Annie Girl Charters

2012-02-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

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Charter Boat Annie Girl

Captain Mike Rowell

2011-12-27T03:45:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Fellow Fisherman

I revived the following email from a dear friend, client and fellow fisherman/woman. She asked me to forward and post this for her. She also asked me to edit the details. I choose not to edit anything because her message is from her heart, not the details. She loves to be on the water and she wanted to share a her feelings with others like her.

Thank you Sandy!

Dear Fellow Fishing Fanatics,
My husband and I have fished many, many deep sea fishing tournaments over the past 13 years and I must say that the majority of those tournaments have been on the Annie Girl (ok, all of them have been on Annie Girl). We have been repeat customers over the years because we have been so successful in the tournaments we spend on Annie Girl and, it is always a blast to go fishing with Captain Mike, Ms. Tammy and his crew.

The main reason for our success is directly related to Captain Mike Rowell, his beautiful wife, Tammy, and his outstanding first mate, Nick, along with Annie Girls remarkable deck hands, Brent and Truiette!

To start, Annie Girl is a 64 foot custom built Resmondo Deep Sea Fishing Boat with three very comfortable staterooms (sleeps 9 adults very comfortably); 2 bathrooms with showers; a huge, beautifully decorated open salon; and a customized, fully functional kitchen. Basically, it is a "floating fishing condo", as I like to describe it to my friends and family. And that's just the inside!

Annie Girl has an extra large fishing area with plenty of room for all types of fishing including, but not limited to, Blue Marlin (actually all Marlin) Sailfish, Swordfish, Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Ling, and assorted bottom fish such as Snapper, Grouper and Triggerfish. This is just to name a few that we, personally, have caught off the Annie Girl!

Some of my favorite features on Annie Girl, other than the Captain and crew, are the accommodations for deep sea fishing. These include the super capacity ice maker which is perfect for icing down your drinks in the large double-sided built-in ice chests and icing down your fish in the customized, built-in, super-size fish boxes. Annie Girl also features a nice fighting chair with a large turning radius to fight those big fish you'll be catching!

One of my favorite parts of deep sea fishing on Annie Girl is catching our own bait on the way out (and off the rigs) and storing them in the built-in live well. This live well is always a big hit with the kids because it is big enough for them to play with the net and trying to "catch" the bait for the deck hands. What's really nice about this option is that Nick, Brent and Truiette love to have the younger ones help. I consider this a huge entertaining activity to keep them busy while on the boat while letting them be part of the entire fishing adventure. Since we have three children that we take with us, and they have all basically grown up fishing on Annie Girl, they always love talking about helping catch the live bait (albeit out of the live well when they were very young) especially on overnight trips at the rigs!

Captain Mike fishes year-round for seasonal fishing and even travels to southern Louisiana for part of his many fishing trips. If you can think of of it, Captain Mike and his crew can do it! Their motto is, "Specializing in a Good Time!". And we have taken him up on it many, many times and have never, not once been disappointed! Can't say that about many things in life, much less about someone or such, of a group of people working together doing what they love. As for the entire Annie Girl crew, they love fishing and love sharing their passion of fishing with anyone willing!

My husband and I have also used the Annie Girl for business functions, birthday party dinner cruises, and my ultimate favorite, the Blue Angels Show Weekend in Pensacola, Florida! Catering is available for special occasions and Tammy is a gourmet chef. She makes the most wonderful recipes that will make you want to return just to eat her fine cooking!

The crew is extremely knowledgeable about bait, tackle, riggings, types of fish, and all of that other stuff they do to help us catch fish without us even knowing we didn't do anything special (they already had it ready to go and we just caught fish!) But the important thing is (at least the first 4-5 years) I thought I did it all! They are that good. And they are also wonderful instructors for first timers, young folk, or those who haven't been in a while.

I give Annie Girl Charters a "two thumbs up" because they are truly, exceptional. So if you are looking to go deep sea fishing choose Annie Girl Charters because you'll not find another crew that will aim to please like this crew!

Borrowing my best fishing buddy and very close friend Tammy's closing...

