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Boating on Lake O’ the Pines: An East Texas Guide

By Jordon Nichols / October 5, 2026

Lake O’ the Pines sits about 25 miles northeast of Longview in the Pineywoods of East Texas, where Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma all come…

Lake Eufaula Boating and Fishing Guide

By Jordon Nichols / October 5, 2026

Lake Eufaula is the largest lake located entirely within Oklahoma, and the scale is hard to appreciate until you’re on it. Over 102,000 surface acres…

Boating on Keystone Lake: A Guide for Tulsa-Area Buyers

By Jordon Nichols / October 5, 2026

Keystone is the lake most Tulsa boaters end up on, simply because it’s the closest big water to the city — roughly twenty minutes west.…

Boating on Skiatook Lake: What to Know Before You Buy

By Jordon Nichols / October 5, 2026

Skiatook Lake is one of the better-kept secrets in Green Country. It sits about ten miles west of the town of Skiatook in Osage County,…

Indoor vs. Outdoor Boat Storage in Oklahoma: Which Is Worth It?

By Jordon Nichols / September 24, 2026

Once the boat is winterized, you have one more decision: where does it spend the next five months? In a lot of the country this…

Boat Winterization Checklist: What You Can Do Yourself and What You Shouldn’t

By Jordon Nichols / September 24, 2026

Plenty of dealerships will tell you winterization is too complicated to attempt on your own. That’s not quite true. Some of it is genuinely straightforward…

When Should You Winterize Your Boat in Oklahoma and Texas?

By Jordon Nichols / September 24, 2026

Every year we get the same call in mid-December. Somebody skipped winterization, a hard freeze came through, and now there’s water where it shouldn’t be.…

2026 Boat Clearance in Tulsa: 5 Models Left at Nichols Marine

By Jordon Nichols / September 4, 2026

Every fall the same thing happens. The 2027s start arriving, and a handful of brand-new 2026 models are still sitting on the lot — untouched,…

Bennington S Line: The Most Customizable Pontoon in the Lineup

By Jordon Nichols / August 28, 2026

If the S-One is Bennington’s answer to “give me the popular stuff, packaged simply,” the S Line is the answer to “let me build it…

The Bennington S-One Is Coming to All 7 Nichols Marine Locations

By Jordon Nichols / August 28, 2026

We’ve been waiting on this one. The Bennington S-One collection is arriving at every Nichols Marine location across Oklahoma and Texas — several units at…