engine problem-need a little help.

[seahorse]

was out on the water and suddenly my check engine light came on and the motor sputtered and shut down. the motor is a 2000 evinrude 225. my guess is that the fuel pump is dead because when we would go to start the motor again it would turn over and run for a second and then die. when we reved the engine it would stay on but once we throttled down it would die. we removed the fuel filter and drained it and nothing. any help is appreciated greatly.