Key Captain

Top 10 Bass Boat Accessories for the 2020 Season

December 22, 2019 By DeDee

If you are still trying to top off your holiday shopping list for bass boat accessories, here are ten items you may wish to consider asking for from your loved ones. This list is not in order of importance, but rather from lowest to highest price point.

Waterproof smartphone lanyard
Invest in one you can keep around your neck and still press the buttons through the plastic. You’ll be able to access your fishing apps and snap a picture or two without any difficulty.
Price range: $8-15
Clamp-on cup holder
With dual clamping jaws and stiff stainless-steel springs, your refreshments will always be within easy reach. They won’t rust or break and are an absolute must-have gadget!
Price range: $20-35
Trolling motor propeller protector
It helps to extend the life of your boat cover with a heavy-duty vinyl protector for your blades.
Price range: $20-50
Telescopic boat hook
This gizmo can hook just about anything you can think of from the water. When it’s not in use, you can collapse it down and store it under your seat.
Price range: $23-45
Onboard marine battery charger
Most chargers are waterproof, saltwater-tested, and rugged. Fully automatic multistage digital charging includes five sequential stages: analyzing, charging, conditioning, auto maintain (energy-saving mode), and a once-a-month storage reconditioning mode that is safe for short- and long-term storage.
Price range: $70-200
Anchor winch
This device makes pulling up the anchor so much easier. Most winches can handle up to 40 pounds in weight. They come in a manual (reel) or electronic forms. The latter allows you to raise and lower your anchor with the press of a button. Most have an anti-reverse internal clutch to prevent free spooling.
Price range: $80-136
Spare deep cycle marine battery
It’s designed to support the electrical demands of trolling motors, fish finders, GPS systems, and radios. Having one on board gives you peace of mind if you are miles out away from the shore, and your primary battery dies.
Price range: $92-300
Keel Protector
This bass boat accessory will keep your boat from scuff marks and damage that are possible by ramps, rocks, and underwater hazards. These protectors come in different sizes, depending on the length of your boat. They are ready to install straight out of the pack.
Price range: $120-185
Marine-grade boat cover
Protect your bass boat from the elements! Find one that is resistant to mildew, mold, and UV rays and will protect your boat when:
1. in long-term storage
2. trailered up and traveling, or
3. moored up at your local lake.
  Price range: $134-300

The Key Captain
Our state of the art electronic locking system is Ideal For bass boats because you can lock and unlock all your compartments AND turn on and off your boat lighting from 50-100 feet away!One other bonus, with our floating key fob, if you happen to drop your keys in the water during a tense fishing moment, you have the peace of mind they are going to float.
Price range: $225-880

Sarasota Quality Products Has Bass Boat Accessories

We can help you deck out your bass boat! You want to keep it secure. We understand. We’ve been assisting boaters in keeping their boats safe and achieving greater peace of mind for 35+ years. Let us know how we can help you by calling us at 440-899-9820 today!

The Perfect Holiday Option for the Hard-to-Buy for Fisherman

December 4, 2019 By DeDee

The Convenience of a One-Click Boat Security in the Palm of Your Fisherman

The Key Captain is a fishing boat owner’s dream! Our patented remote control Key Fob locks and unlocks a boat’s storage compartments from 50-100 feet away.

It also controls all engine trailer trim up and down with hydraulic control, boat lighting, and live wells.

Three Benefits of the Key Captain for Your Fisherman

Convenience
The ability to unlock the compartments when your fisherman is on the water and lock them at the end of the day with one touch of the Key Fob saves them valuable time. And once they are out on the water with open compartments, they remain unlocked until your angler hits the fab to lock them up again.
Theft prevention.
Fishing tackle burglaries do happen. With over ten compartments in most bass or walleye boats, just forgetting to lock one or two can result in losing someone’s winning lures, poles, or reels.
Easy to install.
Our locks fit into all standard boat lock openings. Please review this brief video from the pro angler, Joe Okada, about the installation process.

If your fisherman is a DIYer, they will find the instructions easy to follow. Not a DIYer, or you’d like to surprise them with an installation on their new boat or retrofitted to their existing one? No problem! Let us know if you’d like to have it installed on a new boat or retrofitted onto your boat through a dealer near you.

The Key Captain Consists of Three Main Components

Control Panel: Our unique coding technique protects against unwanted radio interference. It’s permanently sealed and tamperproof.

Key Fob: It’s waterproof, and it floats – making it easy to find if dropped in the water. Two types of remotes are available – a floating Pawl and an automotive-style one.

Electronic Lock Latch: It has a contemporary look with multiple cam choices.

Make it a Key Captain Christmas with Our Special Offering

To order The Key Captain electronic locking system for your fisherman’s boat, contact us at 440-899-9820 from 9 am to 5 pm EST, Monday through Friday. Or order online at www.sarasotaqp.com/product-category/keycaptain.

We offer FREE ground shipping for all orders placed before Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Don’t delay, order The Key Captain today for your fisherman!

