I am pleased to announce that the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation is participating in a new campaign with The Humane Society of the United States and the Shark-Free Marina Initiative that will raise the …
Florida Lottery Player Wins Bahamas Fishing Adventure in Second Chance Drawing
9 Jun 201212:24 AM
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery held the third of four second chance drawings for non-winning GUY HARVEY®Scratch-Off tickets in the Guy Harvey® Sportsman’s Paradise Second Chance Promotion. One grand prize winner was awarded a Sportsman’s Paradise fishing trip for two to Rum Cay, Bahamas. The winner and a guest will enjoy roundtrip airfare from Miami to Rum Cay; three nights’ deluxe accommodations at Guy Harvey Outpost Resort & Marina, Rum Cay, ground transportation between the airport and hotel; a full day of offshore fishing; daily lunch and dinner at Out of the Blue Bar and Grill; a $500 gift certificate to GuyHarveySportswear.com and $2,000 cash.
In addition, a second prize winner will receive a Guy Harvey® original painting of “Three Stripers with Baitball” (26″ X 30″ framed watercolor) plus $500 cash, and ten third prize winners will receive a $200 gift certificate to GuyHarveySportswear.com.
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![](mailto:?subject=GHOF and The Humane Society of the U.S. Team Up with Shark-Free Marina Initiative&body=I am pleased to announce that the <a title="GHOF web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoceanfoundation.org" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation</a> is participating in a new campaign with <a title="HSUS web site" href="http://www.humanesociety.org" target="_blank">The Humane Society of the United States</a> and the <a title="SFMI web site" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/" target="_blank">Shark-Free Marina Initiative</a> that will raise the bar in protecting shark populations in the U.S. and the Bahamas, while also generating awareness of shark conservation on a global scale.
<a href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181" title="SFMI Logo" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sfmilogo.jpg?w=280" alt="" width="196" height="210" /></a>
The <a title="Mission of the SFMI " href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/about/about-us" target="_blank">goal of this campaign</a> is to significantly increase the number of resorts and marinas that are designated "shark-free", which means they actively prohibit any sharks from being landed at their docks. In support of this program, the <a title="BBGC web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com" target="_blank">Bimini Big Game Club, a Guy Harvey Outpost Resort & Marina</a>, has been officially declared a "Shark-Free Marina".
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/biminibiggameclub"><img class="size-medium wp-image-183" title="The Cleaning Station at the Bimini Big Game Club's "Shark-Free Marina"" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cleaning-station-shark-free.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>The Bimini Big Game Club's cleaning station proudly displays the "Shark-Free Marina" sign
To learn more about this program, read the <a title="SFMI press release" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/news/sfmi-news/602-october-campaign" target="_blank">SFMI press release</a> and then visit the <a title="SFMI web site" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/" target="_blank">SFMI web site</a> to learn how you can help sign up new "shark-free" resorts and marinas.
Cheers!
<a title="SFMI Press Release" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/news/sfmi-news/602-october-campaign" target="_blank">SFMI Press Release</a>
<a title="SFMI Advisors" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/about/board" target="_blank">List of SFMI Advisors</a>
<a title="Celebrity Endorsements" href="http://www.sharkfreemarinas.com/about/board/celebrity-endorsements" target="_blank">List of Celebrity Endorsements</a>
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 on iGHOFish/Angler Action App&body=By Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost Staff Writer
scocking@guyharveyoutpost.com
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/12003343_10153153202118181_8912361262946941386_n.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2926 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/12003343_10153153202118181_8912361262946941386_n.jpg?w=225" alt="12003343_10153153202118181_8912361262946941386_n" width="225" height="300" /></a>Anglers throughout the world can enjoy their sport, win valuable prizes, and support sound fisheries management by entering the Guy Harvey Outpost "Fish for the Future" Tournament running through 2015.
Simply download the iGHOFish app available free on smart phones and Google Play. Then start fishing, log your catches, releases and even misses. You don't even have to catch a fish to win a prize in this cyber tournament; just log your trips. Keep tabs on the leaderboard at <a href="http://ghofish.com/">GHOFISH.com</a>
The app is powered by iAngler using software developed by the non-profit Snook & Gamefish Foundation's Angler Action program. All data gathered helps fisheries scientists and managers learn more about how many fish are being harvested, released, consumed by predators, or lost to broken lines or pulled hooks. The Angler Action program just logged its 50,000th fish and its information is used by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to conduct stock assessments for snook and redfish.
"The data is really starting to come in; the groundswell is growing," said Foundation executive director Brett Fitzgerald. "It's going to give a lot of credibility to recreational anglers that we've never had before."
