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The Art of Negotiating a Raise

April 21, 2022 By InTheBite Editor

captain and crew talking at dock

By Jan Fogt

After talking to owners and captains about the best way to ask for a raise, we came away with this startling conclusion: most captains rely on their boss’s goodwill to provide cost of living and merit raises even though such raises usually are negotiated upfront in the business world.

Considering the majority of big game captains today manage hard assets costing well over a million dollars we think being a licensed sportfishing captain should be considered a professional occupation. Yet few captains and owners see the owner-crew relationship quite that way.

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Filed Under: Advice, Careers, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat crew pay, boat owners, Captain, negotiating a raise, offshorefishing

Keeping the Boss Happy: Advice from Veteran Captains and Owners

August 17, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

By Jan Fogt

When it comes to pleasing the boss, all the usual applies. Like keeping the boat clean and well maintained, keeping meticulous maintenance records, reigning in any bad behavior on the part of the crew, being prepared for travel and trips, tournaments, etc. In other words, when it comes to the boat, the secret to longevity on the job would seem to be to keep the boss’s life as hassle free as possible while watching out for the bottom line. As most captains will attest, if you can manage all of the above while taking care of fishing, you’ve got a job for life.

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Filed Under: Advice, Boats, Careers, Crew, Featured Stories, Operations Tagged With: advice, boat jobs, boat owners, Captain, fishing jobs

Mazu Sportfishing App: Access or Download ROFFS Reports When Offshore

March 29, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Download the FREE mazu SportFishing app and you can view and download your ROFFS fishing forecast hot spots while offshore. ROFFS data is digitally overlaid directly onto detailed sea surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll, current and altimetry charts in the mazu SportFishing app for iPad. Captains and crew also have access to ROFFS comprehensive descriptions and information directly through the app. Visit www.mazu-marine.com for details and to download the app!

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: access, altimetry chart, app, apple, billfish, Blue Marlin, bluewater, boat electronics, boat owners, Captain, chlorophyll, crews, current, emergency, fishing, InTheBite, ios, iPad, mac, magazine, marlin, Mates, mazu marine, offshore, roffs, sea surface temperature, sos, sportfish, sportfishing, sst, weather

InTheBite Dock Talk: Bye Bye Barnacle

March 15, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Ensure a trouble-free maintenance experience with Bye Bye Barnacle. The systems need to be flushed every 1 ½ months to avoid buildup of marine growth especially in warm waters and warmer climates. The flush unit is plumbed into the supply and return manifolds of the air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The flush unit is plumbed to on board fresh water system for filling and pumped overboard for draining contents overboard.

Check out this video tutorial on Bye Bye Barnacle by AugustWorks:

Bye Bye Barnacle is currently the only proven permanently installed flush unit on the market.

  • Save thousands on yearly flushes
  • Flushing takes mere hours, not all day
  • 1-year warranty on flush unit

Filed Under: Dock Talk, Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: a.c. flush unit, air conditioning, boat maintenance, boat owners, boating, bye bye barnacle, Captain, cleaning, Dock Talk, engine room, fishing, flush, flushing, freshwater, growth, InTheBite, magazine, marine buildup, marine electronics, offshore, plumbing, refrigeration systems, saltwater, sportfish, sportfishing, tournaments, traveling, warm temperatures, water system

InTheBite Dock Talk: Explorer Satellite

February 25, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Satellite communications are perfect for offshore sportfishing when faced with no other alternative once away from land-based cellular/GSM networks.

Explorer Satellite keeps you equipped at sea, selling systems and service that work even in the most demanding weather and sea conditions.  Depending on the application, one or several solutions may make the most sense.

 

Learn more in this edition of Dock Talk with Explorer Satellite owner, Andy Cool –

Filed Under: Dock Talk, Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: applications, boat electronics, boat owners, Captain, communications, connection, dishes, Dock Talk, emails, emergency, explorer satellite, fishing, fleet one, GSPS, InTheBite, magazine, offshore, safety, sailor, satellite, sportfish, sportfishing, tournaments, VSAT, wireless phone

Calling All Boat Owners: InTheBite’s Guide to Captain Pay Survey

January 4, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

ATTENTION: CALLING ALL BOAT OWNERS—We’re wrapping up our captain’s pay survey.. If you’d like to participate in this anonymous study, shoot us a message. We’d appreciate your input!

Email: rachel@inthebite.com

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: boat owners, boaters guide, Captain, guide, InTheBite, magazine, money, salary, sportfish, sportfishing, Survey

Coast Guard Look To Improve 911 System For Boaters

January 2, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

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SPRINGFIELD, Va., Dec. 31, 2018 – A sign of the times, the U.S. Coast Guard reports that it’s common for recreational boaters today to use cellphones to call during a boating emergency. While Boat Owners Association of The United States urges every vessel to have a working VHF radio with DSC (digital selective calling), the nation’s recreational boating advocacy, services and safety group also recognizes that cellphones are firmly embedded in boaters’ lives. But what happens when a boater tries to call 911 for emergency or routine on water assistance? Will the call go to the closest, most relevant rescue agency for a swift response?

Unfortunately that’s not always the case. But a provision in the recently passed Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization of Act of 2018 aims to improve reliability of the 911 system when recreational boaters need emergency help. In an effort to ensure timely dispatch of the closest potential rescue asset or on-water assistance provider, the Act requires the U.S. Coast Guard to review its policies and procedures to “formulate a national maritime Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) policy.” There are more than 6,000 PSAPs in the U.S. – local 24/7 call centers with trained dispatchers that receive 911 emergency telephone calls and route them to the proper emergency service.

“This effort will help minimize the possibility of maritime calls being improperly routed and to assure the U.S. Coast Guard is able to effectively carry out its maritime search-and-rescue mission,” said Tina Cardone, executive director of the Conference of Professional Operators for Response Towing (C-PORT). C-PORT members, made up of on-water towing industry companies from across the country, contributed to the legislative effort. This included TowBoatUS Mystic owner Capt. Jeff Dziedzic.

“This was a grass-roots effort by many and took years of working with U.S. Coast Guard and elected officials,” said Capt. Dziedzic. “We care about this because of our occasional role in responding to life-threating events as good Samaritans, as well as answering calls for more routine requests for assistance.”

In a video recently captured from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Capt. Dziedzic’s local congressman, thanked the captain for bringing the issue to his attention.

BoatUS also thanks the leadership of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) and Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.).

Additional TowBoatUS C-PORT members joining the effort included Capt. Chad Noetzel, TowBoatUS Port Huron, Michigan; Capt. Terry Hill, TowBoatUS Potomac, Virginia, Capt. Richard Paul, TowBoatUS Cape Coral, Florida; and Capt. Chris Shaffner, TowBoatUS Palm Beach, Florida.

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: 911 system, aaociation, boat electronics, boat owners, Boat Safety, coast guard, emergency, Florida, gps, InTheBite, magazine, palm beach, sportfish, sportfishing, towboatUS, VHF radio

Save the Date: InTheBite Sportfishing Social November 15th

November 8, 2018 By InTheBite Editor

We had such a good time the first go around, that we’re hosting our second Sportfishing Social one week from today!

SAVE THE DATE. Nov. 15th, join InTheBite for a chance to rub elbows and talk fishing with our industry of crews, captains, owners, & fishermen.. We hope to see you there!

Location: Blue Pointe Bar and Grill – 18701 SE Federal Hwy, Tequesta, FL 33469

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: blue point bar, boat owners, Captain, crews, fisherman, fishing industry, Florida, happy hour, InTheBite, jupiter, magazine, Mates, november, sportfishing social, tequesta, yacht brokers

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