Having never before caught and released either a blue or black marlin, I really should be heading to Panama pretty soon. But I can’t, so you should go in my place. In August and September, the …
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![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost Offers New Luxury Expedition to Panama!&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cherin-iii-image.jpg"><img class=" size-medium wp-image-2829 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cherin-iii-image.jpg?w=200" alt="Cherin III Image" width="200" height="300" /></a>Having never before caught and released either a blue or black marlin, I really should be heading to Panama pretty soon. But I can't, so you should go in my place.
In August and September, the Pacific waters from the Archipelago de Las Perlas south to Pinas Bay in the Gulf of Panama will provide your best shot at battling multiple blues and blacks in a single day. You will be able to chase them pretty much wherever they roam in the region, then hook and fight them in comfort--except, of course, for your sore arms.
Your host is South African adventurer Hennie Marais, operator of Panama Yacht and Fishing Charters-- an exclusive Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition. And he offers a big-game fishing experience like no other.
Your party of up to 12 will eat and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of a 98-foot luxury Knight & Carver yacht, then head out to the billfish grounds aboard a 66-foot Buddy Davis sportfisher or a 37-foot Strike --or both.
"You go out at 6:00 to 6:30 in the morning. You fish for live bait. When you get to the bait grounds, it's just acres of bonitos and skipjacks," Marais said. "Often before you get all your live baits out, you have a black marlin. And you're not getting beat up by the sea conditions. You fish till you're out of live bait, then troll lures or dead baits for sailfish and blue marlin. There's a good opportunity for a grand slam."
For the non-anglers in your party who want to explore remote island jungles or those who prefer to fish close to shore for roosterfish or Cubera snapper, there's an 18-foot Mitzi skiff, kayaks, personal watercraft, stand-up paddleboards and a fully-equipped scuba diving center.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime expedition you have to do," Marais said. "It's not just the fishing--it's the whole destination."
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If you can't make it to Panama for the black-and-blue bite, make plans to charter the mothership in another part of Panama later in the year. Marais steers the fleet to wherever the fishing is most bountiful or wherever you desire to explore.
January and February in the Las Perlas and Pinas waters are prime for black marlin, tuna, dorado (mahi), wahoo and roosterfish. April through June usually find the mothership plying the Pacific waters around the remote Isla de Coiba, a World Heritage Site in the Gulf of Chiriqui where yellowfin tuna are abundant. Other options throughout the year are the Bocas Del Toro and Gulf of San Blas regions in Panama's Caribbean Sea for family snorkeling and inshore and reef fishing.
"You can take four different trips to Panama and none will be the same," Marais said.
Phenomenal fishing, lush unexplored jungles, and gourmet food and a stocked wine cellar on board your safari headquarters. Pretty tempting.
You can book a weeklong or three-day customized package, with all trips beginning in Panama City-- about two hours by air from Miami.
But when you board, be on the alert for a stowaway: me. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-outpost-offers-new-luxury-expedition-to-panama/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Wild Hog Heaven Near Lake Okeechobee&body=<img class=" size-medium wp-image-3098 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/485221_359562297425307_134387977_n.jpg?w=300" alt="485221_359562297425307_134387977_n" width="300" height="225" />By Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost staff writer
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[Okeechobee, FL.--] Todd Dupuis--a lifelong hunter from Ontario, Canada--has killed bear, deer, moose and other game animals for sport and food. But he had never before taken a wild hog, and it was on his bucket list.
Facing a health scare, the safety management consultant decided to take a break a few weeks ago and drive with his wife and four-year-old son Nate to South Florida for a long weekend.
When he got to West Palm Beach, Dupuis learned about a small hunting operation just north of Okeechobee that specializes in wild hogs called <a href="http://www.littlelakelodge.net" target="_blank">Little Lake Lodge</a> and decided to book a trip.
"We see it on the TV shows in Ontario," Dupuis said of hog hunting.
