Guy Harvey Outpost & Artist Bobby Little Show off his Burning Sculptures at the Stuart Boat Show Little’s over-sized burning sculptures are central to Outpost’s Bonfire Tournament …
Historical Collection of IGFA Hall of Famer William "Billy" Pate to be Auctioned Off My 19th in Islamorada
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The entire historical collection of IGFA Hall of Famer Billy Pate will be auctioned off Saturday, May 19th at the Pate residence in Islamorada, FL. Included will be the trophy art collection of various artists: Guy Harvey, R.H. Lichitenwalner, 19 Millard Wells watercolors (several from the 1970s), T. Borski and others. Billy’s fly rod collection includes several rods used by him during his world record tarpon, sailfish, and marlin fishing tournaments. Also showcased will be assorted flyrods and reels, along with hundreds of tarpon, sailfish, and marlin flies. Don’t miss the world-record mounts such as tarpon, sailfish, marlin, and more. This collection also includes books, photographs, photo albums, and other Pate memoribilia, clothing, fishing gear and more!
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![](mailto:?subject=Join Guy Harvey Outpost’s Bonfire Sculptor at the Stuart Boat Show, January 9-11&body=Guy Harvey Outpost & Artist Bobby Little Show off his Burning Sculptures at the Stuart Boat Show
Little's over-sized burning sculptures are central to Outpost's Bonfire Tournament Series. The <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/2015-burning-wahoo-tournament/overview.html">Burning Wahoo Tournament & Festival </a>will feature huge wahoo rising to 15'. Having lived in the out islands of the Bahamas for much of his life, Little appreciates the value of reusing and recycling materials. His welded pieces are made from left over construction materials and a truck hood contributes the flat stock for the heads. The <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/2015-burning-wahoo-tournament/overview.html">Burning Wahoo Tournament & Festival </a>fires off at <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/west-end-grand-bahama-island/overview.html">Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbor</a>, a <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/index.php">Guy Harvey Outpost </a>Expedition Property, February 26th through March 1st.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bobby-wahoo-gho-img_2086-03.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2470" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bobby-wahoo-gho-img_2086-03.jpg" alt="Bobby Little with a miniature Wahoo at the Stuart Boat Show." width="660" height="660" /></a>Bobby Little with a miniature Wahoo at the Stuart Boat Show.
Conscious of his environmental impact, sculptor Little uses only recovered dead coral for his carvings. At no time does he harvest live coral. The Stuart Boat Show has a small town feel. With its warm friendly feel, Stuart is an ideal venue to meet the artist and peruse his coral carvings and talk a little fishing at the Guy Harvey Outpost booth #418.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bobby-coral-blue-marlin-img_2085-02.jpg"><img class="wp-image-2472 size-full" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bobby-coral-blue-marlin-img_2085-02.jpg" alt="Bobby coral, blue marlin, IMG_2085.02" width="660" height="695" /></a>Bobby Little with coral carvings and welded marling at the Stuart Boat Show. 2015
Join the Guy Harvey Outpost fishing team and sculptor Little at "Wahoo Central" aka Old Bahama Bay (OBB) for the Burning Wahoo Tournament & Festival. In addition to art and bonfires the weekend will feature fun filled parties, Skydiving and Kiteboarding exhibitions from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IslandExtremeVentures">Island Extreme Ventures</a>
Unlike most locales where wahoo are considered incidental catches due to their lonely & nomadic nature, at Old Bahama Bay they are caught consistently October to March. Double and triple headers of wahoo are common during the season. One-hundred pounders are caught each year in the Bahamas. "Wahoo Alley," a stretch just north of OBB, where the Little Bahama Bank meets the Gulfstream, gets special recognition on fishing charts.
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Stuart Boat Show Details
When: Friday-Sunday
Where: On land: Along N.W. Dixie Highway between the Old Roosevelt Bridge and Fern St. In the water: At HMY's Waterway Marina, Allied Marine and Stuart Harbor.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $12, Seniors & Veterans $10, Children $5 and infants are free.
Information: Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast (772) 692-7599; Allsports Productions (305) 868-9224
Parking: Free on Wright Blvd. northwest of boat show with free shuttle to show.
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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."
Story by Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost Staff Writer https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-outpost-initiates-trash-to-treasure-art-program-2/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost Hosting Herman Lucerne Memorial Kick-Off Party and Awards Dinner&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/10345549_1090351407659179_1203005855189145553_n-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2882 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/10345549_1090351407659179_1203005855189145553_n-2.jpg?w=300" alt="10345549_1090351407659179_1203005855189145553_n (2)" width="300" height="284" /></a>From the early 1970s till the early 90s, Dr. Lloyd Wruble fished the remote waters of the Everglades back country twice weekly with a mentor who'd been roaming the region well before it became a national park in 1947. Herman Lucerne-- the former Florida City mayor and pioneer citrus grower nicknamed Mr. Everglades--introduced Wruble, a Miami oral surgeon, to the winding mangrove labyrinth of Hells Bay where the two endured extreme heat, relentless mosquitoes, and menacing reptiles for the exhilaration of catching monster snook.
