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Reel Time Florida Sportsman – Largemouth Bass A to Z
Captain George Gozdz provides you lessons and tips on Largemouth Bass A to Z on Reel Time Florida Sportsman featuring Camp Mack, a Guy Harvey Lodge, Marina & RV Resort and Lake Kissimmee!
Reel Time Florida Sportsman TV brings the most up to date fishing reports on the web, the fishing reports from the Florida Sportsman Forums, to the Big Screen.
Captain George Gozdz, host of Reel Time, reviews the hottest action in the state, based on the most current fishing reports on the Region Forums, then packs up his boat and gear to fish with the Florida Sportsman member who posted the best and most action-packed report. For more information visit www.FloridaSportsman.com
Snook: it’s one of Florida’s most popular game fish for several really good reasons. You can catch a really big one close to shore–sometimes literally right in your backyard–in …
Bouncer’s Dusky Takes Top Honors at the Bonfire Tournament L-R: Ned Stone (Outpost), Rick Benitez, Capt. Bouncer Smith, Victor Escobar, Billy Springer (Click image to enlarge.) Bimini Beach …
ISLAMORADA FL— SEPTEMBER 17, 2014— Islander Resort, a Guy Harvey Outpost, was officially unveiled this week by Dr. Guy Harvey before a crowd of Islamorada village officials, civic leaders, media representatives …
By Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost Travel Journalist scocking@guyharveyoutpost.com Whether it’s popcorn, peanuts, Margaritas, or fishing, lots of people have a strong preference between salted and …
Yellowfin tuna greater than 200 pounds; both blue and black marlin; and all the sailfish you want to release. These are among the sport fishing highlights you can enjoy on Panama’s Pacific coast …
[St. Petersburg, FL–] Pam Wirth and I launched our kayaks from the beach on Gandy Blvd. North toward the Weedon Island Preserve in Old Tampa Bay — she pedaling, and I paddling. Despite …
Compliments of Coastal Angler Magazine – Flahama Edition Bimini will be crawling with wahoo this month. The fish will be thick and of good size. The cold fronts in November worked their magic and this …
Steve Schniedman, experienced Florida offshore fisherman, has traveled the world, catching and releasing blue, white, and striped marlin. But the fourth element of the superfecta– black marlin– eluded …
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Bouncer's Dusky Takes Top Honors at the Bonfire Tournament
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc1953-team-bouncer-horiz.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2087" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc1953-team-bouncer-horiz.jpg?w=300" alt="Bouncer's Dusky Takes Top Honors at the Bonfire Tournament! (Click image to enlarge.)" /></a>L-R: Ned Stone (Outpost), Rick Benitez, Capt. Bouncer Smith, Victor Escobar, Billy Springer (Click image to enlarge.)Bimini Beach Bash, Bonfire & Tournament Results
Bonfire Tournament Winner: Bouncer’s Dusky
Bonfire Runner-Up: White Pearl
Bonfire 3rd Place: Pisces
Top Angler, Victor Escobar, Bouncer’s Dusky
2nd Place Angler William Senne, White Pearl
3rd Place Angler, Chad Conner, White Pearl
Top Lady Angler, Irynne Mackay, Pisces
2nd Place Lady Angler, Margie McGough, Pisces
3rd Place Lady Angler, Danielle Keyser, White Pearl
Top Junior Angler (11-16) Devin Dellacava, Offshore Express
Top Small Fry Angler (10 and under) Bryanna Dellacava, Offshore Express
Top Reef Team: Bouncer’s Dusky
Top Offshore Team: Bouncer’s Dusky
Top Billfish Team: Tiboron
Largest Mackerel (Wahoo, Kingfish, etc): Brown’s Dusky
Largest Dolphin: White Pearl
Largest Tuna: Tito’s Vodka
Top Captain: Bouncer Smith
Bent Shaft Award (Hard Luck Trophy): White Pearl for a broken rod and lost fish that could have moved them within striking distance of Bouncer’s Dusky.
Most Unusual Catch: Bobby Little, Burning Marlin!
Sportsmanship Award: Pilot Rob Lowe
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![](mailto:?subject=Fish Panama This Spring and Summer!&body=Yellowfin tuna greater than 200 pounds; both blue and black marlin; and all the sailfish you want to release.
