Running thru 2015, the innovative Fish for the Future tournament is open to anglers anywhere in the world, with divisions and awards for twenty gamefish species. “With the iGHOFISH app we can now actually …
Guy Harvey to Raise Funds for Hurricane Relief Efforts in the Bahamas
19 Sep 20192:07 PM
Guy Harvey Enterprises is supporting hurricane relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas by donating 100 percent of net profits from a newly designed t-shirt to Convoy of Hope: Anglers for the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Strong t-shirt, which features an iconic Guy Harvey sailfish design with the Bahamian flag, is priced at $25 and available at https://www.guyharvey.com/bahamas-strong/bahamas-strong-t-shirt.html.
“Hurricane Dorian left an unprecedented path of destruction through the Bahamas, causing unimaginable loss of life, property and security,” said Dr. Guy Harvey, world-renowned artist, conservationist, scientist and entrepreneur. “I was born in the Caribbean and lived here all my life, so I am particularly heartbroken by the devastation in the Bahamas. We sympathize with our island neighbors and will help in any way we can.”
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Guy Harvey Enterprises is supporting hurricane relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas by donating 100 percent of net profits from a newly designed t-shirt to <a href="https://www.convoyofhope.org/donate/anglers-for-the-bahamas/">Convoy of Hope: Anglers for the Bahamas</a>.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bAHAMAS-sTRONG-sHIRT.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5422" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bAHAMAS-sTRONG-sHIRT.jpg" alt="" width="578" height="721" /></a>The Bahamas Strong t-shirt, which features an iconic Guy Harvey sailfish design with the Bahamian flag, is priced at $25 and available at <a href="https://www.guyharvey.com/bahamas-strong/bahamas-strong-t-shirt.html">https://www.guyharvey.com/bahamas-strong/bahamas-strong-t-shirt.html</a>.
“Hurricane Dorian left an unprecedented path of destruction through the Bahamas, causing unimaginable loss of life, property and security,” said Dr. Guy Harvey, world-renowned artist, conservationist, scientist and entrepreneur. “I was born in the Caribbean and lived here all my life, so I am particularly heartbroken by the devastation in the Bahamas. We sympathize with our island neighbors and will help in any way we can.” https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-to-raise-funds-for-hurricane-relief-efforts-in-the-bahamas/){kind=link}
 to double black diamond (most difficult). Instead of a guide clipping your cables and demonstrating each element, you do everything yourself. If you have a problem or a question, just call out to a staffer for advice or --if you're really too scared to swing through the trees--someone will climb up and escort you down.
Even though I stuck to the green and yellow courses during my visit, I found the experience exhilarating and fun. I could understand why a 12-year-old from the neighborhood who the staff calls an unpaid intern visits here twice a week for his three-hour workout.
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After airborne exercise, I headed back to Tarpon Springs-- stopping en route for a little refreshment at the Florida Estate Winery in Land O'Lakes, not far from TreeHoppers. It's a popular waypoint for many wannabe Tarzans and Janes.
For more information about TreeHoppers, visit <a href="http://www.treehoppers.com">www.treehoppers.com</a> or call 813-381-5400.
On the day after my swing through TreeHoppers, I visited a very different kind of park--Key Vista Nature Park in tiny Holiday near Tarpon Springs. This quiet, 100-acre reserve of mostly sand pine uplands is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and Rocky Creek, inviting visitors to fish, swim, hike, and picnic. I walked most of its 1 1/2 miles of trails and climbed the observation tower for a scenic view of the lighthouse at Anclote Key Preserve State Park.
Key Vista is best known for bird watching; with more than 220 documented species, it's a must-stop on the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail.
Save for a nesting osprey cheeping in the pines, I saw few birds on my afternoon walk, but I did get to eavesdrop on an amorous gopher tortoise trying to get lucky with its partner in the scrub.
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![](mailto:?subject=St. Pete Beach and Key Largo Hosting September Lionfish Derbies&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11894565_10153016510035966_3704420398588416464_o.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2879 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11894565_10153016510035966_3704420398588416464_o.jpg?w=300" alt="11894565_10153016510035966_3704420398588416464_o" width="300" height="201" /></a>Opportunities to curb Florida's burgeoning populations of invasive lionfish (and learn more about our coral reef ecosystem) will be available in St. Pete Beach and Key Largo in September. And all ocean enthusiasts-- divers or not-- are invited to both events.
Guy Harvey Outpost, a TradeWinds Beach Resort on St. Pete Beach, will co-host a Lionfish Safari Sept. 12-13, along with Reef Monitoring, Inc. and the Fishing Rights Alliance. Then from Sept. 24-27, the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) will conduct REEF Fest 2015 in Key Largo-- a lionfish and ocean education event.
