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Caison Yachts’ Last Request

July 22, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

The Last Request on the water.

Photo: Will Douglass

By Nichole Osinski

Sitting in his truck, the A/C at full blast, Donnie Caison stares out across the boat yard in North Carolina where Caison Yachts’ first build rests, getting some routine work done. “I was kind of a late bloomer, I fished in lakes. I was in my 20s before I started saltwater fishing,” Donnie recalls when asked how he got into offshore fishing.

“I went to work for a guy as a general superintendent in the late 80s at a site development company, and he took me fishing. We went to the local ledge called the 23-mile rock and caught sailfish, king mackerel and other species. I came home and immediately bought a 20-foot center console.” On his maiden voyage fishing for Spanish mackerel, he blew the powerhead on the motor, forcing Caison to find a replacement outboard. He ended up buying a 150 Mercury. “Of course, it was a 25-inch shaft instead of a 20-inch shaft, so I had to raise the top of the transom. So that was my first fiberglass work,” Caison says.

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories, First Builds, General News, News Tagged With: boat building, caison yachts, Douglas Caison, first build, north carolina

Builder Spotlight: Caison Yachts

June 9, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

The Snafu will be fishing for huge blue marlin off the coast of Kona this winter.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, Splash Reports Tagged With: builder spotlight, caison boats, caison yachts, Splash report

Splash Report: Caison Yachts 60′ Cold Motion, Hull #15

May 26, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

Cold Motion boat running on theocean

Photo courtesy Caison Yachts

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories, General News, News, Splash Reports Tagged With: 60, caison yachts, CAT, cold motion, hull #15, Splash report

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