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08-01-2011, 03:08 PM | #1 |
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Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
Do you like spearing lionfish? Pretty good at it? Then get your team together and join the Lionfish Derby by REEF
To register go to: http://www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies/southeastfl Once you've registered, call or come by your Force-E Dive Center and we can get you and your team set up on a fabulous dive boat out of West Palm Beach. August 12th, 4:30-6:30 PM: MANDATORY captain's meeting at Sailfish Marina (including late registration/collection of registration packets/supplies/rules etc) *Captain's Meeting is mandatory for the team captain and all team members are encouraged to attend. There will be a briefing on safe collection and handling procedures for lionfish. Each member of the team must fill out a liability waiver, found HERE, and submit it before or at the captain's meeting. August 13th, sunrise-4:00 PM: No morning check-in; teams may begin collecting at sunrise. -4:00 PM: Lionfish must be brought in for scoring by 4:00 PM. Officials count and score. -4:00-7:00 PM: Social and lionfish tasting open to the public. -7:00 PM: Awards dinner at Sailfish Marina. Last edited by SpearMax; 08-01-2011 at 07:27 PM. Reason: Fixed link |
08-01-2011, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
This may be the correct page - http://www.reef.org/node/4445
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08-01-2011, 04:12 PM | #3 |
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08-01-2011, 07:28 PM | #4 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
Nice Prizes!
Prizes given to the top three teams in each category: •MOST LIONFISH: $1,000 cash, $500 cash, $250 cash or gift certificate •BIGGEST LIONFISH: $500 cash, $200 cash, $100 cash or gift certificate •SMALLEST LIONFISH: $500 cash, $200 cash, $100 cash or gift certificate
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08-02-2011, 07:06 AM | #5 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
looking forward to it & sharpening my lion tamer as we speak. not sure how to carry around a bunch with spines not cut off though, guessing my lobster bag with a long leash. usually cut the spines and string them, but they want them uncut. this is going to be tricky. good luck everyone
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08-02-2011, 07:16 AM | #6 | |
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08-02-2011, 07:25 AM | #7 |
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thanks jfjf, thats a great idea, now to alter the lobster shoot so the little devils don't sneak back out. thinking gorilla glue and slices of milk jug on the flap. think it will hold up for a day?
also, my boat trailer is trashed and the boat is in the water, need to find a used single axle trailer for a 17ft whaler before this hurricane hits. if anyone knows of one for sale, cheep, please pm me, thanks char
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08-02-2011, 07:39 AM | #8 | |
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08-02-2011, 08:24 AM | #9 | |
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The normal lobster hotel bag, would retain all but the smallest of lionfish, I would think. I used to be a commercial golf ball diver and we used those exact same lobster hotels with no modification and no balls would fall out. If you are really worried that a small fish can get out on the edge of the flap, you can cut a section from the bottom and side of a 5-gallon plastic bucket (the corner section of the bucket with the 90 degree angle). This piece can then be riveted on to the edge of the lobster hotel collar and configured so that the 90-degree edge acts like a hinge and makes a flap.. if you think it needs to be done.
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08-02-2011, 08:40 AM | #10 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
These contests are all fine and dandy till someone gets stuck by a fish and ends up hurt or worse. im all for killing the bastards but encouraging people to kill them off for prize money seems a bit of a liability to me.
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08-02-2011, 09:13 AM | #11 |
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Don't worry, it will be over soon. The population is exploding and I think they will soon determine that these "tournaments" can not provide a cost effective means to contol the lionfish.
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08-02-2011, 09:32 AM | #12 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
That's exactly my line of thinking. It seems that somehow there must be a price on their heads, like any other fish for commercial sale, and if so, this would trigger a broad effort to harvest them.
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08-02-2011, 10:36 AM | #13 | |
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Someone will just have to meet me half way up on I-95 because i'm in Cocoa. Let me Know if this would help the Derby out. Joe. 321-749-8195 |
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08-02-2011, 11:36 AM | #14 |
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Yeah Im all for controlling the population but if someone gets stuck down at 100ft and has an anaphylactic allergic reaction... that could be.. well very serious.. How bout entry fee includes price for a epi-pen
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08-07-2011, 09:33 AM | #15 |
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Re: Lionfish Derby in West Palm Beach
Here is one Lionfish collection bag that Armor Bags developed.
http://www.armorbags.com/baitbags.htm
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