After spending weeks in the ditch, Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway, at anchor and at some…read moreinteresting docks it was great pulling into the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor. The facilities appear to all be new. They have electricity, and water for boats. They have boats that stay there and accept transient vessels. They have bathrooms, with showers on site. They sell fuel, diesel and gas, and ice. They just finished their breakwater wall. You pull into the bay off The Gulf, through the railroad swing bridge, then head to port. You'll want to call ahead to get a slip assignment. The docks are also well lit, but not overly bright at night. The town is just up the walkway over the sea wall, and is super cute. We spent a great Easter weekend here and would definitely be back if in the area. The boats were still a bit wobbly, possibly from the wind, so if you can get a full slip where you can tie up on both sides that'd probably be more comfortable.

Pelican Point Marina is awesome! The staff are second to none. They all seem very happy to work…read morehere and are eager to help you out. You can book to store your boat and trailer here in a monthly or an annual contract. The longer the contract the more affordable each month. Once you sign up, you then download the SpeedyDock app and schedule your first boat launch. You have a choice of in the water, work rack, or trailer. If you choose water, then order drinks, ice, bait, fuel and your boat will be ready when you arrive. Upon return, they will wash the exterior and flush motor and store it. Parking is easy, the bathroom and showers are always clean. Its that easy! Support local businesses.

I am a person who returned to Louisiana after a long time in the west and I learned that their is…read moreno fishing in the desert. I found the best time of my life when my nephew treated me to a trip to a place called Hopedale Marina. Could not sleep after the trip, pondering on how great the people were and the fishing was unbelievable. Caught more fish in four hours than caught in 45 years on the pacific out west. What a great place to be. Just wish there were camping spot to enjoy. Rv,camper, tent etc .would be nice.

The Hopedale Marina is a fantastic spot for Louisiana fishing and Louisiana wildlife. There are…read moreplenty of alligators, pelicans, seagulls, dock cats, catfish, sheepshead fish, redfish, blue crab, shrimp and stingray. This is a great spot for exploring the Louisiana wetlands and seeing the the beauty of the bayou along with great fishing. My video review is here: https://youtu.be/AsBu24TH7Bs

Fantastic place to grab lunch. Local owners and nice to sit outside and enjoy the beautiful…read moreweather. The food was wonderful and it was a great day to eat lunch while sitting and looking out at the water. We had the chicken and a burger and both were perfect. We will be back!

What a great place with lots of potential. On the water outside seating. Food truck type set up…read moredelicious menu with fresh made to order burger. Owner and wife (chef) are the nicest. A must while in Biloxi. Support the small business owners who are customer forward.

I brought my boat in for the 1999 Johnson 200 HP Ocean Pro outboard motor to be repainted. The…read moreorginal color of the motor is Johnson gray. I got a quote for 1500.00 for the job. When I went to pick the boat up, the outboard motor was paint white. No one told me they were going to change the color, nor did I request it to be painted white. Now I didn't say anything to them about this because when I was shopping for this boat, 1999 Seaswirl Striper 21 ft walk-around, the motors were white, which I really liked better than the gray, but at the time I was ready to purchase, the motors were changed to gray color. That was why I didn't say anything to them about it; but I felt this was not handled properly for changing the color unauthorized by me. The paint job finish was really good, however, with the exception of some shoddy cleanup work after they painted it: namely some masking tape left stuck to the interior of the boat where they masked it off for overspray, and tape left on a lower unit bolt, and worse, tape left on one of the lower unit intake ports. You can understand what would have happened if I didn't catch the latter- engine overheating! It took me a good while to remove the stuck on tape from the boat's interior area. I also wasn't too pleased with the tape job on the motor cover's black gasket, which I had to clean the white paint off of. As far as the motor decals, I chose to buy and put them on myself. Another frightening thing that would have been a serious catastrophy is that they removed the screw-in drain plug in the rear of the haul and didn't tell me. I never remove this plug as the boat is self-bailing as well as having an automatic bilge pump below the upper deck. Fortunately I happened to find that plug laying in the transom backwash tray. I was disappointed about the job as a whole, given all the good reviews that prompted me to take it here.

While most of the pontoon rental information can be found on thier website there was other…read moreinformation that wasn't explained until the day of the rental. It wasn't explained that a 500 deposit would be put on a credit card. The young lady handling the rental explained that only half the cost of the pontoon rental (295$) would be put on hold. It wasn't explained that the rental wouldn't include gas use. For obvious first timers this should have been initially disclosed. No reminders that pontoon rental was coming up. No reassurance that after a lake ban had been issued not allowing folks to get into the lake that it was ok to be on a boat. No communication or reassurances. I had to ask all the questions and keep calling back about the lake algae bloom and no copies of the paper work we had to sign. Recommend going somewhere else as we should do next time.

