By Willie Howard
The Riviera Beach Maritime Academy, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Palm Beach County sank a mermaid sculpture off Singer Island Aug. 11 to create a new dive destination in honor of a woman who has survived breast cancer three time
The 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
The Ana Cecilia begins taking on water off Sin
Emily 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.
Morgan Ingegno of Delray Beach and Barbie Amaro of Los Angeles were among the curious
who s
Dana 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
The 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
Palm Beach International Boat Show
offers boats, yachts and accessories,
along with seminars for kids and adults
Last year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show displayed hundreds of boats
moored at temporary floating docks and sitting on trailers alo
Capt. 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
Nine-year-old Kaden MacNeil of Lake Worth caught this 40-pound wahoo with a sardine Dec. 22
on The Lady K Drift boat out of Lantana. (l-r) Kevin MacNeil (proud dad),
Captain Bruce Cyr and proud fisherman Kaden.
Photo provided
A 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
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
Florida 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
Craig 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.
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By Willie Howard
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Team Nailed It caught this 71.6-pound wahoo trolling in 300 feet of water north of Boynton Inlet
to walk away with the heaviest overall fish prize in this year’s Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament.
The 21st annual Gerretson tournament, on Aug
The boater’s ditch bag, used for near-shore ocean fishing
on a 23-foot boat, includes, from left, light sticks, emergency rations, a whistle,
drinking water, cord for tethering people together, a hand-held VHF radio,
a personal locator beacon, a stro
Brett Lang and Doug Konz hold the 57.1-pound wahoo they caught June 27 while trolling in 150 feet north of Boynton Inlet. Their wahoo not only won largest fish in this year’s Lake Worth Fishing Tournament, but also set a record for the heaviest fish
Chase Young of Delray Beach holds the 17.8-pound wahoo caught trolling a bonito strip
behind a sea witch in 375 feet north of Boynton Inlet. He won the wahoo division
in the May 30 Sail Inn KDW tournament.
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Divers need
The Ready to Reel fishing team led by Kevin Spencer, right, ran into 600 feet of water on May 2
to catch the heaviest wahoo in the Lantana Fishing Derby. Angler Ben Bortnov
(front left) fought the 24.34-pound wahoo.
Photo by Brent Anderson/BAnature.c
Teen anglers (from left) Chase Eagleton, Will Lightle and Conner Eagleton of Lake Worth show three dolphin
they brought to the scales April 11 during the 10th annual Boynton Beach Firefighters Fishing Tournament.
One of them, a 20.9-pounder, won seco
Ernie DeBlasi, owner of Impact Lures
and part-owner/executive chef at Caffe Luna Rosa.
DeBlasi’s handmade fishing lures made in his garage in Boynton Beach.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
When it comes to fishing and co
A spinner shark twirls above the surface in shallow water off Palm Beach.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
One of the greatest nature shows of the year occurs during late February and March when sharks by the thousands move along Palm Beach Coun
