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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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 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}
![](mailto:?subject=Fish Tales & Cocktails 2014&body=Casting for Recovery Benefit Oct 3, 2014 - 6 to 8 pm Blackfly Outfitter, 11702 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 904.997.2220
Guy Harvey Outpost is proud to support <a href="https://castingforrecovery.org/">Casting for Recovery</a>. Founded in 1996 in Manchester, Vermont, by a breast cancer reconstructive surgeon and a professional fly fisher, Casting for Recovery's mission is to enhance the quality of life of women with breast cancer through a unique program that combines breast cancer education and peer support with the therapeutic sport of fly fishing.
Casting for Recovery provides free fly fishing retreats for women with breast cancer
70% of the women who attend Casting for Recovery retreats have never been to a support group
CfR currently offers 42 retreats across the country, serving nearly 600 women each year
CfR relies on the support of more than 1,600 volunteers nationwide, including medical and psychosocial professionals, fly fishing instructors and alumnae
You can make a difference and have a lot of fun attending the benefit "FISH TALES & COCKTAILS" at <a href="http://www.blackflyfishingstore.com/">Blackfly Outfitter </a>Friday October 3, 2014. We will serve you awesome appetizers, cold beer and very nice wine while you peruse the extensive raffle and silent auction items our top vendors and friends have generously donated. The volunteers who work tirelessly for the organization will inspire you with their own stories of how CfR has impacted their lives. Aubrey Thompson, Ph.D., fly fisherman and Professor of Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center will provide the latest on breast cancer research.
An impressive list of raffle and silent auction items include: <a href="https://www.costadelmar.com/">Costa Del Mar sunglasses</a>, Orvis Clearwater fly rod, <a href="http://www.wright-mcgill.com/">Wright & McGill</a> Blair Wiggins fly rod, art from <a href="http://www.vaughncochranart.com/">Vaughn Cochran</a>, fishing charters and more. For a complete list of items check below. <a href="http://www.blackflyfishingstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=189&products_id=6641">Purchase tickets on-line </a>or stop by or call Blackfly Outfitter. Check out our Facebook page for daily updates
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the event - 1 raffle ticket and limited edition Coozie are included with the purchase of a ticket.
We hope to see you there or, if you cannot, please consider purchasing a ticket as a donation to Casting for Recovery.
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Check out the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/great-abaco-island/overview.html">Blackfly Lodge</a>, a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition Lodge.
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![](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=Get Ready to Wahoo with the IGFA & Old Bahama Bay&body=Capt. Tony DiGiulian Teaches How to Catch Wintertime Wahoo at the <a href="http://www.igfa.org/Educate/School-of-Sportfishing.aspx">IGFA's School of Sportfishing </a>next Monday, December 15, 2014, 7-10pm.
Known as one of the fastest fish in the ocean, wahoo don't last long on a dinner plate either. Capt. DiGiulian's class will teach anglers how to target and more consistently catch wahoo in the cooler months of the year. He is co-founder of the IGFA School of Sportfishing and has lectured on fishing techniques around the world through his <a href="http://www.saltwaterproconsulting.com/">Saltwater Professional Consulting</a>.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tony-wahoo.png"><img class="wp-image-2426" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tony-wahoo.png" alt="Tony Wahoo" width="600" height="284" /></a>Captain Anthony DiGulian and his favorite wahoo rig.
Unlike most locales where wahoo are often considered incidental catches due to their somewhat nomadic and loner nature, at <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/west-end-grand-bahama-island/overview.html">Old Bahama Bay, a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition Lodge</a> they are caught consistently October to March. Double and triple headers of wahoo are relatively common during the season. One-hundred pounders are caught each year in the Bahamas. Wahoo grow quite large with the all tackle record reaching 184 pounds. Just north of <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/west-end-grand-bahama-island/overview.html">Old Bahama Bay </a>is the area known as "Wahoo Alley." This stretch, where the Little Bahama Bank meets the Gulfstream, gets special recognition on fishing charts. Wahoo also make great table fair and can be found at your local sushi bar as Ono. To celebrate WAHOO Season, Guy Harvey Outpost is hosting the <a href="http://ghofish.com/">Wahoo Bonfire Festival and Tournament </a>at Old Bahama Bay February 26th - March 1st 2015. The Wahoo Bonfire Festival will feature a variety of activities including a Burning Wahoo Sculpture by artist Bobby Little.
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The Wintertime Wahoo Techniques class will be held at the <a href="http://igfa.org/">International Game Fish Association's </a> Headquaters in Dania Beach, FL. Cost per class is $100 USD for IGFA members and $150 USD for non IGFA members. The fee covers the cost of the class, course materials, and tackle used for activities during each class. For more details call Anthony Vedral at 954-924-4254 or e-mail <a href="mailto:avedral@igfa.org?subject=IGFA%20School%20of%20Sportfishing">avedral@igfa.org</a>
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