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ANNOUNCING COMPETITION TACKLE'S 16th ANNUAL JUNE DOLPHIN ROUND UP 2012 to benefit HOSPICE BY THE SEA, INC.

Mark your calendar and tell your Team Members.

The Dolphin Dash Warm Up: will be from 5:00AM through 5:00PM on TWO Sundays, May 13th & May 20th, 2012. Cash for the three largest fish.

The Dolphin Round Up: begins June 1, 2012 fishing until June 30th, 2012. The Awards Party will be on July Sunday July 1st, 2012. Cash for four largest dolphin + funfish categories, ladies & Jr. Angler prizes too!

More fun happenings:

The popular "Hospice Hold'em" Card game. Ante $25. Earn seven cards with seven counting fish and your five highest cards are your hand at the Awards Party. Win 60% of the Pot. Hospice by the Sea 40%.

The $5000.00 Big Fish Corral. Enter your Team for $100. The payout is 50% First, 30% Second, 10% Third. Hospice by the Sea receives 10%. ($5000 assumes a 50 boat entry. Actual payout may be more or less).

The Awards 50-50 Quick Draw: Buy a ticket for a dollar or buy 20 tickets! If your ticket is drawn you get 50% of the Pot. Hospice by the Sea receives 50%. The 2011 payout $1000.00 for a one dollar ticket.

EVEN THE LITTLE ONES COUNT FOR GURDAKS...

THE ROCKFISH TEAM WEIGHS IN - ANNUAL JUNR ROUND UP 2011

Click the Hospice by the Sea emblem below to download Rules, Entry Forms and to follow Round Up News.

Beginning Sponsor List for the 2012 Round Up: Tee Shirts Sponsors: Paul Bange Roofing - World Petroleum Corporation - LTC Elevator Cabs, Inc.- Mario Zacco's 441 Commerce Center. Our all year long friend Steve Schustack at A1AWeather.com will be our 'Official' weather source. Sea School - Ft. Lauderdale has donated a Gift Certificate for some lucky angler to get their Captain's License. The US Coast Guard Auxillary is donating bags and saftey literature for all entrants. Prize Sponsors: Ian at Gray Taxidermy will mount the big fish for the Winner and giving Tee-Shirts & Decals. Florida Sport Fishing Magazine will fill boat bags with Magazines and stickers. Old Florida Seafood House has sent a Gift Certificate for Dinner and Round Up friends at Lewis Marine Supply have donated three beautiful prints for Treasure Chest drawings. Guy Harvey's Magazine will be with us and in the Boat Bags. We're hoping Guy will once again give a trip to his NEW Guy Harvet Outpost Resorts. Debbie Rasberry at the Rasberry Animal Clinic in Davie (our vet) is donating three Baskets of pet supplies plus discount coupons for your best friends needs. Sea Spook Specialty Baits has given Gift Cetificates for 3 pack trolling squid and bonita strips, FREE BAITS! Beautiful Flamingo Gardens has donated Gift Passes to visit their Park. The swordfish people Lindgren-Pitman sent down a whole box of automatic swordfish lights for lucky anglers. Anyone might think a fish razr is somthing to shave bearded snapper with? No, Fish Razr has donated four of their new super teaser systems. With this teaser system you place baitfish decals on the hull of your boat to bring the big ones in close. Wow! Someone told Calder Casino & Race Track that you and your friends needed to GET OUT MORE so Calder is giving A Day at the Races for you and five guests (six) with valet parking, Clubhouse passes, A Race Named for You and YOU present the Winner Trophy with pictures framed! Now that's getting out in style!! Stand by, there's much much more.

RASBERRY'S "BIMINI BOUND" MOVES UP

RYAN RASBERRY & HIS G/F KARA HOLD FIRST TUNA AND FIRST DOLPHIN WEIGHED IN THE WINTER FESTIVAL.

RYAN RASBERRY PICKS UP NEW RODS & CASH FOR TOP TUNA AND TOP WEIGHT OVERALL

USED PRO ROD 32 SLOT RACK FOR SALE $95.

GET THEM OFF THE FLOOR, REVOLVES FOR EASY SELECTIONS CLK

WE'RE SLIMMING DOWN FOR SPRING - YOU WIN!