These are among the sport fishing highlights you can enjoy on Panama's Pacific coast from late March through the end of July with Captain Hennie Marais and Panama Yacht and Fishing Charters-- an exclusive Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition.
In the remote Coiba Islands, a national park located off Panama's southern coast, Marais will slow-troll live bonitos along the gamefish-rich Hannibal Bank where the baits get crashed by huge yellowfins and black marlin. Your floating base camp for this adventure is a comfortably-appointed 66' Buddy Davis sport fishing yacht that can accommodate parties of up to six. You have the option of an additional battle wagon too-- a swift 37-foot Strike with top-of-the-line tackle and equipment to hoist huge tuna up from the depths and subdue greyhounding marlin.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_0377adjusted.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4589 size-full" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_0377adjusted.jpg" alt="IMG_0377adjusted" width="1739" height="1159" /></a>PHOTO: Your floating base camp - a 66' Buddy Davis luxury sportfishing yacht with the optional 37-foot Strike.
Or Marais can escort your group east to the Gulf of Panama where the waters around the Pearl Islands and Pinas Bay further south provide abundant opportunities offshore for tuna, marlin, sailfish and mahi. Inshore, you'll get shots at feisty species such as roosterfish, snapper, and amberjack. On this expedition, you can stay at a private resort and make day trips, live aboard the luxury yacht, or arrange a combination of the two.
"Fishing in Panama is exotic, with beautiful warm weather and beautiful scenery," Marais said.
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![](mailto:?subject=Fishing the Pelagic Rich Pacific with Guy Harvey Outpost&body=Steve Schniedman, experienced Florida offshore fisherman, has traveled the world, catching and releasing blue, white, and striped marlin. But the fourth element of the superfecta– black marlin– eluded him until recently when he visited the pelagic-rich Pacific waters off Panama with several members of the Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts team.
Fishing aboard a 66-foot Buddy Davis yacht piloted by the crew of Panama Yacht and Fishing Charters– a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition outfitter– Schniedman hooked a black estimated at between 300 and 400 pounds using a small live tuna for bait.
“It was the fight of a lifetime– a crazy fight,” Schniedman said. “He took a lot of line. We were full-throttle backing down just to keep up with him. He jumped five or six times.”
Schniedman had his hands full– literally–fighting the huge billfish on 50-pound tackle, but he eventually reeled it close enough for the crew to unhook and release it.
“The best trip I’ve ever been on,” he said afterward.
Not only was the fishing spectacular, according to Schniedman, but the experience of living aboard a 98-foot luxury Knight and Carver mother ship was first-rate.
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“The mother ship we lived on was absolutely beautiful,” he said. “The crew, the food, the chef–everything was five-star. I’d certainly go down and fish on that boat again.”
A typical day involved waking early, catching live bonitos and skipjacks along the Zane Grey Reef, then trolling the livies along the reef for the blacks. When the sun grew warmer, the crew headed to the deeper offshore waters of the Hannibal Bank. At sundown, the boat made another pass along the reef before returning to the mother ship– “a floating luxury lodge”, according to GHO president Mark Ellert.
In addition to Schniedman’s black marlin, the GHO party of Ellert, sportfishing director Cliff Jensen, and their friend Phil Schoonover caught numerous huge dolphin fish, or mahi. Jensen caught his first-ever dog-toothed tuna. Schoonover caught and released several trevally up to 15 pounds on fly rod.
The fishing wasn’t the only draw, according to the group. One evening, the mother ship was visited by a party of villagers in dug-out canoes laden with handmade arts and crafts.
“A virtual shopping center,” Ellert marveled, adding that everyone bought some treasures to take home.
While the black marlin season is winding down along Panama’s Pacific coast, spring and summer present bountiful opportunities for catching large yellowfin tuna and Cubera snapper. To book your adventure, visit <a href="http://bit.ly/1PJkI2b" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1PJkI2b</a> or call Jensen at 954-243-1178 or email <a href="mailto:cjensen@guyharveyoutpost.com">cjensen@guyharveyoutpost.com</a>.
Better hurry up or Schniedman might elbow you out of the way.
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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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