You know, when the weather starts getting hot and the winds start to die down it won't be long before the boating season is in full swing. There are already signs that the boating season is here. We have been re-filling our fuel tanks every week now. The service barn is full of 100 hour service boats. People are calling me to find out about our tournaments, parties and the Bimini Shakedown.
Well everyone, the return of day light savings time is here and with that, the boating season begins. We have been very busy here at PBM and at our sister store in West Palm Beach. The West Palm Boat Show has just wrapped up and we are very happy to welcome the new PBM/PBBM customers to our family. Steve Kent is getting ready to take delivery of his new 4100SF which he will be fishing in the SKA and FLW kingfish tournaments throughout the South-Eastern United States. His new 4100Sf is powered by triple Yamaha F350's and he is pulling this 26 thousand pound bad boy on a custom quad axle, goose neck trailer by Real Extreme Trailers. Look for his "Team White Trash" (what is with that name Steve?) at the nationals this year. Skip Petzold also took delivery of a beautiful new Hydra-Sports 3300CC with twin Yamaha F350's. That black hull color looks so rich in the water.
Speaking of shiny new fiberglass, its also time to get your boat dirty! The summer fishing season is here early. Almost everyone that has gone out recently has seen good numbers of dolphin and tuna. The small black fin tuna and skip jack tuna are showing up in schools on the edge between Key Largo and Marathon. They are easy to spot underneath the flocks of birds that accompany these fish schools. The dolphin are in all the usual places from 400-800 feet of water. Joey Panse aboard his 3300CC "It Ain't Easy" caught a cooler full of gaffers under some debris.
The Grove Slam Dolphin Tournament is coming up on May 3rd. Any Plantation Boat Mart customer wishing to participate can contact me for a reduced entry fee under our group entry.
The Tenth Annual PBM Owner's Fishing Tournament is coming up in June. You can register on our web site starting April 1st.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH
DESTINATION PLANTATION AT PLANTATION BOAT MART
We will be holding our monthly BBQ/car and chopper show on April 25th. We will also be selling fuel at a discounted rate, so whether you are cruising down by car, bike or boat; make sure you stop by PBM during our Destination Plantation party. As a special bonus, anyone who is reading this blog and comes to our Destination Plantation can find me and ask me about the new PBM t-shirts that are being designed right now. As a reward for reading our blog, I will mail you a free shirt when they come out, but you have to tell me you read the blog! Otherwise, no shirt for you!
Miscellaneous news:
*PBM has been the un-official boat dealer for the Miami Beach Police Department. I think we have more customers from MBPD than any other district. They are holding the MIami Beach Police & Fire Fighters Fishing Tournament on June 13th out of Miami Beach. Contact me for more information.
* For all of those who ask and send your well wishes, thank you very much. Myself and Monica are happy to announce that our triplets (Jesse, Jeremy and Jocelyn) are doing great and should be home from the hospital this week. They were born on February 16th at 2 pounds a piece, and are now just over 5 pounds and growing like weeds. I don't think mom will let me enter them into the junior division of this years tournament, but look out all you junior anglers for the 2010 PBM tournament!
* DJ Laz and Big Will from the Power 96 morning show will be fishing the Grove Slam and the Coconuts tournament this year. Maybe this year they will actually catch something other than a buzz. Their Hydra-Sports 3300CC is called OFFSHORE PIMP and is pretty hard to miss. That custom wrap is amazing!
That's it for now. I look forward to seeing everyone on the water soon.
Eddie
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