At the Lionfish Safari, both divers and anglers will set out to capture as many of the exotic predators from the Indo-Pacific as possible on Sept. 12. Contestants will keep their catch on ice overnight, then present it at weigh-in ceremonies Sept. 13 at the Outpost for chances of winning cash prizes and the certainty of knowing they did something to benefit the Gulf coast marine environment. Everyone will get to eat some of the bounty, and there will be a photo contest, raffle, and prize give-aways. Tournament entry fee is $35 per person.
It's just as (or more) important for anglers to participate in the Safari as for scuba divers and snorkelers. A recent study by scientists at Nova Southeastern University suggests that local, intermittent diving derbies barely make a dent in reducing overall lionfish numbers and containing their spread. That's because participants tend to zero in on the largest lionfish while smaller fish escape and spread their larvae to far-away downstream locations. Nova's Dr. Matthew Johnston says what's needed is consistent removal of all sizes of the exotics wherever they live, deep or shallow. Anglers are urged to fish for them with hook-and-line, especially in waters too deep for divers to safely explore.
Captain Tim Kehoe, Senior Outfitter at TradeWinds, recently harvested what might have been a world-record lionfish while surf-fishing near the resort. Casting a live scaled sardine (pilchard) in knee-deep water, Kehoe landed a fat 20-inch specimen, but didn't weigh it or turn it over to the International Game Fish Association for certification. Still, that's one less voracious predator plundering Southwest Florida's native fish populations. If you would like to get involved, go to <a href="http://www.GuysLionfishSafari.com" target="_blank">www.GuysLionfishSafari.com</a> or call 727-259-7404.
Now, if you are not an experienced lionfish hunter and would like to learn more, REEF Fest in Key Largo is the place for you. REEF staff members will instruct you on locating them and safely avoiding their venomous spines, and will escort you on a lionfish hunt. This is no derby; it's for instructional purposes only. But REEF Fest is much more than a lionfish expo. The event features seminars on fish identification and behavior; coral restoration; reef ecology and many other topics. Scuba celebrities such as Neal Watson, Spencer Slate, and Marty Snyderman will conduct guided dives to local reefs and wrecks. Evening social events with food and music will cap each day. Many events are free, but pre-registration is required. Visit <a href="http://www.reef.org/REEFFest2015" target="_blank">www.reef.org/REEFFest2015</a>. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/st-pete-beach-and-key-largo-hosting-september-lionfish-derbies/){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=Regular Lobster Season: It’s Not Just for Bugs Anymore&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACE0110-e1502201546903.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4855" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACE0110-e1502201546903.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="400" /></a>Scuba diving about 45 feet deep on a coral-dotted ledge off Pompano Beach, FL., my dive buddy and I were startled by a spreading cloud of sand in the near-distance. We kicked over to the source of the plume and were amazed and delighted to see a huge loggerhead sea turtle with its head stuck deep in the ledge. As we paused to watch, it fanned the water column frantically with its flippers, widening the cloud of sediment around it.
It was very obvious to us that the turtle was not trapped in the ledge; instead, it was bent on the same mission as we were that day: trying to pry stubborn spiny lobsters from their caves to eat for dinner.
The turtle thrashed around for another minute or so then withdrew its head from the ledge. Not at all happy to see us, it scowled. I gave it a little wave farewell and it swam off. No point in checking out the ledge any further. Either our reluctant new buddy had gulped whatever lay in there, or so terrified the inhabitants that they would never be pried out.
Now that Florida's regular lobster season is open through March 31, bug hunters can relax, take deep breaths, get over the manic surface warfare known as mini-season, and enjoy the full harvest experience-- such as encounters with other sea life.
The lengthy season allows for a slow, calm exploration of the reefs, solution holes, channels and grass flats where you may find the sought-after crustaceans-- or not. The recreational bag limit is six per person per day statewide, so there's no more frenzied two-day push to cram live wells and coolers full of more entrees than you'll probably eat in a month.
Instead, you can achieve a fuller appreciation of the many exhilarating sights and sounds (and other ancillary benefits) that will accompany your hunt.
Besides an excellent chance of encountering sea turtles, you are almost guaranteed to come upon lionfish-- those feisty, peppermint-striped exotics with the flaring mane from the Indo-Pacific. Lionfish love to lurk in coral caverns and beneath ledges-- the same habitat as lobsters. Unlike the bugs, lionfish are legal to spear and there are no bag or size limits. Be wary of their venomous spines; you can't carry them around in a standard mesh catch bag with your bugs. Your best bet is a container made of sturdy PVC such as the Zookeeper. And they are an excellent accompaniment to lobster on the grill or sauté pan.
