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So You Want to Buy a Boat?

Photo © Ron Brooks

We all get the urge every now and then, either to buy our first boat, or to trade the one we already have. That urge normally falls right in a time line with the local boat show and it is a hard one to overcome.

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Beating the Crowds

Sunday July 5, 2009
On a long holiday weekend, we decided to head offshore and find some bottom fish. The weather was perfect and the seas were forecast to be calm. With that information at hand, we planned our trip. We knew that live bait was plentiful on the closer in reefs and wrecks, and our tackle was up to snuff, so there was no need to hit the tackle shop on the way. That meant a very early start... Read more...

Tournament Courtesy - NOT

Thursday July 2, 2009
Whatever the reason, the big, sponsored center consoles with their six-man crews all decked out in matching uniforms generally have no regard for the smaller non-professional boats. You get the feeling that the little guys just get in the way of their “business”... Read more...

What is an EPIRB?

Tuesday June 30, 2009
Here is another is a series from Wayne Spivak of the National Press Corps of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. This one has some very good information regarding your personal safety afloat. Read more...

Screaming Kings - King Mackerel

Sunday June 28, 2009
What runs like a greyhound, fights like a cornered hog, and can be found up and down the east coast beaches this month? If you guessed king mackerel - big ones - you are correct.

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