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Member Discounts
All participants in
the IGFA Member Discount program are current IGFA members and will be featured at least once annually in the International Angler.
Current IGFA members wishing to use one
of the program's members should make contact directly with the participant
to determine restrictions, terms, and other details.
IGFA wishes to thank all the participants for their generous support! If you are interested in being a part of this program, please contact Denise Hartman at 954-924-4243 or email dhartman@igfa.org
The following are participants in IGFA's Member Discount program:
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Bermuda
Canada
Canary
Islands
Costa
Rica
Fiji Islands
Italy
Mexico
South Africa
United
States
Alaska
California
Florida
Guides SE
Florida
Guides Keys
Florida
Guides Central Florida
Florida
Guides Panhandle
Florida
Guides West Coast
Hawaii
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
North
Carolina
Rhode
Island
Tennessee
Texas
Miscellaneous
ARGENTINA
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10% discount on complete fishing charter packages. All packages include a fully-equipped large room for up to two people at the Posada Paso de la Patria Inn situated opposite the beach in Northern Argentina, including maid service, A/C, color TV, and a fishing charter for up to two anglers aboard a new Trucker boat with Yamaha four-stroke motor with newest equipment (cellphone, radio vhf, security, etc), and a fully-trained and experienced guide, live bait and all fishing equipment. All soft drinks and complete breakfasts, lunches and dinners on the boat and at the Inn are included in package. Fishing licenses and alcoholic beverages are not included. |
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AUSTRALIA
Carpentaria
Seafaris
Captains
Greg and Joseph Bethune
P.O.
Box 787
Malanda,
North Queensland 4885
AUSTRALIA
Telephone:
61 7 40965632,
Fax:
61 7 40965151
Email:
info@seafaris.com.au
Website:
www.seafaris.com.au
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Discount. ( Cape York, Australia ), Salt fly and
sport fishing safaris from the northernmost point of Australia,
Cape York. Fantastic climate, magnificent live-aboard mothership
and fleet of fiberglass skiffs. Pristine flats, estuaries and
inshore fishing with 54 species to date. 8 days and 7 nights with
6 anglers maximum. Husband and wife operators since 1990. |
Coral Bay Ocean Game Fishing Charters & Montebellos Sportfishing Charters
Attn: Sandra Lymbery/Capt. Bernard Vale
Shop 13, Shopping Centre
Robinson Street
Coral Bay, 6701
AUSTRALIA
Telephone/Fax:
0899 425 874
Cell:
0428 425 874
Email: mahimahi1@bigpond.com
Website: www.mahimahicoralbay.com.au |
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10% discount to IGFA members for day charter. 5% discount on exclusives and Montebello Island trips. We operate full-day charters out of Coral Bay (on the Ningaloo Reef), daily, subject to numbers and weather, doing bottom and game fishing from April through mid-October. Also offered are six-day live-aboard charters to the Montebello Islands doing all aspects of sportfishing including bottom fishing, game fishing, popper fishing, diving and snorkeling. |
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BAHAMAS
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15%
Discount. (Hope Town, Abaco). New studio loft and two new two-bedroom
cottages at “Tomato Paste” in Fry's Mangrove, a small, secluded
cove on the seaside of Elbow Cay. Fully-furnished. Full kitchen.
Air-conditioned. Non-smoking. Information and brochure available
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Treasure
Cay Hotel Resort & Marina
Attn:
Mike Sawyer, Marina Manager
2301
South Federal Highway
Ft.
Lauderdale , FL 33316
Telephone:
954-525-7711
Fax:
954-525-1699
In
the Bahamas:
Telephone:
242-365-2250
Fax:
242-365-8847
Email:
info@treasurecay.com
Website:
www.treasurecay.com
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Discount for hotel. 10% Discount for dockage at full service marina.
Not available in connection with other discounts. Blackout periods
may apply. Luxury full-service beachfront resort and marina in Treasure
Cay, Abaco, Bahamas featuring powdery white beaches.
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BERMUDA
Playmate Charters Ltd.