One species where Florida fisheries managers are short on data is barracuda-- an important gamefish in the Keys and South Florida whose numbers have declined recently. The FWC adopted new recreational and commercial bag limits for the species that take effect Nov. 1. In Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach and Martin counties, recreational anglers and commercial fishers will be limited to two fish per person per day with a daily vessel limit of six fish. The commission held off on imposing size limits, wanting to gather more data from fishermen (you) before considering any more management measures.
And if you need even more incentive to pay attention to cudas, the Snook & Gamefish Foundation will hold a catch-photo-release tournament Oct. 9-11 targeting cudas, snook, redfish, Goliath grouper, and largemouth bass. It's a fish-anywhere event with a $10 entry fee and a virtual captains' meeting and you don't have to be present to win. But festivities will go on all weekend long at Due South Brewery in Boynton Beach, FL. Valuable prizes will be awarded, including Guy Harvey swag. For more information, go to the <a href="http://www.ianglertournament.com/sgfs-october-fishfest-and-research-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tournament web site</a>.
No reason why you can't double-dip with the "Fish for the Future" Tournament.
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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. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/log-your-cudas-and-everything-else-on-ighofishangler-action-app/){kind=link}
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Catch & release still permitted during closure
NOTE: This story was posted today on <a title="TBO.com" href="http://www2.tbo.com/" target="_blank">TampabayOnline.com</a> by Special Correspondent Frank Sergeant
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ruled this week that the snook fishing season will remain closed on the state's west coast, rather than reopening Sept. 1 as scheduled.
The season has been closed due to a 2010 cold-kill, which wiped out tens of thousands of fish from Clearwater to Naples.
"This is a wise move," said snook guide Scott Moore of Holmes Beach. "I'm seeing big fish and a few slot (keeper-sized) fish, but no little fish — we're missing whole-year classes due to the winter kill, and we need to get more in the pipeline before we start taking them again."
The continued closure also was supported by the Coastal Conservation Association, which said that the number of adult snook on the west coast was down 20 percent after the freeze, and the numbers of juvenile fish killed was probably much greater.
The season will reopen Sept. 1, 2013, if the commission takes no further action.
Catch-and-release fishing for snook is permitted during the closure. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/fwc-decides-not-to-reopen-september-1st-snook-season-on-floridas-west-coast/){kind=link}
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Sharkbait kicked off the 2015 <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/2015-burning-wahoo-tournament/overview.html">Guy Harvey Outpost Bonfire Series </a>on day one as the first boat to weigh fish. Their five largest wahoo totaled out at 182.3 pounds with their biggest tipping the scales at 44.1 pounds. Side Show weighed in with a 52.0 pound wahoo to push their way to the top of the Largest Fish category.
A succession of boats weighed fish but none displaced Sharkbait until the second hour of weigh-in when Fishin A' Loan brought five large wahoo to the scales. To heighten the drama, Fishin A' Loan weighed their smallest fish first and the largest last. They had three fish over 50 pounds including the largest of the day at 63.9 pounds. Their total weight for day one was 239.8 pounds!
The drama did not stop there as local favorites Matchless arrived at the weigh station just minutes before the closing bell at 5pm. Their three fish totaled 87.8 pounds to put them in third place at the end of day one.
As the evening festivities began the wind began to build. Day two would prove to be more challenging fishing. All the boats got out and the leaders put in extra effort trying to take advantage of the "No limits," fishing. Sharkbait was first back to the weigh station with one wahoo that just missed the 20-pound minimum weight and a Pelagic Slam of Dolphin, Tuna & Kingfish. Their aggregate total did not change but no team had a better time.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fishin-a-loan_2215-winners.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2642" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fishin-a-loan_2215-winners.jpg?w=550" alt="Winners: Team Fishin A' Loan with their day two (2) catch." width="550" height="396" /></a>Winners: Team Fishin A' Loan with their day two (2) catch.
All eyes were on Fishin A Loan, would they be able to add to their total or would another boat have the hot hand for day two? Again they were able to find the fish catching a 60.5 pounder to back up their day one lunker and four more for a total of 208.2 pounds on day two. This gave Fishin A Loan a two day total of 448.0 pounds and a substantial lead. Drama remained as Matchless once again was the last boat back to the dock with minutes to spare. A single 100-pounder could jump them in to Second Place. Alas it was not to be as they raced down the dock with a 36.0-pounder in arm bumping their total to 123.8 pounds and a solid Third Place finish.
Final Results
Winners: Fishin A Loan 448.0 pounds
Runners Up: Sharkbait 182.3 pounds
Third Place: Matchless 123.8 pounds
Fourth Place: Game Over 87.0 pounds
Fifth Place: Llangus 69.5 pounds
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