Florida Keys Blog

The Keys Blog is a short read about The Florida Keys happenings.

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Jul 6, 2008, American Shoal Lighthouse cost $94,000 when she was built on this Florida Keys r

American Shoal Lighthouse had a Fresnel lens when it was first lit in the Florida Keys

Jul 5, 2008, Sambo Reef is the dive site for Florida Keys lobsters

Eastern, Middle and Western Sambo Reef are popular dive sites in the Florida Keys

Jul 5, 2008, Pelican Shoal is near a no take anything Reserve Area off the Florida Keys

Pelican shoal is a beautiful dive site where rubble fields use to support the roseate tern in the Florida Keys

Jul 5, 2008, Florida Keys Lobster are fun to catch and sweet to eat

Florida Keys Lobster, first find them, next catch them, then you get to eat them!

Jul 5, 2008, Florida Keys | Dive Site | List

This dive site list has GPS Coordinates for all the popular spots in the Florida Keys

Jul 5, 2008, Dive equipment | Florida Keys| eBay Auctions

eBay auctions are a sure place to find dive equipment for diving in the Florida Keys

Jul 2, 2008, July Events for the Florida Keys

July has the last of the Dolphin Tournaments and the beginning of the Lobster hunt. Here's what's going in the Florida Keys.

Key West-July 5, Conch Republic Ladies Dolphin Tournament with cash prizes. Call 305-304-7674.

Lower Keys-July 11-13, Dolphin Flashover Tournament. Fish for the heaviest Dolphin. Call 305-942-7223.

Looe Key Reef-July 12, The 24th Annual Underwater Music Festival. Come hear a concert underwater. It's great. Call 872-2411 or Click here

Key West-July 15-18 Del Brown Invitational Permit Tournament. It's a fly fishing tournament. Call. 3052-3664-2444.

Key West-July 15-20. Hemingway Days Festival. It's the 28th year for this event. It's a week packet with fun and literary events. For fun events call 305-296-2388, literary events call 305-294-0320, or Click here.

Key West-July 16-19. Drambuie Key West Marlin Tournament. Anglers go in search of huge Marlin. Big bucks are paid out in this tournament. Call 305-292-2710 or click here .

Islamorada-July 18-20. Holiday Isle & Caribee Boat Sales Dolphin Tournament. It's a Dolphin Tournament open to anglers of all skill levels and ages. Call 305-664-2321 ext. 655.

Islamorada-July 27-28. Islamorada Fishing Club Red Ghost Stalk. This is for anglers between the ages of 11-25. The winners qualify for IGFA Inshore Championship. Call 305-664-3864

Florida and Florida Keys-July 30-31. Mini Lobster Season. Click here for rules and regulations for the lobster season.

Jun 26, 2008, Gold Chalice found on Margarita Shipwreck off Key West

On June 24, 2008 an ornate gold chalice was found on the Margarita Shipwreck site. It was buried under a foot of sand. The diver that found it thought he had found a beer can. Click on the link below for the whole story and pictures of the chalice.

Jun 19, 2008, Erin-Cone | Florida Keys

Erin Cone is proud of her Dad for winning the Florida Keys Dolphin Derby

Jun 13, 2008, The Florida Keys vs FEMA

FEMA and Monroe County Government are working together to undermine the true citizens of the Florida Keys.

We need all the support we can muster! Check out the link below to read more on the fight to regain our rights.

No donations are requested. We just need support from anyone who wants to help save the Florida Keys from becoming another Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.

Jun 10, 2008, Is anyone paying attention to the Grouper fishing?

Everyone who enjoys fishing for grouper needs to be heard. The National Marine Fisheries Service are trying to pass a new ruling on fishing for grouper. They want to close the season from January 15 thru April 15 starting next year. The new recommendations would allow commercial fishermen to take 6,000 pounds of gag grouper per day during a month when recreational fishermen can't take any! Stay up on this one by going to the link below.

Jun 5, 2008, When Suzi lived in Key West it was simple and uncluttered

Suzi has a story about Key West, remembering Wilhelmina Harvey, Mel Fisher, Charlie Vallet,

May 8, 2008, Fishing gear | eBay live auctions

Get fishing gear on eBay for your Florida Keys fishing trip

Apr 24, 2008, The Vandenbers will NOT be sunk in the Florida Keys in May

Yes, lack of funding because of poor planning on the part of the people in charge of the Vandenberg sinking is the real reason the ship will not be sunk in May off Key West.

See the whole push to sink the Vandenberg off Key West got off on the wrong foot. The powers that be here tried and got money from the infra structure of Monroe County which was earmarked for waste water and septic tank replacement. Moneys that were supposed to come from the TDC never materialized. They never did their part to raise the funds and have since searched anywhere they could to try and get the remaining 2.3 Million dollars needed to get the ship here and on the bottom of the ocean.

This is just a bit of inside information and the status quo for the Florida Keys.

You can read their excuses for the postponement by clicking on the link below.

Mar 18, 2008, Florida Keys | Longline

NMFS Regulations that would affect the fishing in the Florida Keys due to longline gear