Page 7 - Martin Downs Bulletin - January '23

Martin Downs, Page 7
Treasure Coast Outdoors

No Boat? Now Might Be A offshore fishing. You can on Oct. 20 from Premier Boat Club that they are having
also simply rent a boat if
a no-initiation fee promotion.
Good Time To Join A Boat Club you don’t want to become I have belonged to this boat club for many years. They
a boat club member. are located by Shrimpers, in the Manatee Marina, 4905
By Jim Weix The main disadvantages S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart. Their website is https://
Compared to owning a are that there are often premierboatclub.com/ and their phone number is (772)
boat, boat clubs are a less minor maintenance issues 220-1012.
expensive way to have a nd downri gge rs on Last month I wondered if our golden local tilefish
a boat to use. They are offshore boats are often population could handle commercial fishing. Since they
also more convenient than missing or in bad need of are nonmigratory, local populations are very susceptible
towing a boat, launching it, repair. This comes with the to overfishing.
and then figuring out where territory when you have The bad news is that a few commercial vessels were
to keep it. You don’t even numerous people using a boat day after day. targeting these tilefish and local anglers were having
need to clean it when you The biggest hurdle for many people wanting to join a trouble catching any. The good news is that if you try
return to the dock. boat club is often the initiation fee, which will be several new areas, you will find some.
Another advantage is thousand dollars. After that, you pay a monthly fee, which Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
that you have a variety of boats that you can use. You is normally very reasonable. conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is
can get a flats boat for skinny water fishing, a deck The good news is that the prerecession economy seems included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s Hall of
boat for taking the family out, or a bigger boat for to be solving the initiation fee problem. I got an email Fame for helping restore thousands of acres of wetlands.
Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes Company. He
can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by email: jimweix@
jimweix.com.

Good Works from page 6

Join us at our next event as we change more lives.
WeDoGood will be holding the annual Blue Line Golf
Tournament. We welcome our host The Cape Club of
Palm City. This newly renovated private golf club is
located on the Treasure Coast. The golf course gives
the very finest players a challenge they will never
forget. Add this to the complimentary way in which
the course is set into the landscape, and you have a
total package that will be the envy of any golfer. The
Cape Club is a part of the Cape Club Collections.
Members receive access to sister courses in Sharon
and Falmouth, Mass.
View our website at WeDoGood.org.

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