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Winning Photos: It’s a Simple Formula!
25 Sep 20131:47 PM
We are hosting our very first Guy Harvey Outpost Photo Contest and, since I’m not eligible to win, I figured I would pass on a suggestion or two on how you might take home a prize instead! You will note from the pictures below there are some common elements – a great fish, or perhaps a wonderful smile – and certainly a nod to the Outpost’s spirit of adventure, discovery and exploration.
Be advised I am not one of the judges nor are these the rules. But, If you have two of these elements then you are probably in contention, and if you have all three there’s a good chance you will catch the eye of the judges. The competition might be tough but anytime a fish and a pretty girl smile at you like that, you’re already winning!
Don’t wait – start uploading your photos now at the contest web site!
Capt. Ned Stone
Director of Programs, Guy Harvey Outpsot
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![](mailto:?subject=Winning Photos: It’s a Simple Formula!&body=We are hosting our very first <a title="Contest web site" href="http://www.OutpostPhotoContest.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Outpost Photo Contest</a> and, since I'm not eligible to win, I figured I would pass on a suggestion or two on how you might take home a prize instead! You will note from the pictures below there are some common elements - a great fish, or perhaps a wonderful smile - and certainly a nod to the Outpost's spirit of adventure, discovery and exploration.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/julia-shriver-16-permit-bimini-211.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image" id="i-1622" alt="Image" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/julia-shriver-16-permit-bimini-211.jpg?w=650" /></a>
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Be advised I am not one of the judges nor are these the rules. But, If you have two of these elements then you are probably in contention, and if you have all three there's a good chance you will catch the eye of the judges. The competition might be tough but anytime a fish and a pretty girl smile at you like that, you're already winning!
Don't wait - start uploading your photos now at the <a title="Contest web site" href="http://www.outpostphotocontest.com" target="_blank">contest web site</a>!
Capt. Ned Stone
Director of Programs, Guy Harvey Outpsot https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/winning-photos-its-a-simple-formula/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Bonefish Packages Announced at Bimini Big Game Club, a Guy Harvey Outpost&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vaughn-cochran-and-bimini-catch-lr1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-938" title="Vaughn Cochran taming bonefish in Bimini " src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vaughn-cochran-and-bimini-catch-lr1.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="366" /></a>
Set a New World Record for Bonefish or Permit and Win a Week's Stay For 2
ALICE TOWN, BIMINI-NOVEMBER 21, 2011-Management at the <a title="BBGC web site" href="http://www.biggameclubbimini.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bimini Big Game Club</a>, a <a title="GHO web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guy Harvey Outpost Resort and Marina</a> has created a novel challenge tied into their newly announced bonefish fishing travel package - break any world record in any line class for <a title="About bonefish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonefish" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bonefish</a> or <a title="About permit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permit_(fish)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">permit</a> on fly or spinning rod and win a week's all-inclusive stay for two!
<a title="About Bimini" href="http://www.bahamas.com/out-islands/bimini" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bimini</a>, located just less than 50 miles from Miami/Fort Lauderdale, is home to some 50 World Records, with four of those current world records being for bonefish/permit.
Perhaps the most remembered bonefish record was set in 1971 by Virginia Beach sportsman Jerry Lavenstein, who along with legendary guide Ansil Saunders landed a 16-pound, 3-ounce monster just some 300 yards from the
historic Big Game Club.
<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerry-ansil-record-catch-lr-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-940" title="Jerry & Ansil with their world record bonefish" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerry-ansil-record-catch-lr-1.jpg" alt="" width="495" height="640" /></a>
Break Lavenstein's 40-year-old record - or any <a title="IGFA web site" href="http://www.igfa.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IGFA</a> registered record for Bonefish or Permit - and the Big Game Club will provide a complimentary seven night stay, including airfare and transfers, and a day on the water with fly fishing personality Vaughn Cochran.
The competition challenge offer, which is open through 2012, is available to anyone purchasing the special Fly Fishing Package. Details are available at <a title="Bonefish Bimini web site" href="https://guyharveyoutpost.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bonefish Bimini</a>, or call Captain Vaughn Cochran at 904-997-2200 or BBGC reservations at 1-800-867-4764. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/bonefish-packages-announced-at-bimini-big-game-club-a-guy-harvey-outpost/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Wounded Vets, SCUBAnauts Help Mote Marine Replant Coral in FL Keys&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11800530_873480432730276_4381179584041674224_n.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2838 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11800530_873480432730276_4381179584041674224_n.jpg?w=300" alt="11800530_873480432730276_4381179584041674224_n" width="300" height="249" /></a>Chris Corbin dropped about 20 feet to the ocean floor at Looe Key Reef off the Lower Florida Keys July 20 to perform an important task: planting small staghorn coral bundles as a volunteer for Mote Marine Laboratory's reef restoration project.