So, personally I'm not the biggest on giving praise for a job well done, I feel that everything…read moreshould be done to the best of your ability, and I'm definitely not the type of person who generally would take the time to write a review, but here we go... This is going to be the good, the bad and ugly, straight forward and raw. I've heard of horror stories come from The Boat Yard in Marrero in the past. Heard the lowest of things being said about these guys from some pretty "reputable" people. Most of these stories come from the past, but most people knew to steer clear from The Boat Yard. Recently I had a couple of buddies of mine who never did hear anything bad about TBY, and bought their boats with ease. They had no issues what so ever and everything went smooth as possible. Being that TBY is south Louisiana's largest used boat dealer, and possibly one of the largest dealers in the southern gulf states, I found a boat I liked listed online through a various advertising page, and it linked back to being in possession of TBY. The Boat Yard has a huge advertising campaign and definitely can help get the word out if you're selling a boat. I purchased a used boat under consignment from TBY. Of course being an older used boat, it had its issues. Most issues were very minor, and the responsibility of the buyer is to ask as many questions as possible, and go through your own "checklist" of items before making a purchase. If you find the boat you're looking at doesn't pass your inspection, or doesn't meet your requirements on what you're looking for, maybe that boat just isn't for you. I checked out the boat pretty well, everything met my expectations, we did a quick test run of the engine in the test tank, and everything seemed fine, so I signed the final papers and took my new boat home. Being that I live on the water in Lafitte, I was pretty excited about getting her to the boat launch and into my hoist as soon as possible. The engine did not perform like I expected, seemed like a power loss from fuel problems. I did call and explain what was going on with my salesman, and he did say for me to bring the boat back if it continued to have problems. I was kinda upset with The Boat Yard over some missed communications between the sales team and the service team. I was told bad fuel was the problem of this boat, and all fuel had been drained out, well, it wasn't... and I had just pumped in 20 gallons of gas on top of old gas before I realized the tank was full. I did some self diagnostics, as well as have another boat mechanic not related to The Boat Yard come check out the engine. We changed all the filters, changed out the screen in the VST, ran spark and compression test, all seemed fine, but engine would still run like shit. Being the fact that I had purchased this boat from a consignment deal, which means, TBY is only the dealer or "middle man" for this boat, and I had purchased this boat "used - as is", I felt helpless in this situation and felt like I was just stuck with a bad deal. I spoke with the managers over at The Boat Yard and they were very understanding and willing to do whatever they could do to help make things right. I had dropped off my boat Last Friday, They were able to check it out, run computer diagnosis on the engine, order all necessary parts and they had me back together in less than a week, and ready for the boat blessing. Being that they had a large "boneyard" of old used engine parts in the back, they were able to find parts off other engines to get mine running good. (For the ones asking why I'm using used parts to fix my boat... It's a used boat...lol). They did charge me for some labor, but way less than I expected, and less than anywhere else I could've brought it. Buying a boat on consignment means the dealer does not own the boat, or have no obligation to that boat. It's up to the owner on whether they want to fix the issues or come down on pricing. It's up to you (The Buyer) to check out the boat to the best of your ability, hell, bring in a 3rd party inspector if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself. Always do a self inspection so you don't end up with a bad deal. Legally, when I signed that contract stating I'm purchasing this used boat as-is, they had no obligation to me. As being the dealer they did want to help out and provide the best customer satisfaction they could. And that's why I'm here writing this review to share my experiences and help clear their name. They've come a long way from what they were in the past. I'd like to say a huge Thank You to the entire crew over at The Boat Yard Inc, Y'all did a wonderful job on handling the situation, Y'all helped me out to make things right this boat and I believe you guys went above and beyond for your customer. I highly recommend you and will not think twice about using you again for any of my future boating needs.

Y'all be careful when purchasing from The Boat Yard Inc !…read more My husband bought a boat from The Boat Yard with a warranty. Less than a year later, the motor stopped working. It's been in the shop for over a month. He brought it to Landry's (in Des Allemands). They took the whole motor apart and confirmed it was band aided. Come to find out, the motor had been worked on before, but you couldn't tell unless the whole motor was taken apart. None of this was mentioned when purchasing and the warranty won't cover anything & the owner is useless. When my husband called to talk to the owner, he basically said "if this is the worst you've been f**ked, you haven't been living long enough."