<H3>• #18: Islamorada Journal 2014…25 JAN </H3>

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Remember surface lure I described making from a popper float? Works like a charm! Jack crevale taken on a fly-rod popper... ...and released. Told you how cold it's been down here, but bet you didn't expect to see ice! Shoo-Fly's first ice-breaking venture. Egbert waiting at the fish-cleaning station...in hope of a handout. Thursday night's sunset. A window...in morning sunlight. We had some wind on Friday. Here's a windsurfer who crashed spectacularly...but got up and continued on. Parasailor. He's about ten feet above the water in this photo.

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• Meanwhile, in other news...

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• Man Stranded on Charles Island

“A man who ventured out to Charles Island Sunday and missed the tide coming back was lucky there was a photographer on land with a long lens to spot him.” For those who don’t know, Charles Island is connected to the mainland by a rock bar or tombolo that is above water at low tide but below water at high tide. Over the years many have been stranded on the Island which is about a half-mile from Silver Sands State Park in Milford, CT; some have died after being swept from the bar by the tide. Please visit this link to read the full article: MilfordMirror.com

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• “Kayaker Reels In Monster Marlin While Kayak Fishing Off Coffs Harbour Coast”

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“It was the one that didn't get away - a monster marlin which came off second best after a one-hour tussle with a kayak-paddling dentist off the northern NSW coast.” Photo from, and please visit this link to read the full article: DailyTelegraph.com

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