asheville resident ...

LONGVILLE, MINN. - In the end, fishing is about seasons, and each season is segmented, one part from another. June, July and August are summer months. But to a fisherman, no two are the same. Days are ...

Farm ponds are great confidence builders. Usually they're full of fish that are not nearly as educated as those in heavily fished public waters. A pond on my father-in-law's farm in South Georgia is ...

From the back of the skiff, on a homemade poling platform bolted to the johnboat hull, Walter “Joe Guide” Dinkins is taking no chances. “Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These ...