WorldSailfish 2008 Key West ~466 Sailfish Caught & Released after Two Days~

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After Two days of fishing there have been 466 Sailfish caught & released in the WorldSailfish Tournament in Key West, Florida...

Friday will be a "Lay" day with no fishing and the third and final day of fishing will be on Saturday. Additional information can be found at the WorldSailfish website...

Update and final results here...

Shad Planking 2008... Photos

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Additional photos from the 2008 Shad Planking in Wakefield, VA. on 16 April 2008...

Attorney General Bob McDonnell

Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and Wife Jean-ann at the Bolling booth...

Governor Gilmore who is campaigning for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator John Warner...

Scott Sayre, John Darden, and Mike Reynold talk politics...

Waynesboro Republican Committee Chairman Chris Darden with Governor Jim Gilmore...

Additional photos and info...

World Sailfish Tournament 2008 ~Challenge Coins~

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The Key West Citizen has an article about the history of "Challenge Coins" and info about the World Sailfish Tournament running this week. Today is the first day of three fishing days and conditions look great for fishing...

The Worldsailfish website also has info about the Challenge Coins and describes the coins issued to all participants of the tournament...

Challenge coin from the 2007 tournament...

Update & Final results here:

Shad Planking 2008... Wakefield VA.

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Outstanding Planking of the Shad today in Wakefield, VA. with an impressive turnout and great weather for this event. Numerous Virginia political candidates and elected officials attending the yearly event hosted by the Wakefield Ruritan Club...

Great opportunity to showcase the new "McDonnell \ Bolling" sign for the 2009 Virginia race for Governor and Lt. Governor...

My travel compadres and fellow plankers upon arrival to a small clearing in the middle of the woods in Wakefield VA...

Not long after arrival to the planking we started to run into other Conservative Republicans from the Valley including John Darden, Mary Sayre, Scott Sayre, and Chris Darden...

Scott Sayre and John Darden talking with Mike Reynold from the Bob McDonnell campaign...

From what I understand the Shad is attached to the plank and then arranged vertically along the length of a fire pit and cooked over an extended period of time. This is a Indian tradition and the Wakefield Ruritan Club has been holding this event for 60 years now...

Paul Comes with Virginia Delegate Steve Landes...

Waynesboro Republican Committee Chairman Chris Darden and Governor Jim Gilmore...

Governor Gilmore taking his chance to speak after Governor Warner and Bob Marshall who are all running for the Virginia Senator spot being vacated by Senator John Warner...

Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and Attorney General Bob McDonnell after the speeches were delivered..

Trixie Averill, who is the Republican State Central Western Vice Chairwoman, and some guy who is running for Virginia State Governor in 2009...




Lt. Governor Bill Bolling meeting with several Virginia State Troopers in attendance today...

Attorney General Bob McDonnel...

Lt. Governor Bill Bolling with his crew...

Governor Mark Warner with a co-worker of mine who attended his first "Planking of the Shad" today after numerous attempts of explaining exactly what it was and why it was being done... He will be back next year...

Conservativa has additional photos and info on this event...

Sailfish are Back !!! ~World Sailfish Tournament 2008~ Key West

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Kick-off for the 2008 World Sailfish Tournament was today in Key West, Florida

Agenda for the tournament can be found at: WorldSailfish 2008

The 2007 World Sailfish Tournament had 350 Sailfish caught & released over the three days of fishing.

Photos and details of the 2007 tournament can be viewed at Rightside 2007

The Keynoter has a great article about Sailfish and their migration patterns. Captain Jim Sharpe is the owner\Captain of the SeaBoots boat out of Summerland Key and the boat I had the pleasure of working on when I was living in the Florida Keys...

Jones Run Falls \ Doyles Falls ~Shenandoah National Park~

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3.6 mile loop hike on the Jones Run Falls trail which can be started at the Blue Ridge Parkway 84 milemarker parking lot...


Trail continues down to an intersection with the Doyles Falls trail and you will pass numerous smaller falls along the way back up to the parking lot...

Short distance off the trail a grave marker can be found with the inscription:

William H. Howard

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44 VA. INF

C.S.A.

Crunch-time 2008...

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