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A Taste of Sportfishing: Blue Crab Claw Rolls

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By Holly Hearn of Game Girl Gourmet

Blue water and blue crabs. These two things pair beautifully in the case of this blue crab claw roll. The rolls are light, sweet, savory and just a little bit spicy. This makes them the perfect lunchtime pick-me-up in the cockpit. Blue crabs are the most consumed crab species on the Gulf Coast, with a spawning season of December through October. These delicious bottom-dwellers produce meat that is tender, white and slightly sweet. Crab claw meat has a stronger crab flavor compared to lump meat, as well as a flakier texture. Both traits pair exceptionally well when served chilled in a lightly toasted brioche bun.

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The Masters Celebrate 60 Years in Style

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Left to Right: Chase Offield (2013, ‘16, ‘19 & ‘21), Dale Creamer (2018), Pat Healey (2011, ‘12 and ‘23), Myles Reis (2005), Dennis Coleman (2022), Carmine Galati (2017) (Photo/Ronald Rojas)

Costa Rica never disappoints; calm seas, a world class fleet and fast billfishing for 30 Master Anglers who gathered together at Los Suenos on January 24th for the annual boat draw. Veteran anglers welcomed five “freshmen” into the club and after greeting old friends, the Rules Committee reviewed a new scoring procedure for fighting marlin. Marlin scores were first introduced in 2022, and the anglers embraced the change.

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Pelagic’s Vaportek Fishing Shirt

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Check out the video to see why Pelagic’s Vaportek is the lightest and most breathable fishing shirt. The Vaportek Fishing Shirt features full-length fine-mesh vented panels that allow for optimal airflow to pass through the lightweight fabric. Built for beating the heat and humidity, this long sleeve is our go-to in any warm weather conditions. Available in hooded and non-hooded.

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Performance by Design

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A propeller appendage, a typical source of drag.

By Christopher Swanhart

The same reason water floats our boats also slows them down. Water is dense. Pushing a hull through the water, and maintaining planing speeds, requires an appreciable amount of power. The resistance profile of a hull is easily predicted. And the magnitude of thrust is eye-opening when compared to, say, a car on pavement going the same speed. At planing speeds, 50 miles per hour for example, the required power to propel a hull in water can be orders of magnitude greater than that of a car going the same speed on a road. It’s a drag, for sure, so how can we deal with it best?

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Yamaha Introduces Upgraded 450-Horsepower XTO Offshore® Outboard

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The Yamaha X450 overboard engine.

KENNESAW, Ga., Jan. 17, 2023—Yamaha Marine kicks off 2023 with new product offerings, including an updated XTO Offshore outboard which delivers greater convenience, enhanced technology and 450 horsepower. Featuring the same 5.6-liter of big block displacement and long list of features as the original XTO 425, the updated XTO 450 improves upon the powerful platform that changed the offshore boating game.

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Shifting Course: New Sonar Tactics

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By Steve Katz

It seems that most everyone either has a scanning sonar or is getting a new scanning sonar. The upsurge in installations, along with a variety of brands and models, requires captains and ping jockeys to develop their technical skill and fishing methods to operate a scanning sonar for optimum results.

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Hiring a Captain For Your Center Console?

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By Adam Peeples

As a current owner or prospective owner of a high-performance center console, hiring a captain may not be something that has been a consideration for the term of your boat ownership. After all, one of the main benefits of owning a center console is the relative ease of operation of such a vessel in relation to a sportfishing yacht. The operational costs, maintenance and general upkeep of most center console fishing boats are a fraction of that of a modern sportfishing yacht. So why would hiring a captain be worth thinking about?

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Blue Water Desalination Introduces the Fully Automatic Explorer XT Watermaker

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Signal Hill, California (January 5, 2023)—Blue Water Desalination (BWD) revealed its latest innovation in water purification during the recent Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. The all-new Explorer XT is a robust, expandable system designed to fit almost any available space. With capacities from 475 to 1,800 GPD, the Explorer XT is a welcome new standard for mid-sized to large yachts.

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