Long Overdue Updates

Hi Everyone. Been a long, long time since I have posted. Sorry!!! I could not get into this account for some reason. I am not very computer savvy.

Fishing has been good. Lots of grunts, seabass and porgies. Also, red and gag grouper.

As some of our regular customers know, the Double Eagle Fleet has been working for the last several years with other Captains around the Gulf as well as the National Marine Fisheries Service. We were working on an alternate way to manage the fisheries that would allow for longer seasons at different times of the year. I am happy to say that it has been approved. The Double Eagle Fleet, along with 15 other boats across the Gulf, are participating in a two year pilot study for Gag Grouper and Red Snapper. In this program, they allocate a specific amount of fish to each boat. This is based on the number of fish from the 2011 season plus any increases that have been given to the recreational sector. We are allowed to fish this allocation all year, as long as we have fish left in our account. You can read more about this program at gulfheadboat.com . This is very exciting and it allows our customers to harvest these two species NOW.

I have been receiving several calls and emails inquiring about offshore, extended trips. We will most likely be scheduling these trips at the end of April. They will probably be toward the end of June until the middle of August, depending on our harvest numbers. Stay tuned here and our facebook page for updates around that time.

The Double Eagle lll is wrapping up our repower project. We are hoping to have her back by the end of the month with the new, Eco-friendly Cummins engines. She has a remodeled wheelhouse, new paint job from top to bottom, new tinted windows and new state of the art electronics. We are excited to get her back running.

We will only have full day trips running until the Double Eagle lll returns, with two half day trips scheduled for Sunday March 2. Please be sure to call ahead for reservations for all trips and leave extra travel time, especially on weekends. We are entering our busy season and that means traffic headed to the beach.

Hope to see you all soon!!!