Keep Your Valuables Safe with a Remote Boat Locking System

October 22, 2018 By Jim Schilens

Is your boat less than 26 feet?

Does it have outboard motor power and rest on a trailer?

If you said yes, beware – you could be a target for theft. A newly released study that looked at five years of BoatUS Marine Insurance claims files shows that 75 percent of all boats stolen matched this description.

According to Bass Angler Magazine:

With the long winter lay-up period nearing, BoatUS has five tips to make your boat harder to steal.

Just one lock? Try another, and another. You simply can’t have enough. The whole goal is to make someone else’s boat more attractive than yours, so the more locks a thief sees – on the trailer tongue, outboard engine, or used with chain around the trailer wheels – the better the chance he’ll move on.
Don’t leave the key on a stored boat. Never assume your key’s hiding place is so good that thieves won’t find it. Remember, that’s what these people do for a living.
Make the trailer impossible to move. A removable tongue hitch, or, better yet, removing the trailer tires if the boat’s going into long-term storage turns your rig into 1-ton dead weight. The little things can help, too, such as not parking your boat in the driveway with the hitch facing the street. Consider using removable trailer lights – with most thieves working the nightshift, they want to avoid attracting the attention an unlit trailer would cause.
Don’t stick out. You may want to think twice about hanging a “for sale” sign on the side of your boat. Use a full winter cover to hide attention-getting, splashy graphics. Store all valuables, removable electronics and paperwork at home during the off-season.
Check out new anti-theft technologies. Devices that send alerts to your cell phone, take photos/video, provide tracking, or kill the motor if your boat moves from its virtual boundary can stop a theft in its tracks. Once a boat is gone, the BoatUS study finds that only one in 10 vessels are ever fully recovered.

Nothing is foolproof, but here is an example of newer technology that can make it more difficult for expert thieves to rip you off.

Our patented Key Captain Boat Remote Locking System protects valuables inside your boat’s compartments with just one click using our remote, waterproof key fob. It allows you to lock all boat compartments simultaneously.

And it works the same as your vehicle remote key fob that locks and unlocks doors. Store your rods and electronics in boat compartments and you’ve made it more difficult for an ill-intention passer-by to steal from you.

Turn On Deck or Cabin Lights With One-Click

March 17, 2018 By Jim Schilens

Remote Boat Locking System Lighting Feature

What’s worse than returning to your boat at night and having to fumble around to turn on the lights?

In the process, you probably stepped on something and broke it. This is a common complaint among boaters and especially professional fishermen.

That’s where the Key Captain remote boat locking system for your boat’s storage compartments comes in. Not only does it offer the convenience to lock your boat with one-click, but it also allows you to do the same with your deck or cabin lights.

Think about it.

If you have 8,10, 12 or even more compartments, it becomes increasing more beneficial to you to lock them all at once, providing a sense security.

Tamper-Proof Control Panel

The system’s control panel is a permanently sealed and tamper-proof unit with a coding technique that protect it from unwanted interference. The transmitters are designed for marine use. Additional transmitters are available that can be added and programmed by the user. The system’s unique sleep mode results in low power energy saving operation, which saves battery life.

The Key Captain Customizable System can also control the engine trim up and down with the touch of a button. You can use another button to turn on and off the boat lights, radio, bilge blower, and air conditioning from up to 300 feet away, before you board. This ensures that your boat will be cool on a hot day and the cabin lights on at night when you return to it.

Recommended by Top Professional Fishermen

Many pro bass fishermen and pro walleye anglers have used the Key Captain system on their boats because of the convenience and security.

Watch Pro Walleye Angler Joe Okada and Pro Bass Angler Shaw Grigsby discuss the Key Captain.

Learn Why Edwin Evers and Shaw Grigsby Love The Key Captain

January 29, 2018 By Jim Schilens

Remote locking and control systems for boats have arrived.

Groundbreaking technology is the reason for the the new remote boat locking and control system called The Key Captain (also called Sarasota Electric Lid Latches custom option). The Key Captain custom option provides anglers with a level of convenience and security that has only been dreamed about in the past.

Find out what Edwin Evers thinks about this new remote boat locking system.

The complete time saving remote control system provides you with the ability to operate the following functions from outside of your boat:

Lock/Unlock Compartment Lockable Latches
Trim Down/Trim Up (trailer position)
Turn Deck or Cabin Lights On/Off
Turn Bilge Blower On/Off (or anywhere you need 12 volts)

The Key Captain System’s control panel is a permanently sealed and tamper-proof unit with a coding technique that protects the unit from unwanted interference. The transmitters are designed for marine use, and additional transmitters are available that can be added and programmed by user. The system’s unique sleep mode results in low power energy saving operation, which saves battery life. It’s also available as an aftermarket product for existing boats.

Shaw Grigsby gives his personal recommendation on the Key Captain.

Call us for OEM order information: 440-899-9820.

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