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7960722865?profile=originalThe fishing team Seapremacy shows the 42-pound kingfish taken on a live bait near Jupiter

to win biggest fish in the April 15 tournament. Team members, from left, are captain Alex Burgess,

Benny Townend, James Wood, Michael Wood and Amber Wood

(holdi

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7960707867?profile=originalMichael Wood holds the 51.5-pound kingfish he caught using a live goggle-eye off Jupiter last yearto win heaviest fish in both the Sail Inn KDW tournament and the Lantana Fishing Derby. Both events were held on May 15.

Photo provided

By Willie Howar

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7960702876?profile=originalThe Metropulos brothers — Nick, left, and Lucas — have operated the nonprofit fishing

and environmental education organization Fishing for Families in Need based at St. Andrew’s School

in Boca Raton since 2007. This photo was taken in January, when t

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By Willie Howard

    Boating the waters near Mar-a-Lago was restricted when then President-elect Donald Trump visited his luxurious estate in Palm Beach for the holidays during late December and early January.
    Boaters enjoying the waters near t

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7960691474?profile=originalCooler weather usually brings good numbers of kingfish to the waters off south Palm Beach County.

Wayne Riddler, center, with the 52.1-pound kingfish he caught Dec. 14 on the Living on Island Time drift boat.

With Riddler are Capt. Max Parker, right,

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7960684679?profile=originalRyan Jones of Nautical Ventures demonstrates the Hobie Eclipse’s handlebars and pedals.

7960685097?profile=originalSteve Sprague of Tuppen’s Marine in Lake Worth stands near the stern of a Jupiter 38 FS.

Photos by Willie Howard/The Coastal Star

By Willie Howard

    When one o

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7960685689?profile=original Austin Seidman, 21, did a lot of boating and fishing while growing up in Highland Beach.

7960685871?profile=originalThe catfish spine removed from his calf muscle.

7960686060?profile=originalStitches show the size of the wound after the spine was extracted.

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By Willie Howard

    Austin

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7960665265?profile=originalThe 324-foot ship Lady Luck was scuttled in 120 feet of water off Pompano Beach

on the afternoon of July 23, adding to the dive destinations already in Shipwreck Park.

Photo provided by Elaine Fitzgerald

7960665065?profile=originalThe Ana Cecilia begins taking on water off Sin

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7960660301?profile=originalEmily Stokes of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation measured each of the 655 lionfish

brought in by eight dive teams in the Gold Coast Lionfish Derby.

7960660674?profile=originalMorgan Ingegno of Delray Beach and Barbie Amaro of Los Angeles were among the curious

who s

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7960659091?profile=originalDana Cook holds two of his Sea Turtle Hatcher fishing lures.

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By Willie Howard

    Many Palm Beach County anglers know that mutton snapper linger in shallow water during the summer months, waiting for baby sea turtles t

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7960643496?profile=originalThe Fish Rules app is location-specific and works on either an Android or an iPhone.

By Willie Howard

    Remember the correct slot size limit, bag limit and open seasons for snook?
    What about the bag limit for pompano or the minimum sizes for m

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On the Water: Whatever floats your boat

Palm Beach International Boat Show
offers boats, yachts and accessories,
along with seminars for kids and adults

7960632468?profile=originalLast year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show displayed hundreds of boats

moored at temporary floating docks and sitting on trailers alo

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7960633863?profile=originalCapt. Art Sapp of Pompano Beach (top) celebrates with members of the Liquid fishing team

at Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores after winning the 79th annual Silver Sailfish Derby with 11 releases.

Photo provided by Leonard Bryant Photography

By Wi

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7960625898?profile=originalA porkfish swims through elkhorn coral, a threatened species, on a reef off Pompano Beach.

South Florida coral reefs face threats from pollution, anchor damage, high water temperatures

and other factors. The public is invited to comment on proposals

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New boating zones in Florida Bay, including poll-and-troll zones and poll-troll-idle zones,

were approved as part of Everglades National Park’s new general management plan.

The shallow-water boating zones are not physically marked yet.

ENP website i

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7960602473?profile=originalFlorida Freedivers owner Jonathan Dickinson demonstrates the ‘free immersion’ method

of moving up and down a line in the water without kicking. The method allows

breath-hold divers to expend less energy in the water.

Photo contributed by Florida Free

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7960592101?profile=originalCraig Yarbrough of Boynton Beach shows the mutton snapper he caught on Sept. 11

using a dead sardine on a circle hook while fishing on the Sea Mist III drift boat,

based at Boynton Harbor Marina.

Willie Howard/The Coastal Star

By Willie Howard

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