Wild hogs-- also known as wild pigs, wild boars or feral pigs-- are not Florida natives. They are believed to have been introduced to the state by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto as early as 1539. Since they are not designated as a game animal in Florida, they can be hunted year round with no bag or size limits. Wild hogs will eat just about anything, and they are notorious among farmers and ranchers for rooting up pastures and crops to sniff out food. Many landowners pay trappers and hunters to get rid of them.
Dupuis was excited. Gesturing toward his son, he said, "A chance to come somewhere like this.....it's about making memories for him."
Dupuis and Nate boarded a towering, lumbering swamp buggy designed to navigate the 1,100 acres of flooded, muddy pasture that make up the hunting grounds with their guide Troy Salisbury.
Departing the lodge, Salisbury deployed a pig-pointing secret weapon-- a small brown, black and white dog named Pepper. Splashing through puddles, sniffing the air and darting to and fro, Pepper got way ahead of the buggy in her search for swine. But the hunting party heard her excited barking in the distance, and Salisbury sped up.
As they drew closer, Pepper began to howl.
"Hear her howling?" Salisbury said to Dupuis. "She's got him stopped and she's looking right at him. We'll pull up there and I'll holler at her and then say, 'shoot!'"
Sure enough, the buggy rounded a bend in the pasture where Pepper had zeroed in on a stand of thick cabbage palms, wagging her tail and baying.
Suddenly, a black boar about 90 pounds dashed out of the bushes and headed across the field with Pepper in close pursuit. The hog paused when it reached a barbed wire fence and Salisbury called Pepper away. She edged away reluctantly.
"Okay," the guide told Dupuis.
The hunter aimed his rifle and fired, but the shot was high and only grazed the coarse hair on the hog's back. It barreled down the fence line out of range.
Salisbury accelerated the buggy and caught up with the hog, and Dupuis got an easy shot, downing his quarry.
"Yay, daddy!" Nate cheered.
The party headed back to the lodge where Salisbury hoisted the hog up on pulleys and dressed it. Dupuis said he would take the meat to a processor in West Palm Beach to be turned into ham steaks and bacon for the Christmas holidays. The memories, however, would be around long after the meals were gone.
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Sue Cocking chronicles the Guy Harvey Outpost travel and adventure experience in regular blog posts on GuyHarveyOutpostNews.com/. For 21 years, Cocking covered the full spectrum of outdoors adventure opportunities in South Florida and beyond for the Miami Herald, including fishing, diving, hunting, paddling camping, sailing and powerboat racing. She is a certified scuba diver and holder of an IGFA women's world fly fishing record for a 29-pound permit.
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![](mailto:?subject=Celebrated Resort/Hospitality Designer Malcolm Berg Selected For Guy Harvey Outpost Resort, St. Augustine Beach Conversion&body=<img class=" size-medium wp-image-3008 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/malcolm-berg-photo.jpg?w=295" alt="Malcolm Berg Photo" width="295" height="300" />Renovations Scheduled For Completion in Spring 2016 For Re-Opening as a Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts Property
AUGUSTINE BEACH, FL—NOVEMBER 17, 2015—Malcolm Berg and his award winning design firm E0A, Inc., have been selected to create the interior design of the new Guy Harvey Outpost Beach Resort, schedule to debut in the Spring of 2016. Formerly the Holiday Isle Resort, the 152-room property will feature the adventure lifestyle of Guy Harvey, a world renowned marine artist, documentarian, underwater explorer, marine scientist and conservation advocate.
The resort’s new design concept, according to Berg, “is about new discoveries, about finding the unexpected, about looking beneath the surface to find new perspectives.” Adds Mark Ellert, president of Outpost, “Malcolm is the new voice of design. He’s deconstructing traditional hospitality design, replacing it with the synthesis of art, architecture, technology and cultural narrative that we refer to as social design.”