Hogfish also are likely to be found milling around out in the open around the lobster grounds, and they can be fairly easy to nail with a pole spear or spear gun. But on Aug. 24, new regulations will take effect lowering the bag limit, increasing the size limit and shortening the harvest season. Know before you go by visiting <a href="http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/hogfish/">myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/hogfish/</a>.
Other creatures you are sure to find on your bug hunts are nurse sharks and triggerfish. Both like to eat lobster so they're never too far away. On many dives, I've seen nurse sharks slumbering in caves in the daytime-- probably after enjoying a fresh lobster meal. But unless you molest the shark by grabbing or poking it, it generally will leave you alone.
Not so, the triggerfish. If these pesky reef-dwellers grew as big as sharks, no one would venture into the ocean. Aggressive and territorial, they will try to bite through your catch bag to steal your bugs and they will even bite you to get you to leave their area. I know several divers (myself included) who always wear a neoprene hood or beanie while lobster hunting because triggerfish are known to go for the earlobe. Even swordplay with your tickler stick often fails to ward them off. If you find yourself thrusting around like a knight in "Game of Thrones" to defend your ground, then it's time to leave.
If you really want to eat lobsters and don't want to a) get wet or b) go to Publix, then perhaps you should try bully netting. That's the practice of idling around the shallows at night in a small boat equipped with underwater lights and carrying a long-handled net. Lobsters are known to depart their coral caves after dark to feed on smaller prey on adjacent grass flats in Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay. They are very easy to spot in two to four feet of water with proper lighting and you can just plop the net over them. It's often quicker and easier than underwater hunting. In a bully netting trip a couple years ago, our party of three bagged a limit of 18 in just two hours.
Florida's lobster regulations during regular season differ from those of mini-season, so be sure you are up-to-date-- especially in the Keys. Go to <a href="http://www.myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/lobster/">www.myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/lobster/</a> for the full rundown.
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Film Festival Part of Gulf Fisheries Symposium
ST. PETE BEACH, FL— August 31, 2012—Legendary fisherman, artist and conservationist, <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Dr. Guy Harvey</a>, will host a film festival at the Tradewinds Island Grand Resort on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in conjunction with the <a title="About the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Symposium" href="http://guyharvey.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/gulf-of-mexico-fisheries-symposium-announced-for-september-14-15/" target="_blank">Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Symposium</a>. Two of Harvey's award-winning documentaries will be featured along with trailers for his upcoming films. Admission is free but parking is limited and will cost $5 per car. The first film with be shown at 7:00 p.m. with the second showing immediately following an intermission.
In 2011, Harvey's documentary, <a title="TIYO web site" href="http://www.thisisyourocean.com/" target="_blank">This is Your Ocean: Sharks</a>, won the Macgillivray Freeman Conservation Award at the <a title="NBFF web site" href="http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/2013/" target="_blank">Newport Beach Film Festival</a> in California. It will open the Saturday night event. Also on tap for viewers will be Harvey's latest film, <a title="Preview of "Mystery of the Grouper Moon"" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AtFywQVR-I&list=UUK-ol6-5sVk_NcRHN1LtmOQ&index=7&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Mystery of the Grouper Moon</a>, which was filmed last year in the Cayman Islands.
"Grouper Moon is a very important project for us because it shows how science and art can work in concert to bring about responsible marine conservation," Harvey said.
Mystery of the Grouper Moon focuses on a reef in Little Cayman where thousands of Nassau grouper congregate each February during the full moon. The grouper, which come to the same reef from miles around, are there for their annual spawning. Conservationists in Cayman persuaded the government to close fishing on the reef during the spawning season to protect the fish when they are vulnerable to mass catches by local fishermen.
"I have a lifelong love affair with fishing," Harvey said, "and this film illustrates why there are certain times when we need to protect the species in order to have healthy and sustainable populations."
This is Your Ocean: Sharks is a bit of a love affair as well between a man and a shark. The star of the film is Emma, a 12-foot tiger shark that has been befriended by famed scuba diver, Jim Abernethy. Conventional wisdom has been that tiger sharks are ruthless man eaters and historically they have been one of the most feared sharks. However, Abernethy and Emma formed a bond during hundreds of dives and they sometimes bump nose to dive mask in a heart-stopping show of affection. Abernethy likens Emma to a "puppy dog" and the film reveals how shark and man can peacefully co-exist.
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![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost Coming to Tarpon Springs&body=[Tarpon Springs, FL.--] A school of small tarpon rolled maddeningly on the surface of the Spring Bayou in the center of the Gulf Coast Florida town named for these irascible gamefish. Captain Craig Lahr and I cast live pinfish on Styrofoam floats toward the happily-frolicking school whenever it surfaced, but our baits were ignored. Lahr tried a few casts with a Deceiver-style fly, hoping its soft presentation might do the trick. But that didn't work either.