Attn:
Keith or Kevin Winter
4 Mill Point Lane
Pembroke HM05
Bermuda
Telephone:
441-291-7131
Fax:
441-292-9598
Email: playmate@ibl.bm
Website: www.playmatefishingcom
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$100 discount on full day charter. Cash only. No credit cards. Some restrictions apply. Valid May through September. A full-day of deep sea fishing aboard the Playmate, a 43' Torres custom Sportfisher, with air-conditioning and very spacious. Fishing for wahoo, yellowfin and blackfin tuna, blue and white marlin (in season), mahi mahi, barracuda, shark and more. Jig for almaco jack, amberjack, grouper and tuna. |
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CANADA
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| 10%
discount on direct bookings only. (Yellowknife, North
West Territories). Specializing in trophy northern pike fishing
on Great Slave Lake. Fly-in, fully-guided American plan. Top notch
lodge with power, flush toilets, licenses, lounge and telephone.
3,5 or 7 day packages. End of May through the end of September.
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CANARY
ISLANDS
“TEAM
BOCINEGRO” Big Game Fishing Charters
Attn:
Captain Jason Pipe
Marina
la Gomera
c/Fred
Olsen s/n,
San
Sebastian 38800
La
Gomera, Canary Islands
SPAIN
Telephone:
+34 696861194
Email:
bocinegro@hotmail.com
Website:
www.teambocinegro.com
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| 10%
discount on a minimum five day booking. Fishing out of La Gomera,
Canary Islands. We offer blue marlin, spearfish and
big tuna fishing at its best, plus all the regular offshore species.
Customized Bertram with open bulk head, includes all brand new Shimano
fishing tackle, motorized camera and underwater camera recording
all day. Electric teaser reels for bait and switch, light and heavy
tackle. World record fishing (we are holders of numerous records).
Fishing grounds five minutes from harbor. Food and drink included.
Discounts available on accommodations from economy to five-star
luxury. European Islands off the coast of Africa. Totally safe.
Good food and wine, plus IGFA Representative and Certified Captain!
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COSTA
RICA
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10%
discount on any charter package. Fishing packages available
in Costa Rica. IGFA Captain. |
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10%
discount on any charter package. Fishing packages available
in Costa Rica for either billfishing or tarpon fishing. IGFA
Captain. |
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FIJI ISLANDS
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10% discount on Matava Resort daily accommodation rates and 10% discount on Gamefishing Charters aboard Bite Me. Stay in the multiple award-winning Matava Eco-Adventure Resort and fish aboard the 31' Blackwatch big game fishing vessel Bite Me. |
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ITALY
Centro Pesca Sportfishing
Attn: Di Massimo Rotondaro
Via della Quercia, 49
881200 Catanzaro
ITALY
Telephone:
+39 392 1311913 or
+39 349 3737911
Fax: +39 961 728268
Email: info@sportfishing.it
Website: www.sportfishing.it
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10%
discount for IGFA members. The Fishing Center offers fishing of half day (6 hours) or full day (8 hours). Fish for tuna, rostratis, giant tuna and others. Included in the trip is fuel, baits, drinks, snacks, equipment and guide. Capt. Rotondaro practices catch and release. Week-long trips can be organized inclusive of bed and breakfast at www.bebvillagiglio.it. |
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MEXICO
Barcelo
LaJolla de Mismaloya Resort & Spa
Attn:
Laurent Houdebine, General Manager
Carr.
A Barra de Navidad Km. 11.5 N° 4900
Zona
Hotelera Sur, C.P 48294
Puerto
Vallarta , Jal. , Mexico
Telephone:
+52 322 226 0646
Fax:
+52 322 228 0048
Email:
lhoudebine@barcelomismaloya.com
Website:
http://barcelo.com
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Discount for IGFA members on all hotel rates (includes best available,
except Vacation Club Packages), tours, spa treatments and products.
You can also receive a free five-year membership to Dream Yacht
Club with purchase of Vacation Club Packages). Experience luxury
accommodations, golden sand beach, free-form pools, waterfalls and
Jacuzzis, and the spectacular ocean-front spa. World-class sportfishing,
scuba diving and golf are only some of the numerous specialties
of Puerto Vallarta.