THIS RACK EASILY SELLS FOR $200 NEW AND THIS ONE LIKE NEW!

New from SEA SPOOK SPECIALTY BAITS - click

Dolphin, Wahoo or Tuna. The oldest "proven" bait of them all.

Ballyhoo are a inshore species - all offshore

species eat squid. Dolphin, tuna,billfish,wahoo - ALL SPECIES eat squid.

Specializing in Shimano, Penn, Daiwa, Electromate.

COMPETITION TACKLE No lines - Aways someone to assist you! Questions answered.

SEA ROGUES for Dolphin, wahoo, tuna or billfish!

WHEN CATCHIN' COUNTS - Let us put these in your spread ! Custom rigged our specialty. enlarge

ROSS ANDERSON, MIGHTY QUINN MOVES ON RYAN RASBERY

(LEFT) WITH THIS 30.8 WAHOO ON A BONITA STRIP & SEA WITCH.

ROSS ANDERSON COLLECTS HIS MONEY AND STAR PLASMA ROD

GOT NEW RODS > KEEP THEM IN ORDER WITH THIS

USED ROD RACK FOR SALE, 10 ROD SLOTS $75.00

STANDS IN ONLY 18"X11" SPACE 18" by 11". GET 'EM OUT OF THE CORNER AN IN A RACK

SCOTT BOUWENS ASKED BARBARA'S ADVICE ON A NEW REEL

FOR HIS FLAMINGO TRIP. SHE RECOMMENDED THE SAME REEL SHE USES & HERE'S SCOTT'S CATCH.

KENNY GURDAK LAYS WINNER ON THE SCALES!

SEE RESULTS OF COM/TAC'S WAHOO CHALLENGE 2011 see pages 2 & 3

SEVENTY YEAR OLD OWNERS SOON TO RETIRE

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS BUT ONCE - Work for yourself doing what you love.

Click below for a laugh!

And, one for the GIRLS .......

l/r KEITH BUTLER> LARRY PETERSON > RICK WALSER OF

TEAM FOUNTAIN PROUDLY DISPLAY THEIR WINNER. PETERSON WAS ANGLER AND BUTLER WAS ON THE GAFF.

RICK WALSER 'TEAM FOUNTAIN' RECIEVES PRIZES FOR LARRY PETERSON & TEAM

BIMINI BIG GAME ANNOUNCES INVATATIONAL EVENT TO HONOR TIM CHOATE

SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW CAPT. BILL MASTERS LED THE

TOURNAMENT WITH THIS 18.29 lb FISH > FOR 8 MINUTES BEFORE BEING BUMPED>>>

CAPT. DUANE OF JUS' CRUSIN' GETS LARGE HOUNDIE

USING SEA SPOOK BAIT'S RIGGED SQUID FROM COMPETITION TACKLE - RARE CATCH!

Exclusive Sea Spook Specialty Bait Dealer -Sea Rogues over squid shown

NEWS THIS WEEK- GIANT 13" SHRIMP NEVER SEEN BEFORE

GIANT SHRIMP-LIKE AMPHIPOD FROM 33,000' - ONLY NINE CAUGHT - THEN THEY DISAPPEARED!

These are the one's your friend told you about. Sea Spook Specialty Baits -try 'em.

NEAL LAUE ON PLASTERED LANDS WINTER WAHOO

A 6LB'ER EARNED IN ROUGH SEAS BUT STILL A COUNTER. NEAL ALSO GOT AN 8LB. DOLPHIN.

IN THE RIP: (local gossip, trivia, fishy news):

Swordfish are in the News this morning with Capt. Jimmie David's L& H (charter boat) catching a Sword in 30' of water! See Steve Waters Report at left.

We're getting great feedback on the Round Up announcement. One fellow asked if we knew of someone who might want to split the Entry and needs a team member. Could be we can put you in touch with him? Let us know if you're open to sharing expence and we shall. Click the Hospice Logo above to go to Rules and Entry info that you can download.

We have a fishing report from Neal Laue on Plastered. Neal says trolling produced a few small kings and dolphin but was generally slow. That goes along with the morning's low tide last six days. Neal reported fair action deep dropping. He picked up several golden tile fish. They are the best! Saturday Neal says they pulled up 57 "blackbellies" for potatoe chip fillets.