"He showed me a lot I didn't know," Wruble said of Lucerne. "We were prepared to stay all night-- mosquito suits and all that."
Being unable to explore some of the park's narrowest inland passages in Lucerne's wide motorboat prompted Wruble to procure a 16-foot aluminum craft with a 70-horsepower Yamaha capable of penetrating creeks only as wide as stairwells and plying flats less than a foot deep. There they caught plenty of other game fish -- tarpon, bonefish, snapper, black and red drum, sea trout and even black bass where the 'Glades waters ran fresh enough. In the days before GPS and reliable cell phone service, the pair were the envy of South Florida sport anglers who longed to plumb their secret spots but were daunted by the perils and discomfort.
In 1992, Lucerne died in the aftermath of devastating Hurricane Andrew. But Wruble kept fishing on his own and eventually introduced up-and-comers such as captain Rick Murphy, now host of television's Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report, to the hardships and rewards of Hells Bay and the Everglades.
In 2001, Wruble held the first Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship to honor his friend's pioneering fishing legacy. The 2015 edition slated for Sept. 18-20 will host more than 70 angler teams competing to catch and release all seven eligible species --snook; tarpon; bonefish; sea trout; snapper; red drum; and either black drum or black bass--on bait, lures or fly tackle within Everglades National Park. No prize money will be awarded; proceeds benefit the park. The Islander, a Guy Harvey Outpost Resort in Islamorada, will host the Sept. 18 kick-off party and the Sept. 20 awards dinner.
Logging all seven species will be fun to try, but tough to accomplish.
"They have to time the tides and have to pre-plan where to go at what time," Wruble said. "Knock off the easy ones first and save time to go after the more difficult ones. Bonefish is usually the toughest. It's very difficult to do, but every year we have several anglers that get all seven species."
The angler who measures, photographs and releases the greatest total length of all seven will be crowned grand champion. Trophies will be awarded in numerous other categories as well. Co-hosting the event are fishing celebrities Flip Pallot, Chico Fernandez, C.A. Richardson and Rick Murphy. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-outpost-hosting-herman-lucerne-memorial-kick-off-party-and-awards-dinner/){kind=link}
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL — September 5, 2012— <a title="GHO web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts</a> announced today that the popular Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour is the newest member of the Expedition Properties Portfolio by Guy Harvey Outpost. Old Bahama Bay marks the third Outpost Expedition Property in the northern Bahamas since launching the program earlier this year.
Making the announcement today were Outpost co-founders Mark Ellert and Bill Shedd, along with James Culmer, the manager of Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour. “Old Bahama Bay is without question one of the most popular out-island marina resorts in the Bahamas, with world class fishing and legendary diving,” remarked Outpost President, Ellert. “It’s the front door to the Northern Bahamas for the entire eastern seaboard boating and fishing community, so Old Bahama Bay is a perfect complement to our other Outpost Expedition properties in the Abaco Islands .”
Bill Shedd, added “For Outpost, it’s important to promote the understanding and appreciation of a destination’s relationship to its larger marine ecosystem. From Old Bahama Bay on past the Green Turtle Club to the Blackfly Bonefish Lodge at the south end of Great Abaco island, there are well over 200 miles of shoreline, flats, reefs, coves and cays. Each is uniquely different, but together they make for a remarkably vibrant and diverse marine environment, offering great vacation and scientific opportunities.” The Shedd family legacy is written in conservation and marine education, having co-founded Sea World and the Hubbs Seaworld Research Institute, for which Bill Shedd serves as Board Chairman. Shedd is also owner of AFTCO, a fishing tackle industry leader.
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Old Bahama Bay Resort and Yacht Harbour is located on West End, Grand Bahama Island, approximately 60 miles east of Palm Beach. The resort, with its 73 villas and full service marina, has recently reclaimed its operating independence after becoming associated with plans to redevelop two thousand acres of land once known as Jack Tar Village. The newly created management company, Island Ventures Resort & Club, Ltd., has installed James Culmer as Resort Manager.
“By teaming with Guy Harvey Outpost, we’re combining our top-of-class facilities and amenities with watersport enthusiasts and their families who are passionate about their time on, in, and around the water and their loyalty to Guy Harvey and his widely recognized brand of conservation, discovery and watersports adventure,“ noted Culmer in explaining the decision to affiliate with Outpost. “By joining Expedition Properties, Old Bahama Bay joins a select group of Outpost owners and operators who share this passion and loyalty and we look forward to working with Guy and his Outpost properties to bring his message of discovery to an ever expanding audience.”
