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Boca Ciega Grouper Diggin’

by RumHead on July 28, 2009

The menu says it's Fish Friday.

The menu says it's Fish Friday.

This has to be one of the luckiest/strangest catches in Boca Ciega Bay – or maybe it’s common here and I need to fish it more often. This last Friday the 24th I had Mariola out in Boca Ciega Bay for a easy day sail with family visiting from North Carolina. We noticed some bait jumping around the boat and I drug out our only fishing pole that is eternally rigged with [click to read more…]

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Beer Can Island Meltdown

by RumHead on June 23, 2009

Beer Can Island

I lay there in the dark, praying that a small wisp of fresh air will find it’s way down to my sweat-soaked face, into my lungs.  It’s hot, the air is still and I feel like I’m trapped in some  peculiar, v-shaped sauna with an assortment of sailing gear. Sweet Joe – anything, a single flap from a butterfly’s wing – please.

This sweltering nightmare of V-berth barbecue took place about 2:00 a.m. at Beer Can Island in Tampa Bay, [click to read more…]

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Florida Fisherman Hooks Live Missile

June 9, 2009

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Florida authorities say a commercial fisherman reeled in a live missile in the Gulf of Mexico and kept it on his boat for 10 days.
The sheriff’s office in Pinellas County say the boat’s captain, Rodney Soloman, hooked the air-to-air guided missile 50 miles off the Panhandle town of Panama City. The [...]

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Shell Key at Pass-A-Grille

June 1, 2009
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This weekend brought great temps, light wind and clear water at poplular Shell Key – a great little refuge that forms the south side of Pass-A-Grille.  This is the pass that  takes us out into the Gulf of Mexico, but this weekend was all about spending a little bit of time by the island. Our original plan [...]

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Tampa Grad Overboard from Cruise Ship

May 26, 2009

Terrible story on Yahoo this morning: Rescuers search Gulf for grad who fell overboard

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The Pirate King

April 20, 2009
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Here’s a site I like to visit now and again to brush up on my pirate facts, or just enjoy a little pirate time. Apparently this fellow is the king of the pirates – I’m not certain what’s true, and what isn’t in his bio, but he even

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Morgan Invasion 2009

April 17, 2009
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The 24th Annual Morgan Invasion will begin May 8th and go until the 10th. It’s hosted this year by The St. Petersburg Yacht Club at Pass-A-Grille. A long time ago we owned a Morgan 24 and wanted to be a part of the invasion, but were never able to make it. Now, almost 10 years later,

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