Finally, we removed the floats and simply free-lined the pinfish in the direction the tarpon were moving. At first, nothing happened. But then my line started peeling furiously off the spinning reel, so I clicked the bail shut and quickly reeled up the slack and.....nothing -- except for a dead, crushed pinfish still on the circle hook.
But then, that's tarpon fishing wherever in the world you may pursue them.
Fortunately, tarpon are by no means the only fish to chase in and around the eponymous Tarpon Springs.
"Snook, redfish, sheepshead, flounder, black drum, jack crevalle, ladyfish, sea trout, bass, bream, speckled perch," Lahr, a 20-year veteran Gulf Coast light-tackle guide, said as he ran out of fingers ticking them all off.
Lahr loves to fish the Anclote River, which flows for about 30 miles from a swamp in Pasco County west through Tarpon Springs to the Gulf of Mexico near the tiny town of Holiday. Depending on tide and rainfall, Lahr can maneuver his 21-foot bay boat some 15 miles upriver before the waters become too shallow to navigate. Kayaks and canoes can venture even further inland where the waters turn from salty to fresh. Nearby, there's Lake Tarpon where Florida's unofficial state-record largemouth bass weighing 19.6 pounds was caught by Riley Witt in 1961.
"When you get bad weather and it's cold, you can come in here and it will be warmer and there will be fish in here," Lahr said of the Anclote. "The river doesn't get rough."
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Fishing was a tad slow the day we explored the area, owing to feeble tides and passage of a cold front. But we caught and released redfish and catfish using live shrimp and pinfish, spied a large school of snook around a marina dock that was apparently afflicted with lockjaw, and of course sparred unsuccessfully with the baby tarpon.
Besides the anticipation of fish, the Anclote presented a non-stop wildlife show-- ospreys cheeping from their brushy nests in the trees; flocks of pelicans gliding overhead; a great blue heron that shadowed us for a while and then managed to steal a pinfish from the live well; a herd of manatees that joined the tarpon at the Spring Bayou.
And all that was before we headed three miles offshore to picturesque Anclote Key Preserve State Park, which harbors colonies of nesting birds, pristine beaches and a historic lighthouse.
The Anclote's working waterfront known as the Sponge Docks flows right through the middle of Tarpon Springs. It is where commercial fishers and spongers tie up their boats; throngs of tourists browse dozens of gift and antique shops; and restaurants serve authentic Greek cuisine and fresh seafood. Plenty of gamefish lurk right under those busy docks, but enticing them to bite is another story.
In the winter of 2017, visitors and residents will have a new base camp from which to explore the region: the Guy Harvey Outpost RV Resort just north of Tarpon Springs in Pasco County. Developed in conjunction with Elite Resorts, the $15 million, 46-acre project will feature 340 brick-paved RV lots and the full slate of resort-style amenities located a stone's throw from the Anclote River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Yet one more good excuse for me to make a return trip and try to get one over on those uncooperative tarpon.
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![](mailto:?subject=Connecting With One Special Veteran&body=On this Veterans’ Day the staff at Guy Harvey Outpost would like to share a letter we received from a Veteran. This letter has moved each of us and we are honored to have Veterans as our guests.
Dear Anyone,
My name is Christian and I am a disabled veteran. I recently had an opportunity to spend time at the Islander Resort, a Guy Harvey Outpost on Islamorda. I have to say it changed my life. I am writing Mr. Harvey and wondering if he would ever be interested in opening a facility in the islands for veterans? I know its crazy but I spent 3 days there and I slept more in three days than in years. I felt at peace and I didn't have bad dreams. I got to feel and smell and touch things without feeling anger or hate, I found my Jesus.. My wife Janet cried because for the first time in years I slept, and it was a beautiful sleep..
I bought a print of yours that hangs in my office at home. I look at it everyday and it brings me.. Hope, joy, peace.. I don't have a name like Guy Harvey but I believe your name can change the lives of veterans... The life style can release the anger and start the healing. I know this is a long shot and I don't expect much but what if we could open another resort? What if we could give them peace? What if we could save a generation from suffering and give them hope? No matter what happens I thank you. I am staying at the Islander again in July... No matter what I thank you for sleep.. I can never repay you for the peace I feel in Islamorada.
I hope and pray for you.. Thank you, Christian
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On Christian’s July visit he brought his family including his father (a former Navy SEAL). We look forward to the family's next visit.
See our response in the next Outpost Blog post.
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