Culmer also announced that Old Bahama Bay is celebrating their new affiliation with Outpost offering dockage at $1.00 per foot and room rates of $150.00 per night - with a third night free - from September 4th through October 31, 2012. “It’s our back to school special,” Culmer quips. “We’re back in class, so to speak, with old friends and some new faces. Today we’re learning everything we can about Guy’s vast world of science and discovery, and tonight’s homework assignment is to put that knowledge to work developing some exciting and unique fall and spring fishing and diving activities!” https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/old-bahama-bay-resort-joins-guy-harvey-outpost/){kind=link}
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Creators of the <a title="GHUSC web site" href="http://ultimatesharkchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge Tournament</a> and Festival and Organizers of the <a title="WRTT web site" href="http://worldsrichesttarpon.com/" target="_blank">World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament</a> have announced plans to strengthen and share their commitment to conservation by cross-promoting their common missions and messages to the general public, press and media. The Ultimate Shark Challenge Tournament and Festival takes place in <a title="City of Punta Gorda web site" href="http://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/" target="_blank">Punta Gorda</a>’s downtown waterfront at Laishley Crab House at Laishley Park May 4 th – 6 th followed by the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament in <a title="Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce web site" href="http://www.bocagrandechamber.com/" target="_blank">Boca Grande</a> May 17th and 18th and the Downtown Tarpon Festival May 19th and 20th.
Both all-release tournaments feature exciting and innovative high-stakes competitions that also place an emphasis on best practices when it comes to the post-release welfare of their respective target species; sharks and tarpon. The common ground between the two events is clear when looking at the USC’s established mission to, “Combine the Goals of Sport, Science and Conservation” alongside the WRTT’s new message of, “Conservation, Education and Sportsmanship”. Strategic alliances include <a title="MML web site" href="http://www.mote.org/" target="_blank">Mote Marine Laboratory</a> and <a title="MCSR web site" href="http://www.mote.org/index.php?submenu=SCIENCE&src=gendocs&ref=SharkResearch&category=Shark%20Research" target="_blank">Mote Center for Shark Research</a>, <a title="GHE web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Enterprises</a> and the <a title="GHOF web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoceanfoundation.org" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation</a>. The event’s respective festivals are free to the public and offer a host of family-friendly fun, excitement, entertainment and education.
Without a doubt, the main attraction at both events are the fishing tournaments, which also share boundaries within the same storied fishing grounds of Boca Grande Pass, Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico. While their marquis species are indeed very different, event organizers are quick to point out that, “Sharks and tarpon have been coexisting here for millions of years and that their symbiotic relationship is a matter of essential mutual benefit to a healthy marine and coastal environment. In many ways, that relationship is a great metaphor for why we’re collaborating with our events.”
USC Creators, Sean & Brooks Paxton add that, “We’re extremely fortunate to have this uniquely diverse environmental playground right here in our backyard. The area offers so many choices for not only boaters and recreational anglers, but anyone interested in an endless list of eco and adventure-based activities on land and sea. There really is something for everyone. We’re proud of that and feel a responsibility to protect and conserve these natural assets while promoting the region, the people and the businesses that rely upon and support them. We do that by leveraging purposeful entertainment that also educates and inspires people.”
Lew Hastings, Executive Director at the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce and Tournament Director of the WRTT explains, “My goal is to strengthen and promote the financial growth and well being of the local businesses in order to sustain a healthy community. We see the constant threat of damage and destruction to the natural beauty and wildlife habitats that surround us and recognize that they can not and should not be looked upon as a cost of doing business. Exploitation of natural resources in the name of progress and financial gain leaves us all a great deal poorer in the end. The significant economic and environmental impact recreational fishing has on our communities, make conservation for a sustainable fishery not only preferable but necessary. Education and conservation of the fishery combined with sport fishing will be the primary focus. Safe boating, sportsmanship and responsible angling will be promoted in order to encourage a safe, successful family friendly atmosphere that will inspire everyone to engage in the protection and proper stewardship of our natural resources so that they may be enjoyed for generations to come.” https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-sponsored-all-release-tournaments-partnering-to-cross-promote-spread-message/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation President Steve Stock Named to Board of Directors for The Center for Coastal Conservation&body=Washington, DC - December 6, 2001 - The <a title="CCC web site" href="http://www.coastalconservation.us/" target="_blank">Center for Coastal Conservation</a>, an organization formed to promote good stewardship of America's marine resources, today elected Steve Stock, President of the <a title="GHOF web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoceanfoundation.org" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation</a>, to its Board of Directors.
