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DEEP SEA FISHING CLUB AT The Villages, Florida 32159 |
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DEEP SEA FISHING CLUB AT The Villages, Florida 32159 |
aFISH TALES
NOTE: This webpage will contain "fish tales" (photos, humorous stories, or other appropriate banter) from recent salt water fishing trips by members of The Club. Please submit your input to the website coordinator via email or in person to one of The Club officers.
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| Also on the Pastime Princess on July 8th, Gerrie and John Laffey show off their nice flounder. That's good eating, folks. | Wow!!!!!!!!!! A new club record has been set. Bill Smock boated this 50-lb cobia aboard the Pastime Princess on Sunday, July 11th. He swears by the book that he caught and brought it in with absolutely no help. It's true because he won the $110 big fish pool. CONGRATULATIONS BILL! | |
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Photo provided courtesy of the Cash's |
Photo provided courtesy of the Cash's |
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| Wow! An all-time record waiting to be broken by a club member. Arlene Cash brought aboard a beauty of a red snapper weighing upwards of 20 lbs on the Pastime Princess on June 3rd. Arlene couldn't hoist it without the mate's help. Alas, with red snapper season closed, she had to pitch it overboard and wasn't able to qualify for the big fish prize. Good going, Arlene. | Another beauty hoisted aboard by Vernon Cash on June 26th on the Pastime Princess. His Amberjack easily won the fish pool again! A second AJ, Mangrove Snappers and other assorted fish were also caught by the Cash family. | Rich Waller proudly displays his nice 5-lb trigger fish which gave him the big fish pool prize of a whopping $180 aboard the Pastime Princess on July 8th. Do you realize that is a whopping $36 a pound. Good show, Rich. |
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Photo provided courtesy of the Cash's |
Photo provided courtesy of the Cash's |
Photo provided courtesy of the Cash's |
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| Roger Mayer proudly displays his whopping 29 pound amberjack caught aboard the Haf n Haf on May 6th. He was joined by Kathy Mayer, Eva Mayer, Charlie Mayer, Glenn Kangas and Bob Seguin who all contributed to a nice catch of AJ's, cobia and king mackeral. | Our President Everett set a record waiting to be broken by someone in the club. He brought aboard the Pastime Princess on May 13th a gigantic 3 pound, 20" grunt and almost won the fish pool with it. Hey Everett: That isn't an undersized gag grouper made to look like a grunt, is it? | Here's an interesting shot. Thanks to Steve Fussell's excellent training of the starlings out of Crystal River, Bob is holding up a shrimp on the way to the dock and Steve's trained birds come out from the nearby island and snatch it from his fingers. Bill Henning and Kirk Freundt were also part of this trip which also boated 20 nice keeper spanish mackerals. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Kathy Mayer |
Photo provided courtesy of Vernon Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Kirk Freundt |
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| Although red snapper season is closed, the Cash's managed to catch a nice stringer of mangrove snapper aboard the Pastime Princess on April 24th. The biggest one weighed almost 7 pounds. Wow!! | Wow!! The Gulf Grouper did it again!!! Pictured are: Dick Bradford, Tom Martin, Bart Crawford, Buddie Budde, Pete Welsh and Fred O'Connor with their limit of gag grouper up to 20 lbs, plus lots of kingfish, spanish macks and grunts on the May 4th trip out of Hernando Beach. | The big fish on this trip was caught by none other than Bart Crawford, who of course took the Photo to make sure this was on record forever. Just teasing, Bart. Good job. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Bart Crawford |
Photo provided courtesy of Bart Crawford |
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| The gang opened up the new season with a limit of keeper grouper up to 16 lbs. aboard the Gulf Grouper on April 12th. From L to R: Everett Belter, Vernon Cash, Chuck Yahnke, Jim Bensema, Ray Johnson and Dick Gamble. | Jim Bensema took home the big fish prize on this same trip with a nice 16 lb. gag grouper. Although he didn't get the big one, Everett boated four keepers. | This fine looking bunch of guys includes Skip Bakeman, Barry Fouracre, Roger Trafton, Bill Smock, Bob Seguin and Ev Arnold next to their fine catch of gag grouper and grunts caught aboard the Gulf Grouper on April 20th. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Roger Trafton |
