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03 March 2015
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News
The Florida Guides Association held their annual meeting and elected a new president. At last years meeting longtime president Capt. Pat Kelly announced his retirement at the end of the 2014-15 year. The announcement provided the organization with one year to find a replacement. That process came to an end Sunday March 1, 2015 at the Tampa Tribune Expo at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Capt. Charlie Phillips, outgoing Secretary/Treasurer, was elected to the lead the group.
The Meeting
The FGA annual gathering began about 7:30 am on Sunday morning. An estimated 65 people attended for coffee and donuts before the official business began promptly at 8:00 am. Outgoing president, Capt. Pat Kelly, led everyone in the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.
The first order of business was the presentation of the FWC Officer of the year award. Capt. Kelly presented the award to Officer Ken Thompson for his outstanding service to Florida’s fishery resource.
Next the annual Capt. Phil Chapman Conservation Award was presented. The award is given annually to a deserving person that shows a true commitment to conservation of Florida’s fisheries and aquatic resources. Capt. Kelly presented this year’s award to Dr. Luiz Barbieri, of FWC, for his efforts in managing the state’s fishery. Dr. Barbieri has gone the extra mile in his efforts to ensure a successful Florida fishery for years down the road.
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01 February 2015
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Road Trips
Whether choosing a weekend getaway, a longer vacation, or a group function you can’t go wrong choosing Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches. It was a fishing tournament that drew me to the area, but I discovered a lot more than fishing.
Crappie USA, a national crappie tournament trail chose the area because of the well know crappie fishing on Crescent and Dead Lake. The crappie are big and abundant, every crappie anglers dream. The organization completed a very successful two-day fishing event on the lakes. Darrell Van Vactor, President and CEO of Crappie USA praised the facilities and the support of the area businesses. “We are very pleased with the facilities and excellent support of the tourism folks. We are proud to be here with them as our hosts.”
The tournament weigh-in was held at Bull Creek Camp Ground, which offers the perfect facilities for anglers. When you consider the winning weight, based on 14 crappies, was 29.77 pounds you realize immediately that calculates to an average weight of over 2 pounds per fish. That is a measure of a superb crappie resource, and one of the many reasons to put the area on your bucket list as place to visit.