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SOUTH AFRICA
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15%
Discount for IGFA members . Fishing from Cape Town out of Harbour Island, Gordons Bay. Bay fishing for yellowtail, bottom fishing. Yellowfin and longfin tuna off Cape Point. Day cruises and crayfishing (in season). |
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THAILAND
Fishing
Adventures Thailand
Attn:
Jean-Francois Helias
34-36
City Studio
8/21
Sukhumuit SOI13
10110
Bangkok
THAILAND
Telephone:
661 846 9894 or
661
848 2811
Fax:
662 651 2139
Email:
fishasia@ksc.th.com
Website: www.anglingthailand.com
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| 10%
discount. Complete package guided fishing tours offering over 10
destinations around Thailand, year round, with full-time
professional guides and equipment. Fishing for the biggest freshwater
fish of Southeast Asia such as giant Mekong catfish, giant snakehead,
giant perch, giant Siamese carp and 15 more amazing Thai species.
As well as foreign introduced species, such as pirarucu, pacu, peacock
bass and more. Saltwater sportfishing for black marlin, sailfish,
king mackerel, wahoo, giant trevally and more! |
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UNITED
STATES
ALASKA
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discount per person on five, six or seven-night packages. Alaska's
most remote full-service fishing lodge. All vacation packages
include round-trip private airplane charter from Anchorage to Anvik,
Round-trip boat transportation from the village of Anvik to the
lodge, meals, complimentary cocktails, beer, wine, soft drinks,
daily guided fishing trips on the Anvik River and its tributaries,
all fishing gear - fly and spin cast (you may also bring your own),
use of work-out room and steam lodge, internet, hip wader, knee
boots and raingear as needed, fly-fishing and spin cast lessons
if you'd like, daily housekeeping and laundry service as needed,
processing your salmon catch within house limits - frozen and smoked. |
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15%
discount on ALL May and June trips - 10% on any long-range trip.
We offer quality full-day halibut, lingcod, rockfish and salmon
fishing trips and multi-day, long range fishing expeditions in the
waters around the Kenai Fjords National Park and the western entrance
to Prince William Sound. We have some of the finest boats
and equipment in Alaska. Our anglers have broken over two
dozen IGFA line-class records over the last ten years. |
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CALIFORNIA
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10% discount off trip for two. Guided kayak fishing trip on San Diego Bay or offshore kayak fishing adventure in La Jolla, California. |
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10% discount off total bill. San Diego Fishing Adventures offers professional fishing charters for 1 - 3 anglers for light tackle bass fishing in San Diego Bay to tackle testing tuna offshore. We supply all the gear and the fun! |
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FLORIDA
GUIDES- CENTRAL FLORIDA
Saltwater
Adventures of Central Florida
Attn:
Captain Keith Kalbfleisch
3118
Heartleaf Place
Winter
Park , FL 32792
Telephone:
407-671-1696
Email:
capt-keith@saocf.com
Website:
www.saocf.com
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| 10%
discount. Providing quality light-tackle and fly fishing on flats,
inshore and near shore fishing near Orlando (Indian River and Mosquito
Lagoon) on the Florida Central East Coast. Tarpon, redfish, seatrout
and more aboard the action craft “The MTC”. |
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FLORIDA
GUIDES - KEYS
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10%
discount. (Middle Keys – Islamorada) Flats and backcountry fishing
out of WorldWide Sportsman marina. Specializing in light tackle,
fly fishing and instruction. |
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10%
discount on full day fishing – 20-day advance notice required. Specializing
in flats fly-fishing. |
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10% discount for IGFA members. Capt. Mike Ortego - "The Florida Fisherman" offers premier fly and flats fishing excursions in the Mosquito Lagoon for trophy redfish and trout from September - May and the upper Florida Keys from June - August for bonefish, permit, tarpon, snook and many more species. |
Funyet
Charters
Captain
John D. Sahagian
28448
Yucatan Lane
Little
Torch Key , FL 33042
Telephone:
305-872-3407 or
800-413-2048
Website:
www.funyetcharters.com
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10%
discount (Lower Keys) Discount available on full day charters only.
