Nautical Outfitters – Celebrating Ten Years online
Here is a great old time website that has served professional captains for well over a decade, Nautical Outfitters. Stacey Hudspeth, who has been the backbone of the company from the start, tells us that they have recently added many new items, including marine electronics and navigational tools. “In the past,” explains industry veteran hudspeth, “Nautical outfitters focused on high tech yacht boarding stairs, dock steps and luxury helm seats. Those items remain at the core of our website, however boaters of all stripes will find more items than ever on our pages. As always – we guarantee that we will beat any price on boat seating.”
Visit Nautical Outfitters today at http://www.Nautical-Outfitters.com
The Very Best in Marine Supplies, Helm Seats, Helm Chairs, Boat Seats, Boat Chairs, Boat Accessories and Boating Supplies
Proudly serving the commercial, governmental, and recreation marine & boat markets with quality marine supplies and boat accessories. Nautical Outfitters proudly offers helm seats, helm chairs, boat seats, boat boarding stairs, boat davits, boat leaning posts, marine live wells, bait tanks and more.
When It’s Time To Get Serious About Storing Fish
Bonar Insulated 9 cu ft Container
Tank Depot is the ultimate source for serious fish storage and transportation. Offering the guaranteed lowest prices on insulated ice and dry ice boxes from Seaplast, Promens and Polar.
“There is just no other way to go,” explains Tank Depot’s Mike Stony, “if you are serious about preserving market quality fish. We sell these boxes to commercial fishing operations from coast to coast, of course. But more and more sporties are using them in order to preserve the quality of their catches. There is just no comparing these commercial-grade boxes with Igloo ice chests or even high end coolers, for that matter.”
Polyurethane foam insulation that helps keep product cold up to five days when properly iced. Corners designed with increased strength and molded-in handle areas make these boxes exceptionally durable. Many models are fork liftable.
Tank Depot boast the largest selection and guarantees anglers the lowest prices and best freight rate.
Contact Tank Depot at 866-926-5603 or visit http://www.Tank-Depot.com
Promens 9 cu ft Commercial Grade Insulated Container
Trolley Fishing?
This is something completely new to me. I must confess that I had never even heard of this type of angling
Some of my early memories are of fishing with my dad and brother on Montrose Pier. In those days it was a common practice to fish from the pier with a “trolley”. That practice is far less common these days. The last time I was there was in the 70′s and even then I saw only a few trolley anglers. A trolley was quite a complicated setup. You needed a spider anchor, about 100 yards of anchor line, a 2-3 ounce trolley, a 6 foot long sturdy wood pole, a 6-8 foot long piece of fish line with a snelled hook every foot or so attached to 100 yards of fish line, and a “bell’. read more
Hammerhead “Hammers” A Small Boat
Hammerhead Smashes Boat
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This video, posted on YouTube shows a large hammerhead shark chasing after a hooked lemon shark. Watch very carefully at the .24 second mark and you’ll see the hapless lemon shark!
Grady White Flagship Offers Improved Enclosure
Greater weather protection that extends the boating season is now available for one of the most popular cabin models made by Grady-White Boats, the Express 330. An all-new integrated hardtop enclosure option makes this possible. Now boaters in the Northeast, Northwest and all around the country can enjoy an extended cool weather season of boating activities thanks to this hardtop safety glass enclosure and a temperature control system that helps warm the enclosed helm area. In hot weather and in southern climates, the Express 330 hardtop enclosure provides increased protection from direct sun as well as a cooler ride, thanks to the well-designed windshield and overhead ventilation and an optional 12,000 BTU air conditioning system designed for the helm area.
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Don’t Be This Guy!
Frightening video from the BoatDepot.com FB page
Have a look here
111-pound, 2.6-ounce Wahoo Misses State Mark By Ounces!
Angler Steve Atwood recalls the events,
“It weighed between 124 and 130 pounds because the boat was rocking back and forth with the waves,” Atwood. “We then chose to fish the rest of the day even though the guys on the charter boat said it was a potential state record.”
Because the crew continued to fish, the wahoo was weighed on a certified scale 24 hours later. That meant the wahoo likely lost 10 percent of its body weight during that time frame.
“On our way in, we were calling cell phones) to find out what the state record wahoo was,” Atwood said. “It was late Saturday when we got in so we had to wait until Sunday morning to get him officially weighed.”
The fish weighed 111-pound, 2.6-ounces.
The current Mississippi record is 111-pounds, 3.2-ounces. Read the whole story here
Negron “No License” Bill Draws Strong Reaction from B.A.S.S.
Florida Senator Joe Negron (R-Palm City) recently proposed SB 744 which would eliminate the need for freshwater and saltwater fishing licenses in Florida. The move is highly controversial and has drawn some strong criticism. Read here for the reaction from Noreen Clough, B.A.S.S. Conservation Director.
Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament set for July 25-29, 2011
The highly anticipated 52nd Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT) gets underway July 25-29, 2011 in Kona, Hawaii. Built on prestige, trophies and strict International Game Fish Association (IGFA) rules for world records, anglers and teams from around the world will once again gather to fish the world-famous waters off the Kona Coast.
Excitement is building as more than twenty teams have already registered for this year’s tournament. The 2011 HIBT team roster is filling as five teams from California, four teams returning from New Zealand and Australia, three teams from Japan and teams from Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina and for the first time in recent HIBT fishing, team Xtreme Anglers from Singapore make their appearance at the 52nd HIBT.
As in previous tournaments, HIBT event headquarters, retail and tournament control will be at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach. The public is invited to come to the Kailua pier and watch the boats line up across Historic Kailua Bay as fishing starts each day sharply at 7 a.m. At 4pm, boats return to Kailua pier with their team and catch.
The 2010 HIBT Governor’s Trophy and first place went to Kona Game Fishing Club-Kusatsu. The tournament showcased 110 anglers fishing aboard Kona’s finest sportfishing fleet. Fifty-four billfish including thirty-eight Pacific blue marlin were released among the teams, with eight Pacific blue marlin brought to the scales. But the story of the 2010 tournament went to HIBT team #8 Out Of The Blue from Waianae, Oahu. Fishing the last day of this five-day tournament, aboard the Miss Mojo, captained by Tio Kearney, angler Ted Morikawa boated a whopping 779-pound Pacific blue marlin, earning his team second place in this year’s HIBT. As the largest fish of the day and the tournament, Out Of The Blue finished with 1479 points on the scoreboard.
About Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament
The Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament is underwritten by the generosity of the County of Hawaii and sponsored in part by Oceanic Time Warner Cable, KWXX Radio and numerous corporate and community donors.
For more information on the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, including team listings, IGFA world-record rules and a daily video recap of tournament standings, log onto www.hibtfishing.com.
Greenlaw to Tell Stories in Bethel
Noted captain and author Linda Greenlaw will hold a storytelling session from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, at Gould Academy’s McLaughlin Trustees Auditorium. Details here
Greenlaw will be featured at the next Down Home Maine program put on by the Western Mountains Senior College. She’ll will hold a storytelling session from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18
