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New members now number four! The Rowdies wish to welcome Karen Frelier and
Mark Schafer, who have been attending functions with the Rowdies for the
past few months and now Sharon Thompson and Mike Caputi join us. Welcome
all!! We are also glad that Pat Fredette is back on the active list after a
lengthy time out.
Captain Mark Schafer has initiated a great Gulf Diving Invitational E-Mail
for our interested divers. On Wednesday he and his boating friend, Carl,
take a look at the weather and make a “guestimation” on whether or not it is
a good weekend to try and make it out. Mark then e-mails everyone on the
list of people interested in diving and asks who is available. Based upon
the weather, it may be a Saturday or a Sunday. The divers interested e-mail
or call him to let him know if they are available and on Friday, Mark will
call them to let them know what day they are going out, setting up the time
and place to meet. I hope there is a lot of interest in joining Mark. We
need to be ready to slip out when the weather breaks between the tropical
storms! There is a lot of good diving out in the Gulf, what a great
opportunity! Thanks, Mark!
Lynn Willis is ever busy with on-going trips: Contact her:
coolchicdiver@yahoo.com
DOMINICA, This Island has it all, short hikes to water falls, whale watching
year round, canoeing, birding and kayaking. July 28-Aug 4, 2007. 12 people
are now signed up and there is room for more.
GREECE and the Greek isles: An 11 day trip: Nov 2-12
EGYPT trip: We are doing the 8-day trip with a 3 nite Nile cruise and adding
on the Petra 4 day to Jordan - departing March 5, 2008.
Lynn’s May trip to Boynton Beach was quite a success. WOW, top to bottom
visibility, warm water in the 80’s, and great hotel services. “IF only I had
my camera! Can you imagine 12 – repeat “12” - smooth trunk fish at one
cleaning station! How unusual!” I had to go look that one up as I had
forgotten what the smooth trunk fish looked like. They saw loggerhead and
green turtles also but she felt there were fewer fish this year. I’m
anxiously waiting to see Ed Z’s pictures!
Mike Caputi is looking into diving in the Panhandle on the Oriskany aircraft
carrier. Give me a call if you are interested and we get some plans
finalized.
Our April Rainbow River float/ clean-up has been postponed – yes, we wimped
out. Burrrrr – too cold “for the kids.” If you want an easy trip to bring
the kids on, call me and I’ll put your name on the list.
DON’T FORGET THE SOD!!! Registration will have been over by the time this
goes out but we hope to have winners of those great prizes!
1st and 3rd Tuesday meetings at 7 P.M.
Let’s Get Wet, Pres: Sonia (727-522-8276 –
oksmith@knology.net)
Tournament Time!!
Well, it’s spring and the tournament season is well underway! The Spucs have
been very active this year with 4 tournaments already wrapped up through the
end of May. The SPUCS shot out of the gate with the 1st Annual TBSC Winter
Invitational. 5 out of 7 big fish trophies plus 6 of the top 10 places
including Ritchie Zacker’s 1st place win! The FSDA Freedive Tournament was
next with GR Tarr placing 6th overall and Team Red Tide taking 4th place
overall. WCC #1 was held in May with GR Tarr taking the #2 overall place and
Rich Taylor grabbing the trophy for largest Cobia. The SPUCs took 2nd place
overall and 4 of the top 10 places. Ritchie Zacker took the 7th place
freediver position at the 2007 Spearboard Open.
So far, the defending WCC champions are off to a great start in the WCC
series with 3 tournaments to go. TBSC is hosting in July at the Seminole
boat ramp and the SPUCS are hosting in September at Ft. Desoto.
Speaking of tournaments, two of the best are still right around the corner.
The 2007 FSDA Southern Open and the 2007 St. Pete Open.
The 2007 St. Pete Open is in it’s 43rd year and is being held at the Holiday
Inn Sunspree on August 17-19. We are getting ready to kick off our
sponsorship drive and still have some placements on the sponsor shirt
available for new sponsors. We have already updated our new website with all
of the info at www.stpeteopen.com.
John Schmidt is the reigning 2006 St. Pete Open World Champion, who will be
this year’s champion? We’ll see in August at the St. Pete Open!
Sea Bunnie Competition
2007
FISH / LOBSTER
Fish Category Weight in
pounds
Grouper
Mary Taylor
19.9
Hogfish
Mary Taylor
Snapper
Mary Taylor
4.8
Sheepshead / Triggerfish/ Flounder
Mary Taylor Triggerfish
2.1
Amberjack / Barracuda / Cobia
Lobster
SAVE OUR SEAS
Entries are in Points
Mary Taylor
98 feet of string
1
Beach ball
1
Lead weight
1
One chunk of Styrofoam 1
Total Points = 4
Cyndi Whitaker
Bait net with handle
2
Boat light lens cover
1
Rope 2” diameter x 6 ft long 3
Total Points = 6
Rita Fitzpatrick
One Resin Chair
3
One ball of fishing line
1
Personal emergency beacon 2
1 rag
1
1 t-shirt
1
2 aluminum cans
1
fancy fishing lore
1
sinker
1
glass bottle
1
Total Points = 12 pts
The Suncoast Seals hosted WCC Tournament #1 out of the Anclote River
Park. The weather was perfect and we had a great turn out. There were about
47 divers that turned in fish. The Seals finished in First Place by a slim
margin over the other competitors.
Top divers for the Seals were;
Pit Gills
80.97 points.
Dave Shelton 70.39 points.
Darren McAllister 58.95 points.
There were two Seals who won "Largest Fish" awards:
Dave Shelton- Hogfish 11.15 lbs.
Rob Boos- Snapper 7.32 lbs.
Congratulations to all winners!!!
