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THE BITE IS RED HOT

Weekly Fishing Report 7.11.14
 
OFFSHORE –Along with the South Florida heat, the dolphin bite is red hot right now, off the Coast of Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton. In Jupiter, the best depths of catching these bulls seem to be in 260-280 feet and around 500 feet because of the really nice weed lines gaining together in those ranges.
Sailfish have been reported in 200-300 feet from the Lake Worth/Palm Beach Inlet; Kingfish are also running in 95-105 feet.
On the bottom floor, yellowtail, mangrove and vermilion snapper are chewing in 75-95 feet along with the occasional mutton snapper. Red Grouper are showing up, however, most of them are undersized.
It has been a mixed bag off Boynton Beach, with kingfish, dolphin, blackfin tuna, cobia and…

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SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA XXII…CARLIN PARK

Jupiter’s Carlin Park will be cloaked in mystery July 12-15 and July 19-22 for the 12th Shakespeare by the Sea Festival.  The Seabreeze Amphitheater will be transformed into a deserted island for this adaptation of the Shakespeare classic comedy of the “Twelfth Night” as it is reimagined with a contemporary twist.

Although the “Twelfth Night” is being revisited again at the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival after 22 years “ this production promises to be more complex than ones done in the past” according to Executive Producer Kermit Chrisman.  They have infused the concept of plane crashes and landing in the setting of the 400-year-old classic tale, on a deserted island theme.  A must see concept.

While diverging from the original setting, the play…

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DO YOU BREW?

In addition to Florida’s gorgeous beaches, beautiful weather, excellent theatres and art, the Sunshine State offers even more … local breweries and pubs offering craft beer.

What is better than near perfect weather and bluest, blue water and white sand beaches? Actually, not much, but Florida’s craft beer industry consists some of the best brewers.  This is not just about beer, its craft beer!  There are close to 100 breweries and brewpubs around the state.  Florida is a craft beer drinker’s paradise.

Florida pours have been getting quite a bit of national attention.  Tequesta Brewing Company, located at 287 U.S. Highway One, Tequesta is South Florida’s first microbrewery.  The Village of Tequesta is proud of its stunning residential communities…

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ADMIRALS COVE EAST GOLF COURSE ALMOST PERFECT

ADMIRALS COVE East Course reopened a short time ago and the rough is substantially thicker and longer. Over the past three months, they have increased fertilizing the golf courses to improve plant health. One of the drawbacks of this is rapidly growing turf in addition to thicker and denser turf.

Admirals Cove golf course maintenance professionals state, “we are mowing it as diligently as we can (including adding additional mowers to our normal rotation). It takes seven days to mow the entire rough. Once we have finished this most recent round of mowing, we will lower the mowers by a 1/4”. After completing each mowing, the objective it to reach 2.25-2.50” in height.”

In fact, golf maintenance has been mowing daily while the course was closed. However, due…

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LIONFISH ROUNDFISH-UP… JULY 12, 2014…NO BOUNDARIES

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) encourage people to remove lionfish from Florida waters to help limit negative impacts to native marine life and ecosystems.  Lionfish can be speared, caught in handheld nets or caught on hook and line.  There is no recreational or commercial bag limit.  They are extremely tasty, too!

Register now for the Reef Builders Lionfish Round-up, Saturday, July 12, 2014 diving starts at 7:00am.

REGISTRATION FEE:  $50/per diver or $150/team of 4 divers. Proceeds benefit the Martin County Artificial Reef Program.

CASH AWARDS: Cash Prizes for Smallest $250, Largest $250, Most Caught by Individual $500, and Most Caught by Team $500.

There will be two convenient weigh in locations from 12 noon to 4:00…

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THINGS TO DO ON FOURTH OF JULY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY!

JUPITER’S OLD-FASHION 4TH OF JULY IN ABACOA

This year at the Abacoa Town Center the all American holiday of 4th of July will be celebrated for two days! Kicking off on July 3rd is the classic car show, Main Street Cruise. This event features some of the sweetest rides in the area including, classic cars, muscle cars, custom rods and sports cars. There will be a Palm Beach Cardinals vs. the Jupiter Hammerheads game followed by fireworks and live music. 

The 4th of July is sure to be a smash hit and is perfect for people of all ages. To start the holiday of right, a parade through the streets will get the party started. The parade will begin at 4 pm. From 4pm-9pm there will be several live performances from local DJs and bands offering a variety of…

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JULY 4 CLOSINGS

Friday is Independence Day. Here is how the holiday will affect area services.

PALM BEACH COUNTY:

GOVERNMENT OFFICES:  Federal, state, county, and municipal offices, courts, banks and post offices will be CLOSED on FRIDAY, JULY 4.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:  NO Palm Tran bus service FRIDAY, JULY 4.  Tri Rail train service WILL operate on a weekend schedule.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES: All public libraries in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie Counties are CLOSED on FRIDAY, JULY 4.

GARBAGE COLLECTION: Most garbage pickups are on a regular pickup schedule in Palm Beach County. Exceptions include North Palm Beach where Friday pickup will be on Thursday.  In Boca Raton, Thursday pick up will be will be on Wednesday and Friday pickup will be on Thursday.

MARTIN…

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YOUR TURN TO BE IRON MAN…TRY FLYBOARDING!!!

Have you ever wished to fly like Tony Sparks?  Flyboarding is close.

Flyboarding…how do you do that? A flyboard is a board connected to by a water hose to a Jet Ski or a Wave Runner. The Jet Ski engines force water into the hose at high pressure and out through nozzles on the board, and rider as high as 45 feet, 12-15 feet for beginners.

West Palm Beach officials redesigned the downtown waterfront and in addition to strolling and boating, one can try the extreme fun of flyboarding.  Get set for takeoff from the center pier on the east end of Clematis Street in front of E.R. Bradley’s Saloon. SoFlo Flyboarding was licensed by the city commission to offer a flyboarding instruction program from a floating dock from the aforementioned center pier.

The owners…

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TRADER JOE’S OPENING

Six weeks after opening in Wellington, Trader Joe’s announced the grand opening dates of three additional stores in our area.  A store in Delray Beach is scheduled to open Friday, September 5, at 1851 South Federal Highway.  A Palm Beach Gardens store located at 2560 PGA Boulevard will open September 19 and finally another market will open September 26 in Boca Raton at 855 South Federal Highway.

Trader Joe’s is an American held privately held chain of funky specialty stores headquartered in California. It started in the 50’s as a small chain of convenience stores.  They made the stores bigger “decked the walls with cedar planks and donned the crew in cool Hawaiian shirts.”

Trader Joe’s is known for its eclectic collection of branded products that range…

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TEQUESTA GAS LEAK CAPPED…ROADS OPEN

Evacuees can return home.  Gas leak has been contained.  Roads open.

The Tequesta gas leak began yesterday when the Amerigas tank on Old Dixie Highway was filled. The tank held 30,000 gallons and was about 85 percent full.  Fire rescue crews spent more than 12 hours trying to stop the leak and succeeded about after 5 a.m. when they replaced a valve.

According to fire rescue officials, on the Martin County side over 500 homes were asked to evacuate and on the Palm Beach County side the number was somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 because of the number of apartment complexes in the area.  

First responders stated the tank was being filled when it began to leak and it was 85 percent when it began to leak.  Emergency crews were trying to contain the leak…

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