Tight Lines!
Sandy Ervin

Updated Shared Expense Trip Schedule and Price List

2011-06-22T14:43:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Subject: Shared Expense/Walk on Trips

Hello Again Fellow Fisherman

Here is a list of Shared Expense Trips that we are trying to fill as of 6/21/11

6/23/11 6 Hour Departing @ 7:00 am

7/2/11 6 Hour Departing @ 6:00 am

7/3/11 6 Hour Departing @ 1:00 pm

7/10/11 10 Hour Departing @ 6:00 am

Shared Expense Trip Price List

6 Hour $130.00 8 Hour $185.00 10 Hour $215.00

12 Hour $285.00 Overnight Trip $580.00

A shared expense trip is a charter made up of individuals and/or small groups that don’t have enough people to charter the boat privately by themselves.

I will set aside a few dates for a certain type of trip. I will include all of the details about that trip. I will send this information to my fishing club members, facebook followers; post it on my blog @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/ and on my website @ mike@captainmikesfishing.com. People interested in booking a spot on one of these trips can confirm their space by calling or emailing. Payment in full must be received to confirm.

A dead line for filling the trip will be set. At the dead line, if all spots are not confirmed, we will contact all of the people that are confirmed for that trip and see if they want to pitch in more money to cover the spot or spots that have not been filled. If all spots are not paid in full at the time of the dead line, the trip will be canceled and all money will be refunded.

Once a trip is full and confirmed, we will notify everyone on that trip. There is a 21 day cancelation policy.

These trips will be treated the same way as a private charter. I will not overload the boat. Day fishing trips will be limited to 15 passengers and overnight trips will be limited to 10 passengers.

We will fish as a team. In other words, all fish caught will go into the fish box and when we get back to the dock all of the fish will be cleaned by the deck hands and all fish will be divided equally.

Note:

Tips for the mates and fish cleaning are not included in your price.

Customary tip for the deck hands is 20%. Fish Cleaning is .30 cents per pound

If you have at least 6 people that are interested in booking a particular open date, I will post that trip to attract enough other people to fill the trip.

You can use my blog to help you find other people with your same interest. http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Mike Rowell What can I say. A limit of @Red @Snapper up to 18 pounds! The fish made us look good again. Come catch you some!

2011-06-05T17:41:00.001-07:00

Mike Rowell Another awesome day on the Gulf. Come catch you some! 2 minutes ago via DROID · Like ·

2011-06-04T20:25:00.001-07:00

Mike Rowell
Another awesome day on the Gulf. Come catch you some!

Headed out with the same crew as yesterday. It is another beautiful day on the @Gulf. Its going to hard to top yesterdays trip.See you this afternoon.

2011-06-04T04:53:00.000-07:00

WOW!!! What a great day. The @Red Snapper were thick as fleas and were biting like mad! Our fish averaged around 13 pound and the biggest was 25.9 pounds!! Come catch you some!

2011-06-03T17:23:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful day on the @Gulf. We are headed @offshore for a full day of bottom fishing. I'll let you know how we do! GO FISH!

2011-06-03T04:52:00.001-07:00

First day of @Red Snapper season was Great! We caught a limit of #Snapper averaging 10 pounds each! Thanks to everyone on this shared expense trip aboard @The Annie Girl! Come catch you some. We are open tomorrow if you are interested.

2011-06-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Snapper Season Opens Tomorrow!

2011-05-31T04:01:00.003-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Hello Fellow Fisherman

Just a reminder, tomorrow is opening day of Red Snapper Season! I have openings for my afternoon trip tomorrow and I am open for a private trip or shared expense trips, morning and afternoon, for Thursday, which ever books first.

The Red Snapper season is set for June 1^st to July 18^that this time, just 48 days. There is a very good possibility we will get some additional days of Red Snapper Season this year but we don’t know when. I will let you know as soon as I find out something.

In the mean time, Go Fish!

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club Deep Sea Fishing Aboard The Charter Boat Annie Girl We Specialize in a Good Time! Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av. Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535 www.captainmikesfishing.com Hello Fellow Fisherman Just a reminder, tomorrow is opening day of Red Snapper Season! I have openings for my afternoon trip tomorrow and I am open for a private trip or shared expense trips, morning and afternoon, for Thursday, which ever books first. The Red Snapper season is set for June 1st to July 18th at this time, just 48 days. There is a very good possibility we will get some additional days of Red Snapper Season this year but we don’t know when. I will let you know as soon as I find out something. In the mean time, Go Fish! Thanks Captain Mike Rowell For a Good Time Call 251-981-2081 www.captainmikesfishing.com We Specialize in a Good Time!