The Center for Coastal Conservation is a coalition of leading individual, institutional and corporate advocates for marine recreational fishing and boating. Among its prominent members, the Center includes institutional partners, such as the <a title="ASA web site" href="http://www.asafishing.org/" target="_blank">American Sportfishing Association</a> (ASA), <a title="IGFA web site" href="http://www.igfa.org" target="_blank">International Game Fish Association</a> (IGFA), <a title="TBF web site" href="http://billfish.org/" target="_blank">The Billfish Foundation</a> (TBF) and <a title="NMMA web site" href="http://www.nmma.org/" target="_blank">National Marine Manufacturers Association</a> (NMMA).
The Center for Coastal Conservation’s role is to affect public policy related to the conservation of marine resources with broad abilities to pursue political solutions. The organization is non-partisan and focuses on having an impact in the national political arena, principally Congress and federal regulatory agencies.
As president of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF), Stock works closely with a Board of Directors to set policy and implement numerous programs designed to inspire scientific research and innovative educational programs to encourage conservation and best management practices for sustainable marine environments.
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In only its fourth year of existence, GHOF has been front and center internationally with its support—in both science and grants—to provide common sense solutions to reversing overfishing, pollution and other threats to the marine ecosystem.
Numerous organizations and causes have benefited from GHOF support over the years, including the <a title="GHRI web site" href="http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Research Institute</a> at the <a title="NSU web site" href="http://www.nova.edu" target="_blank">Nova Southeastern University</a> <a title="NSU Oceanographic Center web site" href="http://www.nova.edu/ocean" target="_blank">Oceanographic Center</a>, <a title="BBFS web site" href="http://www6.miami.edu/sharklab/" target="_blank">Bimini Biological Field Station</a>, <a title="UF web site" href="http://www.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">University of Florida</a>: <a title="FMNH web site" href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Florida Museum of Natural History</a>, <a title="MML web site" href="http://www.mote.org" target="_blank">Mote Marine Laboratory</a>, <a title="TOF web site" href="http://www.oceanfdn.org/" target="_blank">The Ocean Foundation</a>, <a title="About FL Sea Grant's Guy Harvey Scholarship" href="http://flseagrant.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=242" target="_blank">Florida Sea Grant’s Guy Harvey Scholarship</a>, <a title="FSU web site" href="http://www.fsu.edu" target="_blank">Florida State University</a>, <a title="USF web site" href="http://www.usf.edu" target="_blank">University of South Florida</a>, <a title="FIU web site" href="http://www.fiu.edu" target="_blank">Florida International University</a>, <a title="UT web site" href="http://www.utexas.edu" target="_blank">University of Texas</a>, <a title="USM web site" href="http://www.usm.edu" target="_blank">University of Southern Mississippi</a>, <a title="CCMI web site" href="http://www.reefresearch.org" target="_blank">Central Caribbean Marine Institute</a> and the <a title="RJDMCP web siite" href="http://rjd.miami.edu/" target="_blank">RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program</a> at the <a title="UM web site" href="http://www.miami.edu" target="_blank">University of Miami</a>.
Last month the GHOF was honored as the Outstanding Foundation by the Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Chapter of the <a title="AFP web site" href="http://www.afpnet.org/" target="_blank">Association of Fundraising Professionals</a> (AFP) as part of the 2011 National Philanthropy Day Celebration.
The Center for Coastal Conservation activities include advancing marine resource policy initiatives by influencing federal decision makers and by exerting a direct impact on the national political process. It built the Center for Coastal Conservation Political Action Committee – Center PAC – so its individual members can promote marine conservation issues in federal elections.
The Center worked in 2007 to secure an Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush protecting redfish and striped bass as federal gamefish. Its leadership also worked to achieve a 2008 Executive Order protecting recreational fishing on all federal lands and waters. Currently, the Center for Coastal Conservation is encouraging the White House to move its <a title="About the NOP" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans/policy" target="_blank">National Ocean Policy</a> toward responsible uses of ocean resources, rather than protectionism. The Center also led the effort for President Obama to appoint The Billfish Foundation’s Ellen Peel as his commissioner in international fisheries.
Other corporate sustaining members of the Center include <a title="AFTCO web site" href="http://www.aftco.com" target="_blank">AFTCO</a>, <a title="GW web site" href="http://www.gradywhite.com" target="_blank">Grady White Boats</a>, <a title="Shimano web site" href="http://www.shimano.com" target="_blank">Shimano</a> and <a title="Yamaha web site" href="http://www.yamaha.com" target="_blank">Yamaha</a>.
Stock will serve as a sustaining member of the Center for Coastal Conservation for a minimum of three years. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-ocean-foundation-president-steve-stock-named-to-board-of-directors-for-the-center-for-coastal-conservation/){kind=link}
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