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Bonfire Series Kicks Off at Bimini Boatyard, Monday, February 23rd, 6pm
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The Burning Wahoo Tournament & Festival week starts 6 pm. Monday night at the Bimini Boatyard. Then the action moves to Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbor, a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition Property Feb 26 – March 1st.
To help ensure your success, Capt. Ronnie Schatman will be on hand to offer tips and secrets for catching BIG Bahamian Wahoo. To help ensure we all have a good time, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Guy Harvey Spiced Rum will be featured at the Kick Off Party.
Join your fellow anglers and extreme sports enthusiasts at a Meet & Greet at the Bimini Boatyard Waterside Palm Bar. Discuss details of the trip and find a buddy boat for the crossing. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and free giveaways, so come on out and let’s get ready to light it up in West End, Bahamas!
The Bimini Boatyard’s waterfront site offers drinks and eats both inside and out. Monday’s event will take place waterside at the Palm Bar.
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Phone: 954-525-7400
Email: info@biminiboatyard.com
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![](mailto:?subject=Bonfire Series Kicks Off at Bimini Boatyard, Monday, February 23rd, 6pm&body=The <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/2015-burning-wahoo-tournament/overview.html">Burning Wahoo Tournament & Festival</a> week starts 6 pm. Monday night at the <a href="http://biminiboatyard.com/">Bimini Boatyard</a>. Then the action moves to <a style="color:#00ccff;" href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/west-end-grand-bahama-island/overview.html">Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbor</a>, a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition Property Feb 26 - March 1st.
To help ensure your success, Capt. Ronnie Schatman will be on hand to offer tips and secrets for catching BIG Bahamian Wahoo. To help ensure we all have a good time, <a href="http://www.titosvodka.com/">Tito's Handmade Vodka </a>and Guy Harvey Spiced Rum will be featured at the Kick Off Party.
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Join your fellow anglers and extreme sports enthusiasts at a Meet & Greet at the Bimini Boatyard Waterside Palm Bar. Discuss details of the trip and find a buddy boat for the crossing. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and free giveaways, so come on out and let’s get ready to light it up in West End, Bahamas!
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The Bimini Boatyard's waterfront site offers drinks and eats both inside and out. Monday's event will take place waterside at the Palm Bar.
Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill
1555 Southeast 17th St.
Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33316
Phone: <a href="tel:1-954-525-7400">954-525-7400</a>
Email: <a href="mailto:info@biminiboatyard.com">info@biminiboatyard.com</a>
For Fishing with Guy Harvey Outpost: <a href="http://www.ghofish.com/">www.ghofish.com</a>
For Guy Harvey Outpost & their great resorts: <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/" target="_parent">http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/</a>
For the Guy Harvey Outpost Blog <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpostnews.com/" target="_parent">www.guyharveyoutpostnews.com</a>
For Guy Harvey Outpost on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GuyHarveyOutpost" target="_parent">https://www.facebook.com/GuyHarveyOutpost</a>
For Guy Harvey Outpost on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/GHOutpost" target="_parent">https://twitter.com/GHOutpost</a> https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/bonfire-series-kicks-off-at-bimini-boatyard-february-23rd/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Calling All Pups: Stand Up for Warriors&body=Prop your pup on your paddleboard and race for fun, glory, prizes and to support a worthy canine cause at the first annual Pups & Sups event July 30 on St. Augustine Beach.
Humans and their pets will compete to see who can ride the biggest wave, take the longest ride, cruise in highest style, and take the best wipe-out-- among other categories-- in this family-friendly competition. Proceeds will benefit <a href="https://www.k9sforwarriors.org/">K9s for Warriors</a> -- a Ponte Vedra non-profit dedicated to supplying combat veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with service dogs that ease their adjustment into civilian life.
Paw-ticipants will be divided into weight divisions: large dogs (51 lbs. and up); medium dogs (21 -50 lbs.); and small dogs (20 lbs. and under). They will be launched by their owner/handler, with winners in each weight division advancing to the finals.
