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YANKEETOWN-- The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old man and his dog Thursday

after the man's sailboat became disabled near Horseshoe Beach. Rescued was Jim Baxter,

50. At 11:25 a.m. Thursday, watch standers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received

notification from Baxter via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 stating he was low on

This week's featured photo is of Dawna Hunn from Morriston with a 4.57 lb. trout. Dawna

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water and his 27-foot sailboat, Kittywake, was disabled. Baxter stated he was out at sea for

caught the trout on a live shrimp under a Cajun Thunder popper in Lowes Bay.

three days. A 27-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard

rouper fishing reopened May 1 in Atlantic, Monroe County

Station Yankeetown launched to assist. The boat crew arrived on scene at 4 p.m and res-

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Anglers targeting grouper in Florida state and federal waters of the Atlantic, in-

cued Baxter and his dog, Freddy. The boat crew placed a beacon on the disabled sailboat

cluding state waters off Monroe County, will be able to take home some of their catch start-

to alert mariners transiting the area and transported Baxter and Freddy to Sea Hag Marina

ing May 1, when the season for several species andcommercial

 reopened to recreational  

in Steinhatchee. No injuries were reported. "Mariners should always file a float plan with

harvest. The following species reopened to harvest   gag,black, red,  and 

 May 1:     yellowmouth 

a responsible person and ensure they have some type of communication capability during

yellowfin grouper; scamp; red hind; rock hind; coney;      

  and graysby.

their voyage," said Kevin Coyne, command duty officer at Sector St. Petersburg.

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