Saturday Fishing Class 11/28/10

This past Saturday the students showed up early again to the classroom to start fishing.  The fishing was hot right off the bat.  The students were using live shrimp, frozen squid, and dead mullet and caught a number of different species of fish.  The caught a ton of spanish mackerel, jacks, snappers, grunts, and even landed 3 barracudas.  Along with fishing so of the students painted their fishing rods and attempted to tie some jigs.

Boca Raton Housing Authority Fishing Trip 11/25/10

After many weeks of sitting in class and learning about fishing and conservation the BRHA group earned their fishing trip.  They are an amazing group of students who were always wanting to learn more and more about fishing, and finally they had the opportunity to go fishing and practice what they have been learning about.  We all met at the Boca Raton Boat Ramp off Palmetto Road to try see if they could take what they have learned and catch a fish.  The fish were biting right from the start, and the students caught grunts, snappers, and blue-runners.  Everyone had an amazing time including Robert and Jeff, from the Sims Center, who were there to help me.

GUY SNELL IS DONE!!!!

We all at the Florida Fishing Academy would like to thank Guy Snell, his family, and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation for all their hard work on the mural for our classroom.  After many hours of painting and driving up from the Keys, Guy has finished his mural.  We encourage everyone to come by the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp and see his incredible work.

Guy Snell is almost done!!! 11/13/10

Guy Snell came up twice this week to try finish his mural on our classroom at the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp; however sadly he still has one more day of work to go.  Guy spent Saturday working on his amazing marlin on the east wall.  We are all amazed by his mural, including the students who managed to distract him from his painting with all their questions!

Saturday Fishing Class 11/13/10

This past Saturday the students showed up at the classroom 5 hours early for class at 8:00am and started fishing and did continued till around 4:30pm.  Ray and Tim were the first to arrive and they grabbed the cast net and headed down to the intracoastal to catch bait for the day.  They caught enough "greenies" for everyone to use for about 5 hours.  Most of the students headed down to start fishing once they arrived and a few stayed behind and helped me paint and repair some fishing rods.  The students fishing caught jacks, bluerunners, mangrove snappers, yellowtail snappers, grunts, barracudas, and even a couple of crabs.  The students had a wonderful day fishing and absolutely enjoyed the amazing weather we had on Saturday.

All of the above photos were taken by Kevens, one of our students, who has taken an interest in photography and spent the day taking photos

Guy Snell continues to put his finishing touches on his mural