Registration is $40. Check-in time will be 7:30 a.m. at 860 A1A Beach Boulevard-- future site of the <a href="https://guyharveyoutpost.com/lodging/beach-resorts/st-augustine-beach/">Guy Harvey Outpost Resort, St. Augustine Beach</a>. Competition will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.
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Tahoma Guiry says it should be a fun time for both people and dogs. Guiry--chief marketing officer and education director of K9s for Warriors-- says she and her three kids aged 11-18 really enjoy paddleboarding with their 1 1/2-year old Labradoodle Nash. The family adopted Nash last year after he washed out of the organization's rigorous training program for service dogs --("He got guarded with his toys, so I took him home," Guiry explained.) Today Nash fits right in with the Guirys and their other dog and enjoys SUP-ing on local lakes.
"He just chills out and goes along for the ride," Guiry said. "He loves the water and loves being with people and our family."
Since launching in 2011, K9s for Warriors has matched 323 military veterans with service dogs-- mostly pets from shelters, other rescue organizations, and a few breeders. The dogs perform a multitude of tasks for their warriors who may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, brain injury and other conditions. The dogs help them avoid panic attacks, wake them from night terrors, enhance their physical mobility, and ease their anxiety in social situations.
U.S. Army veteran Matt Berg of St. Augustine was paired with his Labrador-mix service dog Sunny last year. At 98 pounds, Sunny is too big to ride Berg's surfboard with him, but Berg says "he's a good dog....always there....a good companion."
more information and to sign up for Pups & Sups, go to http://bit.ly/2tKyPA3.
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![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost’s Popular “Burning Wahoo” Bonfire Series Tournament Returns to Old Bahama Bay For February 2016&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/obb-wahoo.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2923 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/obb-wahoo.jpg?w=300" alt="OBB Wahoo" width="300" height="182" /></a>WEST END, GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND—SEPTEMBER 28, 2015— The Bonfire Fishing Tournament Series, created and managed by Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts, today has announced dates for the Second Annual Burning Wahoo Tournament , scheduled for February 25-28, 2016 on West End, Grand Bahama Island.
Chasing wahoo along West End’s Wahoo Alley and beyond this February will be top anglers looking to take home cash, prizes and bragging rights for the newest edition of the popular “Burning Wahoo” Bonfire Series tournament hosted by Old Bahama Bay Resort and Yacht Harbour.
The two-day tournament will kick off with a Captain’s meeting and barbecue on Thursday, February 25th and will then offer private party events (including a traditional Bahamian Junkanoo), a beach bonfire with a burning wahoo sculpture, and an awards ceremony dinner during the course of the tournament.
This past February, anglers in 23 boats competed for the largest wahoo and aggregate total over the two-day Burning Wahoo tournament off West End. St. Augustine’s Fishin a Loan team emerged as the tournament champion, landing the largest wahoo at 63.9 lb on Day 1 and a 60.5 lb wahoo on Day 2 for a cumulative total of 448 lbs. Cash and prizes totaled $30,000.
For the 2016 edition, Tournament Director Cliff Jensen said early bird pricing (prior to December 31) is $300 per angler with a minimum of four anglers per boat. Also the first 25 boats registered and stay at the hotel will receive a $200 credit.
Jensen said cash, trophies and prizes will be awarded to the top teams. Go <a href="http://www.bonfireseries.com" target="_blank">HERE</a> to register online.
Sixty miles east of Palm Beach, Old Bahama Bay has 70 luxury guestrooms, a 70-slip deep-water marina with fuel and on-site customs, and a full array of resort amenities.
Available for tournament charter will be legendary Bahamas/Walker’s Cay Captain Billy Black and Dutchess, his 50-foot Hatteras, as a Guy Harvey Expedition Fishing Outfitter.
Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts, as part of its “Travel With a Purpose” mission, which combines a unique celebration at Outpost Destinations while promoting conservation, awareness and education, is again partnering with The Bahamas and Old Bahama Bay to benefit the West End All Age School with an end of tournament donation. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-outposts-popular-burning-wahoo-bonfire-series-tournament-returns-to-old-bahama-bay-for-february-2016/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Successful First Day at the FTL Boat Show&body=Day 1 of the <a title="FTL Boat Show web site" href="http://www.showmanagement.com/fort_lauderdale_international_boat_show_2010/event/" target="_blank">Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show</a> was a huge success for the team from <a title="About the GH Outpost" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/aboutus.htm" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Outpost Ltd</a>. Lots of fans of the <a title="BBGC web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com" target="_blank">Big Game Club</a> - old and new - came by the Guy Harvey booth at <a title="Bahia Mar web site" href="http://www.bahiamarhotel.com/" target="_blank">Bahia Mar Marina</a> to register for the BGC getaway, tell some fishing stories, and to meet the man himself, Dr. Guy Harvey.
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In addition to Guy, many other Guy Harvey Outpost and Guy Harvey Inc. notables were in the booth today - Mark Ellert, GHO President; Chris Pollock, GHO Dir. of Operations; <a title="Dive Bimini web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/diving.htm" target="_blank">Dive Bimini's </a>Neal Watson; Steve Stock, President of <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Inc.; </a>Sean Collins, VP of <a title="ARK Paddleboards web site" href="http://arkboards.com/" target="_blank">ARK Paddleboards</a>; and Doc Gruber, Director of the <a title="BBFS web site" href="http://www6.miami.edu/sharklab/index.html" target="_blank">Bimini Biological Field Station</a>.
Lots more in store for the remainder of the show, so come by the booth, meet the team and register for a chance to win the BGC getaway. Also, check us out on <a title="BBGC on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/BiminiBigGameClub" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and follow us on <a title="Guy Harvey Outpost on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/GHOutpost" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for news and photos from the show. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/223-2/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Prime Time for an Inshore Super Grand Slam in Islamorada&body=From late summer into early autumn, the flats of the Florida Keys are prime territory for scoring an inshore super grand slam of bonefish, tarpon, permit and snook-- all caught in one day. And as if that's not enough, anglers and guides routinely pile on with sea trout, redfish, tripletail, and others.
"Everything is available fish species-wise," said noted South Florida light-tackle guide captain Andy Thompson. "The options are pretty endless. You can sight-fish on the flats. You can fish the island moats, the channels, spin fishing or fly rod."
Thompson, who runs a 17-foot Hells Bay Biscayne skiff, fishes the entire region from Biscayne Bay south to the Lower Keys, including Flamingo and Chokoloskee in Everglades National Park. He's especially fond of September-October because water and air temperatures grow cooler, tides are higher and the flats are not crowded with other guides and anglers.
"The permit fishing in September/October is really good," Thompson said. "With bigger tides, the back country banks behind Islamorada get a lot more water in the fall and that allows those fish to feed."
The best bait is a live crab (or a crab imitation if you insist on fly fishing) cast to fish feeding on the edges of channels and along narrow, rocky strip banks on the ocean side and bayside of the Keys where currents are strong. Permit also can be found around shallow wrecks and the U.S. 1 bridges.
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Continuing the inshore superfecta with tarpon may also be easier in fall than during the peak of the summer spawn. Thompson says plenty of juvenile tarpon can be found along the ocean side islands of the Upper Keys and in Florida Bay near Flamingo. In October, he often finds a resident population of 100-pounders that are "laid up" and easy to cast to with a live mullet or Deceiver-pattern fly. But some of the easiest fish to target are the ones following the fall mullet run all along the southwest Florida coast.
The seasonal bait frenzy also occurs on the ocean side of the Keys where huge schools of pilchards can be seen swirling and flashing. Just about anything can be found harassing these forage fish -- tarpon, sharks, snook, and jacks, among others. Snook are also plentiful on the crowns of the Florida Bay flats on an incoming tide, and often accompanied by redfish. Thompson goes after them using primarily pearl-colored soft plastic jerkbaits such as the D.O.A. C.A.L., but topwater plugs also can be effective if there's not too much floating grass.