2011-05-31T03:57:00.001-07:00

Check out this "Oar Fish" we caught 140 miles offshore this past weekend. We were fishing the Mobile Big Game Club Memorial Day Tournament.We tagged a @Blue Marlin, missed a White @Marlin and caught some #Tuna, @Dolphin and @Wahoo. Nothing real big but we did win 13K for Tag and a 94 pound @Tuna. We had a great time and made some new friends. Thanks to Allen, Ricky and the rest of the gang for booking The @Annie Girl!

2011-05-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Mike Rowell Check out the fish these 10 year old boys caught today on the @Annie Girl! They had a blast. And so can you! We are looking for a few more fisherman to fill our trip on monday, memorial day 2 hours ago via DROID ·

2011-05-27T20:01:00.001-07:00

Mike Rowell
Check out the fish these 10 year old boys caught today on the @Annie Girl! They had a blast. And so can you! We are looking for a few more fisherman to fill our trip on monday, memorial day

One more note today, We are still looking for a few people to fill tomorrows trip.

2011-05-25T15:14:00.000-07:00

We had another great day on the gulf of mexico. The fish gods were smiling on us again. We caught lots of @vermilion snapper and some beautiful @triggerfish. Met some real nice people today on this @6 hours shared expense trip. I hope you can join us 1 day. Don't forget @red snapper season opens next wednesday and we have spots available for wednesday and thursday for shared expense trips

2011-05-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

Get up Mike! Its time to go @fishing... And turn that light off please.http://t.co/JBDvbB6

2011-05-25T03:10:00.000-07:00

Thank you! Our trip for tomorrow is full! We still have room on our @shared expense trip for Thursday. Lets go @fishing!

2011-05-24T18:10:00.000-07:00

#Captain Mike Rowell and @Charter Boat Annie Girl is Seeking Anglers and Riders for #6 hour Shared Expense Trip Tomorrow and Thursday! Trip departs at 7:00am. $130.00 per Angler. Don't care to @fish? Riders 1/2 Price! Give me a call @ 251-981-2081

2011-05-24T13:46:00.000-07:00

Check out my latest movie. Can you can tell I’m board? http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12122841

2011-05-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Hello Fellow Fisherman

Check out my latest movie. Can you can tell I’m board?

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12122841

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Had a great shared expenses 8 hour trip today! We caught a limit of vermilion snapper, 5 nice amberjack and a real nice mess of triggerfish. Of course we caught and released about 100 red snapper up to 20 pounds. Let's get another trip up. forecast is great for the next couple of days and the fish are biting.

2011-05-21T17:23:00.001-07:00

We are on our way out on a 8 hour shared expense trip.

2011-05-21T05:43:00.000-07:00

We have made some improvements to our web site including an online calendar!

2011-05-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

Check out my web site for some new changes including a calendar showing the dates we are available and the dates that we are trying to fill for our shared expense trips.
Just one more reminder, we still have lots of room on our shared expense trip scheduled for tomorrow.
Captain Mike

Shared expense trip this Saturday!

2011-05-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

I know its short notice but i have 3 people intrested in a shared expense trip of some kind this Saturday. Their interested in a 10 hour shared expense trip but would consider something shorter or longer.
The marine forecast looks good. 2 to 3 foot seas. Lets go fishing!
Let me know if anyone is interested!

Amy Chastain Stewart Annie Girl Charters ‎3 adult males interested in a shared trip the week of May 23 if anything develops. 9 minutes ago · Like ·

2011-05-19T12:12:00.000-07:00

Amy Chastain StewartAnnie Girl Charters
‎3 adult males interested in a shared trip the week of May 23 if anything develops.

You have received an Xtranormal movie about shared expense trips on The Annie Girl! http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12107498/shared-expense-trips-aboard-the-annie-girl

2011-05-19T10:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12107498/shared-expense-trips-aboard-the-annie-girl

Go to the link below to view my Shared Expense Calendar

2011-05-19T01:02:00.000-07:00

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hftalk9mhniq8q25d8ct3gmbu8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago

2011-05-18T05:39:00.001-07:00

I have a couple of people interested in a full day shared expense trip on July 10th. If you want to join this group let me know.

