Ranger Boats ranks as one of the world’s premier fishing-boat builders. Pontoon buyers who enjoy angling can “cast” themselves in the ­confident glow of Ranger’s expertise by considering the Reata ...

I just returned from Flippin, Ark., and the 50-year home of Ranger Boats to attend an announcement of a new boat company, Vexus. The announcement might have had less significance in the boating and ...