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Keys Flats & Backcountry Fishing Charters
Captain
Chris Morrison
8079 Gulfstream Blvd.
Marathon, FL 33050
Telephone:
305-393-2353
Email: captchris@paradisetime.com
Website: www.captchris.com
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$50 discount off half-day trips - $75 discount off full-day trips between September and December 15th. Middle Keys. |
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FLORIDA
GUIDES - PANHANDLE
Bones
Charters
Captain
Hugh "Unk" Smith
6710
Tom King Bayou
Navarre,
FL 32566
Telephone:
850-936-1867
Fax:
850-936-7714
Cell:
850-830-7714
Email:
unksmith@aol.com
Website: www.bonescharters.com
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20%
discount for IGFA members ($100 per day discount applies concurrently
for all active duty service members, Project Healing Waters and
Casting for Recovery participants. Experienced, certified
Captain provides guided fly fishing trips in the Florida Panhandle
aboard his 17.8 Hell's Bay WhipRay Professional technical skiff.
Targeted species include tarpon (July and August), redfish, speckled
trout, jacks, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, bonita and others.
Primary mode is catch and release. Trips are for one or two
anglers. Summertime night fishing is a specialty. All
tackle, licenses, flies and leaders are included. Tarpon camp
included accommodations in a three-bedroom, two-bath beach house,
two meals per day and guided fly fishing for tarpon. |
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FLORIDA
GUIDES - SOUTHEAST
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$50
discount on any trip. Choose from 8-hour day trips for a wide variety
of sail, dolphin, king, snapper, grouper, or tuna. Four-hour
evening trips for snook and tarpon or and 8-hour swordfish trip
aboard the 33' Dusky center console with a crew of two in the Miami
area. Can accommodate up to four anglers. |
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5%
- 10% discount to IGFA members. Inshore, flats and backcountry
light tackle and fly fishing charters. Offshore deep sea fishing
charters. International "All Inclusive" fishing
excursions. Ecological tours. Multiple day packages
available. |
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FLORIDA
GUIDES- WEST COAST
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discount on a single person charter. I specialize in putting
you on big fish on the flats or on the near shore reefs aboard my
skiff or my center console vessel. It's all about you and what you
want to do. Fly fishing or spin casting on the flats or reef fishing
with light to medium tackle. I hunt big fish...The rest is up to
you. |
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HAWAII
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| 10%
discount off one full day of bonefishing on our flats boat or 20%
off total of two or more consecutive days of fishing. Fishing trips
include all tackle, lunch and drinks (bring cigars!!) Fly
fishing or light tackle fishing for Hawaiian bonefish in paradise
on the island of Oahu. Hunt for these elusive gray ghosts
aboard a custom-rigged 17' flats boat. Local knowledge and
keen eyesight are our specialties that will put you on some of the
biggest bonefish you will see anywhere in the world. Our average
size fish are 7 - 9 lb with many larger fish pulling you deep into
your backing with runs of 150 yards, or more. |
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discount to IGFA members. Guided fly fishing on all of Oahu's
reef flats. A classic service, concentrating on wading and
sight fishing and/or blind casting, according to prevailing conditions,
with the guide spotting bonefish right on the clients' shoulder
all day, to ensure you get the best shots. We access flats
by vehicle, kayak and boat (IGFA Captain). With seven years
experience in Hawaii, and more than 30 years guiding experience,
we are Hawaii's most experienced guides, and proudly boast Hawaii's
top catch rate for bonefish on the fly, with many double-digit bones
landed and released. We tie almost all of our own specially-designed
Hawaii Bonefish flies, and have a wide assortment of TFO rods and
gear available. We supply lunch and drinks and pickup from
any Honolulu hotel. Our guide rate of $400 a day or $250 half
day for one or two anglers is the best offered here, and we also
assist our clients with accommodations, and in pursuing DIY fishing
all around Oahu after fishing with us. Get a taste of Hawaii
fly fishing by searching Youtube videos under "Louie the Fish
Downtown Bonefish on Oahu!" |
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MASSACHUSETTS
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| 20%
discount to New England 's Best Sport Fishing World Class Multi-Species.