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| Arlene Cash broke the losing streak of recent fishing due to cold weather with a nice string of trigger and seabass on February 22nd on the Pastime Princess. She even won first prize in the fish pool with her trigger. "Bout time someone beat out Vernon. | Wayne Post PROUDLY holds the most expensive fish in the world. Fishing on the Pastime Princess on April 8th, Wayne struggled to boat this WHOPPING 14 1/2 inch trigger fish which surprisingly won him the $186 fish pool. Do you realize this fish is worth 13 dollars an inch!!!!!! | Another successful trip on the Gulf Grouper on April 23rd by Loren Van Schoit, Bob Cotner, Dave Kirsch, Tom Gorman, Jim Tracy and Jack Skelly. Seven nice grouper, including a big red, were brought aboard plus several nice grunts. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Vernon Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Bob Cotner |
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| Another successful trip aboard the Gulf Grouper on January 19th. A limit of gag grouper up to 15 lbs plus 4 red grouper and plenty of grunts. Fish catchers were: Dick Schilling, Jim Webb, Al Blanchard, Rich Reed, Joe Skok and Tom Baldwin. | Al Blanchard poses next to the "big one" caught aboard the Gulf Grouper. | The sad story continues. The amount of fish your webmaster has caught in the last 3 months. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Schilling |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Schilling |
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| Fred O'Connor hoists a nice mess of trigger fish and sea bass caught aboard the Pastime Princess on January 14th | Tom Martin was so excited over catching 22 whopper trigger fish, he lost his head over it. Oh well, at least he didn't lose the fish. Tom got these on the Pastime Princess on January 14th. Everett Belter caught 19 triggers. Billy Kahn had the biggest trigger which weighed in at 5 lbs. | Arlene Cash also did well. According to Everett, 136 trigger fish were caught on this trip. |
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Photo provided by Vernon Cash |
Photo provided by Vernon Cash |
Photo provided by Vernon Cash |
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| Wade Heath, with help from Cpt Rick, hoists his 14 pound gag grouper caught in 30+ degree weather aboard the Gulf Grouper on January 7th. | The gang on the January 7th trip: Cy Morgan, John Storer, Wade Heath, Dick Gamble, Paul Watkins and Andy Pallotto. Note the baseball caps, it must have warmed up a little. | |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
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| Another nice limit of gag grouper caught aboard the Gulf Grouper on December 7th. A nice 4-lb mangrove snapper and several grunts were also boated. Shown are Everett Belter, Buddy Budde, Dick Gamble, Bill Smock, Vernon Cash and Bill Olson. | The Cash's did it again. Nice catch of 4 red snapper up to a whopping 12 lbs., 12 sea bass, 2 mangrove snapper up to 6 lbs., 1 yellow tail and 1 6-lb kingfish caught aboard the Pastime Princess on a 2-3 day trip in late December. | Bill Smock shows off his whopper of a red snapper also caught aboard the Pastime Princess on a recent trip. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
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| Alas, no fish left for the rest of us to catch, all nice keepers. 13 red snapper up to 20 lbs., 16 trigger fish., 2 gag grouper, 10 sea bass, yellow tail, etc., caught aboard the HafnHaf on November 24th. Wow! | Here is the group responsible for this: (not necessarily in order): Pete Welsh, Ron Dahlgren, Don Goughan, Richy Farow, Jayne Goughan, and Dave Dolinsky. | Pete Welsh holds up his beauty red snapper. Although not shown, the rest of the group certainly added their share of fish to the pile. Way to go guys. Congrats to Skipper Doug and Mate Matt for a successful trip. |
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Photo provided by Pete Welsh |
Photo provided by Pete Welsh |
Photo provided by Pete Welsh |
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| Likewise, Jayne with her snapper | Finally, Don with his whopper. Looks like Cpt Doug had to provide a little help hoisting this monster. | The amount of fish your webmaster Bob has caught lately. |
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Photo provided by Pete Welsh |
Photo provided by Pete Welsh |