The project scope entails a complete renovation, including the resort’s registration building, meeting spaces and the poolside bar. Berg said plans call for “lightening up the feeling of cramped compartmentalized public spaces, creating more connectivity to the outdoors and encouraging a carefree, respectful, nature-loving lifestyle as embodied by Guy Harvey.”
The Guy Harvey Outpost Beach Resort, St. Augustine Beach will join the company’s Signature Collection brand The other Guy Harvey Outpost Signature resorts are located in St. Pete Beach and Islamorada. The Guy Harvey Outpost Beach Resort St. Augustine is owned and managed by affiliates of Tampa based, HI Development. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/celebrated-resorthospitality-designer-malcolm-berg-selected-for-guy-harvey-outpost-resort-st-augustine-beach-conversion/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Enter to Win a "Bimini Big Game Club Get-A-Way" at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show&body=<a title="About Guy Harvey Outpost Ltd." href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/aboutus.htm" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Outpost</a> and the <a title="BBGC web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Bimini Big Game Club</a> will be in the <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey</a> booth at the <a title="Ft. Lauderdale Int. Boat Show web site" href="http://www.showmanagement.com/fort_lauderdale_international_boat_show_2010/event/" target="_blank">51st Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show</a>. Come see us in Booth M4 and register for a chance to <a title="Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show Vacation Giveaway" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/boat-show.htm" target="_blank">win a Bimini Big Game Club Get-A-Way</a>: a 4 night, 5 day complimentary stay in a suite, with complimentary dockage or free airfare for 2 persons from Fort Lauderdale. See you there!
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![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost Initiates "Trash to Treasure" Art Program&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11707509_946851132049337_3373697342381427908_n.jpg"><img class=" size-medium wp-image-2821 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11707509_946851132049337_3373697342381427908_n.jpg?w=300" alt="11707509_946851132049337_3373697342381427908_n" width="300" height="239" /></a>While a fleet of anglers chased mahi and wahoo in Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts' Bonfire Tournament on West End, Grand Bahama Island in June, artist Bobby Little stayed behind, keeping very busy at a table in the shade of Old Bahama Bay Resort as part of the “Trash To Treasure” initiative of the Bonfire Series.
One of several artists to be featured in the Guy Harvey Outpost "Trash to Treasure" program, Little used a wet saw and grinder to demonstrate for local artisans and resort guests how to turn waste conch shells into fashion jewelry.
Over a few hours, the piles of discarded shells were crafted into beautiful designs of angelfish, sea turtles, mermaids, pelicans and dolphins.
Guests purchased the finished products for $10 to $20 apiece, with a portion of the proceeds going to local vendors. Spending about $1,300 for tools and supplies, Little says, a Bahamian artisan could set up at a resort and make back his or her investment in about two days.
"One full-size conch shell is worth $300 to $500 when it's cut into jewelry," Little said. "You could create an industry on every island. Anyone who wants to work can work. Now you have a product made in the Bahamas you can sell in the Bahamas or you could export."
The Bonfire Beach Bash & Tournament at Old Bahama Bay featured Little-- a 53-year-old Hollywood, Fla. native who has lived on Rum Cay near San Salvador for decades and who doesn't limit his artistic vision to mounds of conch shells. On his frequent beach strolls, he collects washed-up plastic and turns it into trinkets; fashions rings out of whelk shells; converts dead coral into candle holders and lamps; and is best known for his dramatic 'burning' wahoo and marlin sculptures made of scrap metal. A 16-foot wahoo filled with flaming palm fronds and smoldering charcoal dramatically lit up the post-tournament Beach Bash. Both the wahoo and marlin are expected to be turned into artificial reefs that create habitat for marine creatures and attract divers.
Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts proposes to launch a series of beach clean-ups combined with fishing and art festivals in the Bahamas and South Florida where artists would collect trash, turn it into something beautiful, and compete for prizes for the best creations. Proceeds would be put toward ocean conservation.
"It will benefit the artists, the islands-- anywhere there's trash," Little said. "And there's such a large demographic that follows Guy Harvey's name."
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