Explore, fish, whale watch and enjoy Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod
Bay & Islands, “The Bank”, Buzzard's Bay, Nantucket Sound or
historic harbours like Plymouth, Marblehead and Scituate, for genuine
New England fishing and yachting charters aboard a custom well-equipped
33' Fortier sport cruiser with an experienced USCG captain native
to these historic and bountiful waters. Valid dates are May – October.
Includes: a great variety of lodging available, ground transfers,
tackle, dead bait, fuel, quality meals, USCG-equipped quality boats,
captain and mate as experienced guides, license and all taxes. IGFA
members receive a 25% discount on trips booked online at www.charterwhitecap.com
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NEW JERSEY
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10% - $65 per 1/2 day/full day trip. Enjoy a half day or full day of fishing New York's Western Long Island Sound for all species in season. Spring - early summer target species is striped bass, bluefish and fluke. Fall - Winter target species are striped bass and tautog. All bait and tackle supplied. |
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NEW YORK
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20% discount on all charters. Take four trips, the fifth is free. Long Island, New York. Reynolds Channel and local waters. Will also trailer boat short distances on Long Island. Will also give fishing lessons to all levels at a discount of 20% for four-class package. Lessons start at age 10 years old. Boating lessons are also available at a 20% discount. |
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NORTH
CAROLINA
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| $25
off on full day trips and includes tackle, lures, bait, ice, coffee,
breakfast breads and lunch. Must book one week in advance. (Oriental)
Spec Fever is a Hydra-Sports Key Largo, Florida style
flats boat out of Oriental offering full and half day charters in
the Neuse River, Pamlico Sound and their tributaries.
This remote and very large estuary offers a variety of salt and
brackish water gamefish where you can relax in the calm quiet creeks
and fly or light tackle spin fish for spotted seatrout, redfish,
flounder, black and striped bass. Peak times are April to early
May and September to first of the year. Or, fish the Pamlico Sound
grass flats and Neuse River for seatrout, redfish, flounder, Spanish
mackerel and tarpon during the summer months. |
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RHODE
ISLAND
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10%
discount. Fishing aboard fully equipped 42 ft. Prowler
out of Snug Harbor Marina specializing in tag and release of bluefin
tuna, striped bass and sharks.
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TENNESSEE
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$50 discount to IGFA members for guided fishing trips on Old Hickory and Percy Priest Lakes. |
TEXAS
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| 25%
discount for IGFA members. Specializing in light tackle, bait, spin
or fly fishing in the hundreds of square miles of the lower Laguna
Madre off the coast of South Texas. All quality tackle and equipment
supplied. Full-time, Coast Guard licensed professional guide. Group
trips and accommodations can be arranged. Discounts offered on full
day and release trips. Major credit cards accepted. Telephone: 956-943-3332.
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| 10%
discount. Specialist in fly and light tackle in both salt and fresh
water. Texas Coastal Ben, Laguna Madre and seven fresh water lakes
aboard a 24' Carolina skiff. Specially outfitted
for flats fishing. Tackle and lessons available at no charge. Texas
fishing license required. Note: Book three or more days
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MISCELLANEOUS
International
Weighing Services
Attn:
Vincent Muccillo
5901
SW 108 St.
Miami
, FL 33156
Telephone:
305-662-2610
Website:
www.iwsscales.com
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10%
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50% discount on all Shark
Tours departing daily from behind the Westin Hotel in Mallory Square,
Key West, Florida. A 3-½ hour eco-tour on our state-of-the-art
34' VersaCat Tiger Cat for the purpose of viewing the
resident apex predatory sharks of the Key West banks and flats.
Our experienced guides will work to show our guests a living display
of tiger, lemon, hammerhead, nurse, bull and blacktip sharks in
their natural and unaltered habitat. We will NOT FEED these sharks.
Customers will learn about specific shark ecology, biology and shark
conservation. So get on our boat and come join us for a few hours
of fun, education, conservation and relaxation. |
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