This was the 37-year-old retired U.S. Army Green Beret's fourth year as a volunteer citizen scientist working underwater alongside fellow combat vets and middle- and high-school students from SCUBAnauts International on a Mote project. But fastening the coral fragments with zip ties to nails driven into the bottom was proving challenging in the strong current-- especially since Corbin wears two heavy prostheses to replace both legs blown off at mid-calf.
"I just found it easier to drop my feet on a sandy spot and control my buoyancy with my breathing," Corbin said.
He planted four plots with five fragments each and still had air left in his tank.
"Every time it's awesome," he said. "It's kind of cool to see your work--'oh, that was last year and that was 2012'. It's always fun. If nothing else, I'm just playing in the ocean."
Corbin and about 50 other scuba divers and snorkelers from SCUBAnauts and the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge planted 250 corals along Looe Key that day-- adding to the 7,500 already placed by Mote scientists and volunteers on 50 sites along the Keys. The aim is to restore decades of manmade damage that has wiped out most of the branching corals in the Caribbean-- a huge loss to the marine ecosystem and the humans who depend on it.
"Humans have so screwed up the reefs that they will never recover on their own," Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote President and CEO, told the volunteers. "This is science-based restoration in partnership with all of you."
Scientists say the rewarding aspect of working with staghorn coral is that it grows fast and is the easiest to bring back. Fragments cultivated in Mote's coral nursery have grown large enough to spawn within two years of being replanted on the reef. Their average survival rate is 75 percent.
"It proves we're on the right track," said Erich Bartels, who oversees Mote's coral nursery project.
Tampa high school student Riley Gillis, 16, became a certified scuba diver last year just so she could help with the restoration work.
"The coral dive is actually my favorite dive I've ever done," Riley said. "It's awesome to be part of a team. I love looking around, the science, the working part of it. You're contributing to something."
For the wounded vets like Corbin, the work isn't just fun, but an opportunity to bond with fellow vets.
"No one understands a service member that's been injured like another service member that's been injured," Corbin said. "We're all trying to get back to a semblance of normalcy after injury."
He invited fellow retired Green Beret Bobby Dove to join the mission. Dove, 28, who lost most of his right leg and right arm to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, didn't hesitate.
"Hell, yeah," he responded. "I have not gotten to plant coral. I'm very excited about it."
Following their stint as coral farmers, the vets and kids were treated to a barbecue at Mote's Summerland Key lab.
The mission was supported by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation; the Islander Resort: A Guy Harvey Outpost; "Protect Our Reefs" license plate; Harbor Graphics and Custom Apparel; Looe Key Dive Center; Strike Zone Charters; Underseas Inc., Rock Bottom Divers; Derby Lane; and Oceanic. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wounded-vets-scubanauts-help-mote-marine-replant-coral-in-fl-keys/){kind=link}
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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
For more details about the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/newsletter/beach-bash-bonfire-tournament/index.html">Bimini Beach Bash, Bonfire & Tournament</a>
For more information about the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/bimini-bahamas.html">Bimini Sands Resort & Marina</a>
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![](mailto:?subject=Silver Airways Serves All Six Florida-Bahamas Outpost Properties&body=Silver Airways now serves ALL SIX of <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/">Guy Harvey Outposts' </a>Bahamas and Florida resorts. <a href="https://www.silverairways.com/">Silver Airways </a>Network now covers the Florida-Bahamas region so well you can get from one GHO destination to another before your umbrella drink melts. The Silver Airways Network allows you to connect through major hubs in Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando & Tampa.
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As a code share partners with United Airlines and JetBlue a single plane change connects you seamlessly to almost any major airport nationwide. Silver Airways allows you to put those frequent flyer miles to good use with either <a href="https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/mileageplus/default.aspx?SID=33FBD9694B45447F93160AE7B0410EEF">United's Milage Plus </a>program or <a href="https://trueblue.jetblue.com/web/trueblue/home">JetBlue's TrueBlue</a>.
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With morning flights you can leave the snow and be on the beach before day's end. Silver's flight schedule increases for the Summer months to make sure you get to your spot on the sand. So now you can catch redfish, snook or trout at the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/florida/st-pete-beach/">Guy Harvey Outpost St. Pete Beach</a> in the morning and cast for bonefish at the <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/schooner-bay-abacos/blackfly-lodge/">Blackfly Lodge</a> or <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/green-turtle-cay-abacos/green-turtle-club/">Green Turtle Club</a> in the afternoon.
For more information on Silver Airways flights <a href="www.SilverAirways.com">www.SilverAirways.com</a>
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