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| A nice amberjack was caught by Ewell Eubanks aboard Cpt Fussell's boat out of Crystal river on October 27th. Grouper and red snapper were also caught. | Congratulations to the group making the first trip out of Hernando Beach on the Gulf Grouper. They boated their limit of gag grouper plus a keeper red. From L to R: Dick Gamble, Tom Witt, John Storer, Pete Andres, Ev Arnold and Vern Cash. | Vernon Cash proudly displays his big keeper 30-inch gag grouper caught aboard the inaugaral trip on the Gulf Grouper skippered by Captain Rick Rodriguez. |
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Photo provided by Ewell Eubanks. |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
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| Glenn Kangas with Mate Matt hoisting his gigantic 32 pound gag grouper aboard the Haf n Haf on October 27th. Wow. | The rest of the gang aboard the Haf n Haf were: Fred Sikkema, Glenn Kangas, Bill Smock, Dave Martin, Everett Belter and Ron Banas. A total of 8 red snapper, 7 shark and 8 sea bass were also caught | The Cash's had a great trip on the Pastime Princess the weekend of November 1st, boating several keeper red snapper, also mangrove and vermillion snapper, trigger fish and an almost keeper cobia. Nice trip. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Glenn Kangas |
Photo provided courtesy of Glenn Kangas |
Photo provided courtesy of Vernon Cash |
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| Bill Smock with his giant 35-lb Amberjack, with Mate Matt providing needed help for old Bill, caught aboard the Haf n Haf on October 12th. | Group pic on same trip with their catch of 8 red snapper, 8 puppy shark, 2 amberjack, 1 25" scamp grouper and several seabass, cuda, and triggerfish. From l to r: Dick Gamble, Cliff Cook, Bill Smock, George Van Der Horn, Tom Martin, Everett Belter and Skipper Doug McCarver | George Van Der Horn with able assistance from Cpt Doug, proudly displays his beautiful 22-lb red snapper on the same trip. That's a monster, George!! |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
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| A nice weekend outing on the Pastime Princess by the Cash's on September 19th and 20th produced a load of sea bass, kings, spanish and an undersized grouper. Arlene wants all to know that her Kingfish was bigger than Vernon's. Go Girl!!!! | Bill Smock was along on the same trip and contributed to the nice catch with his load of sea bass and a nice trigger fish. | The "gang of four" from left to right, Glenn Kangas, Jack Yordt, Everett Belter and Tom Martin, proudly show their nice catch of redfish caught on CPT Fussell's boat out of Crystal River on September 28th. They also boated several more reds which were released and about a dozen spanish mackerel. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
Photo provided courtesy of Glenn Kangas |
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| Just received this photo of member Mary Paulsboe with her beautiful 35-pound redfish caught at Mosquito Lagoon on April 28th. | The "boyz in the hood" did pretty good on this one. Buddy Budde, Bob Seguin, Tom Witt, Vernon Cash, Bill Smock and Everett Belter pose with their 22 grouper and 4 snapper caught aboard the Sanitarium on June 16th. Not shown is a 150-lb nurse shark caught and released by none other than Everett. | Vernon Cash and Tom Martin shown with their nice catches of gag grouper caught aboard the Thunder on September 17th. Vernon edged out Tom by a half pound with his 5-pounder to take the fish pool first prize. Good fishing, guys. |
| Photo courtesy of Everett Belter |
Photo provided courtesy of Captain Lance |
Photo provided courtesy of Arlene Cash |
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| Ev Arnold barely hanging on to two 25+ pound class Amberjack caught aboard the Haf n Haf on June 3rd. | The group poses with their nice catch of 8 jacks, 1 snapper and 1 dolphin. L to R: Tom Witt, John Krivitz, Frank Fussino, Dick Gamble, Ev Arnold and Jim Morrison. Tom Witt is holding his 28 pound jack. Take that, Belter, says Dick Gamble. | John Krivitz, with help from Matt the Mate, holds his 26+ pound jack caught aboard the same trip. |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
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| Everett Belter hoists his nice Amberjack also caught aboard the Haf n Haf trip on May 28th | Bob Seguin with a nice 26 1/2" spec trout caught on June 3rd at Mosquito Lagoon. | Vernon Cash holding a whopper 30" redfish also caught on June 3rd at Mosquito Lagoon |
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Photo provided courtesy of Dick Gamble |
Photo provided courtesy of Cpt John Lulay |
Photo provided courtesy of Cpt John Lulay |