A note about proper VHF Radio etiquette. Nothing can be more frustrating than raising a friend on the Radio for a fishing report and have another radio user "walk on your transmission" attempting to make calls over yours. Nothing can be more hazardous to your vessel, your crew or yourself than a person who ignorantly calls for "radio checks" or "can you read me nows" on Channel 16 when you are in an emergency situation. Channel 16 is designated the International Emergency Hailing Channel and should never be used for anything other than an Emergency. If you need the Coast Guard, call them on #16 but they will immediately move you to Channel 22, their "working Channel".

As a recreational boater you have Channel 9 as your hailing/calling channel and Channels #68,69,71, 72 and 78A to talk on. Before calling listen a moment and make sure the airway is clear to avoid interupting another's call. Do not key/click your mic while others are talking. When they stop, it is your turn. Sadly, many people think of the VHF Radio as similar to the old trucker's CB radios. This is not true. Next time you leave Port, listen in on #13, the bridge tenders working to raise & lower. Listen in on #14, that's the pilot boat guiding the freighters into the Port. The etiquette of VHF Radio use allows us all to have "a space" to work, play and enjoy safely.

Dolphin have been around all year. Fishermen getting out have been knocking off little ones where they find them. Concentrate your efforts in 150'-500' of water. Weather for the weekend looks good. Some breeze so check our beach cams (left) before you go.

Just got a nice e-note from Capt. Mike Genoun of Florida Sport Fishing Magazine. He and Leah are busily setting up for the Miami Boat Show this week but Capt. Mike took time out to let us know that He & Leah are sending down 100 Magazines for the Team Boat Bags (plus stickers) for the upcoming 16th Annual Hospice Round Up. Their magazine is a treasure trove of tips and how-to's that are applicable to our area. If you're heading to the Show make sure you stop by and thank them for us. They'll be displaying outside and inside on the First Floor, Booth #3311.

Capt. Ned Stone of the Bimini Big Game Club Guy Harvey Outpost is hosting a Tim Choate Invitational Marlin Tournament. See dates, click Marlin, top left, or letter below right. Proceeds from the Event will go to the people in Alicetown, Bimini. Need more information - cantact nstone@guyharveyoutpost.com .

Is the Boat Ramp you're using getting crowded? Maybe too steep or you just want to try another Ramp maybe closer to home or where you fish. The Florida FWC is now listing 1600 Ramps at www.myfwc.com/boating take a look, find a Ramp. Bring us a fillet.

Snook season is open on the Atlantic Coast. Keeper Snook must measure "in the slot" meaning 28-32" with tail pinched closed. Shrimp are running medium and large due to cooler weather. Tarpon are heavy around Haulover Inlet and the small bridges at Star Island. Port of Maimi has also been producing tarpon on the out going tide.

The crew of 'Just-Crusin' owned by Duane P. of Duane's Toyota in Davie thought they had a new species when they caught a large Houndfish with vertical stripes while fishing the full moon off the Keys. See picture top and lower right of page. Thery caught it on one of Barbara's Sea Spook rigged squid. Our expert Capt. Don suggests the bold stripes might be "light up effect" similiar to the billfish "light up" when they are excited or turn-on while feeding..

72 Resorts in and about Asia have taken shark fin soup off the Hotel menu's in support of stopping the practice of finning sharks; cutting off the fins and tossing the doomed creature back into the sea.

Right out of National Geographic Magazine. According to scientific study the human brain needed the Omega 3 oils found abundantly in fish to evolve from it's early stages into a miracle of complexity. They reason that early homminids (including the apes) that learned to catch fish by hand, with a stick or by trapping them in shallows and then consuming lots of Omega 3's had a distinct advantage in the area of brain developement over those that did not consume fish. That explains why us fisherman are smarter.

Who knew? A blue whale's heart can be as much as 10' tall and weigh 2000 lbs.

Scott Bouwens asked Barbara for advice on a new reel for Flamingo. One that guests could use and wouldn't break the bank. She recommended the little Shimano she uses herself. Scott arrived at Flamingo and was instructing his 'guest' on how to use the new reel. When Scott pulled back the bail and threw the very first cast.... well, see for yourself - middle picture and we're playing his song.

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