Catching and releasing a bonefish is not as tough in Florida Bay as in recent years, according to Thompson. While their numbers are down considerably from the 1980s, Thompson says the torpedo-shaped silver speedsters are starting to recover.
"There's a lot of little fish in Florida Bay," he said. "The 2010 freeze put a hurtin' on them. But just this year, I started to see good numbers of them again around Rabbit Key and the Arsenicker Keys. There's a whole new class of fish showing up. It's encouraging."
The guide and his customers target them with live shrimp, small crabs, small skimmer jigs or shrimp-patterned flies.
To book a fishing trip with Thompson, go <a href="http://www.saltairoutfitters.com" target="_blank">HERE</a>. To book your stay at the Islander, a Guy Harvey Outpost in Islamorada, visit the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Outpost web site</a>.
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ALICE TOWN, BIMINI—OCTOBER 15, 2010— What does <a title="Official Bimini web site" href="http://www.bahamas.com/out-islands/bimini" target="_blank">Bimini</a> have in common with Alberta, Canada? Karen Bond, winner of the “Name That Boat” contest!
We can’t imagine anyone more deserving than one of our northern neighbors looking to trade a couple bitter cold winter days for a balmy two day, two-tank all expenses paid diving excursion at the <a title="Bimini Big Game Club web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com" target="_blank">Big Game Club</a>”, noted <a title="Neal Watson bio" href="http://www.nealwatson.com/MeetNealWatson.html" target="_blank">Neal Watson</a> in announcing the winning dive boat name “Bimini Blue”.
By a very slim 6 vote margin, Bimini Blue beat out Outlook Explorer, with Dive Guy and Outpost Diver rounding out the competition. “Since it wouldn’t have been much of a contest without these great names to consider, we’ve decided that Penny Shea, Joshua Royal and our very own <a title="About Guy Harvey Outpost Ltd." href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/aboutus.htm" target="_blank">Outpost</a> President, Mark Ellert, be recognized for their sportsmanship, and to each, they will receive a complimentary two-tank dive on their first outing on Bimini Blue”, added <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey</a>.
Mr. Ellert’s prize is being donated to the local Bimini elementary school, for the school to use as an award for academic excellence.
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“We had a tremendous number of entries for this “name-the-boat contest,” said dive legend Neal Watson, who with Guy Harvey recently announced plans to launch the <a title="Dive Bimini web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/diving.htm" target="_blank">Dive Bimini</a> operation at the Big Game Club. “It was a tight race to the end among the four finalists, with a number of changes in the standings as voting continued.”
Bimini Blue— a name that divers from around the world will immediately recognize and come to symbolize the most famed dive boat in all of the <a title="Official Islands of the Bahamas web site" href="http://www.bahamas.com" target="_blank">Bahamas</a>— is truly unique to the area, only of two boats of its type in existence. The glass bottom, double-decker is certified for 100 passengers and will soon be on property.
Earlier this week, Bimini’s famed <a title="Wikipedia entry for Bimini Road" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini_Road" target="_blank">Atlantis Road</a> was <a title="AOL's Top 10 Underwater Travel Experiences" href="http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/08/05/top-10-underwater-travel-experiences?ncid=AOLCOMMtravcrssextl0018" target="_blank">voted the top dive experience in the world by AOL users</a>. “So now everyone’s a winner. Nothing in Bimini will come close to offering the comfort and safety that Dive Bimini guests will enjoy, never mind the chance that Neal or Guy might be on board diving with you,” said Mark Ellert, President of Guy Harvey Outposts. When you’re diving on the world’s best dive site, we want our customer to have a world-class experience – that’s the Guy Harvey Outpost DNA.”
For Dive Bimini information, please go to <a href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com/">www.BigGameClubBimini.com</a>. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/the-big-game-clubs-name-that-dive-boat-competition-is-over-its-bimini-blue/){kind=link}
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