2011-05-17T19:19:00.000-07:00

Someone looking to split a trip on The Annie Girl

2011-05-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

Joel

I am open thru 25^th through the 27^th. I will post your request on Annie Girl Face Book, http://www.facebook.com/captainmikerowell, and my new blog, @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/ and see if there are any other interest/inquires for the type of trip you are looking for.

Thanks for inquiring.

Captain Mike Rowell

From: Joel Hood [mailto:fourhoods@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:31 PM
To: mike@captainmikesfishing.com
Subject: Charter Reservation

May 22-27

My party consists of 3 family-oriented, serious fisherman. We'd like to book a charter with a similar party (no drunks or children) for a 8, 10 or 12 hour charter. We're open to day or night/day trips. We prefer fishing bottom fishing but would consider trolling if big fish are active. Please contact me anytime to discuss our options.

Joel Hood

Tupelo MS 38801

662-231-4318

We had an awesome overnight trip! Vermilion Snapper, Amberjack, Yellowfin Tuna, Big Eye Tuna, Dolphin and Whaoo The fish Gods were smiling on us!

2011-05-16T07:37:00.000-07:00

Heading offshore for an overnight trip

2011-05-14T04:29:00.001-07:00

Shared Expense Trip Schedule

2011-05-11T07:46:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Subject: Shared expense trip schedule

Hello Fellow Fisherman

The following is a list of “shared expense trips” that I have set aside for booking.

May 21^st and 22^nd

Overnight Combination Bottom Fishing/Big Game Fishing.

This trip will depart @ 6:00 am Saturday May 21^st and return the

afternoon of Sunday May 22^nd.

We will fish our way offshore targeting a verity of reef fish. Sometime that afternoon we will arrive at one of the deep water oil rigs, “Beer Can, Patronus, Marlin or Ram Powell” and fish for Marlin, Tuna Wahoo and Dolphin. We will spend the night in this area and fish here the next morning. Mid morning or so we will fish our way back home.

Cost: $700.00 per person based on 10 passengers.

Tips for the mates and fish cleaning included.

June 1^st Opening Day of Snapper Season

Morning and afternoon Snapper Trips

Morning trip departs @ 6:00 am and afternoon trip departs @ 1:00 pm. We will target various reef fish including Red Snapper, Trigger Fish, Vermillion Snapper and more…

Cost: $100.00 per person based on 15 anglers.

Fish Cleaning Included

20% Gratuity for the mates kindly suggested.

June 2^nd Second Day of Snapper Season

Morning and afternoon Snapper Trips

Morning trip departs @ 6:00 am and afternoon trip departs @ 1:00 pm. We will target various reef fish including Red Snapper, Trigger Fish, Vermillion Snapper and more…

Cost: $100.00 per person based on 15 anglers.

Fish Cleaning Included

20% Gratuity for the mates kindly suggested.

This will get us started with the idea of shared expense trips on The Annie Girl. I will be updating this list from time to time. If you have a specific date and trip you would like to post for a shared expense trip let me know.

Thank you for your interest and let me know if you have any suggestions.

Like us on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/AnnieGirlCharters

Join our blog @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/

And follow us on Twitter @cbanniegirl “That’s short for Charter Boat Annie Girl”

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Let's Go Fishing!

2011-05-06T10:31:00.000-07:00

I am open for charter tomorrow. It's going to be a beautiful day. Clear sky's, 1 to 2 foot seas. I hate to miss a Saturday like this. Take Mom fishing!

Annie Girl now offering shared expense trips!

2011-05-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Subject: Shared Expense/Walk on Trips

Hello Again Fellow Fisherman

As an attempt to help some of you get your “Fishing Fix” in this down economy, I am putting together a shared expense/walk on charter option. Here is a detailed explanation on how these trips will work.

A shared expense trip is a charter made up of individuals and/or small groups that don’t have enough people to charter the boat privately by themselves.

Once a trip is full and confirmed, we will notify everyone on that trip. There is a 21 day cancelation policy.

These trips will be treated the same way as a private charter. I will not overload the boat. Day fishing trips will be limited to 12 passengers and overnight trips will be limited to 10 passengers.

Tips for the mates and fish cleaning will be included in your price.

If you have at least 6 people that are interested in booking a particular open date, I will post that trip to attract enough other people to fill the trip.

You can use my blog to help you find other people with your same interest. http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/

I will be sending out information about my first shared expense trip soon.

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Bertie C. Forbes

Survey Results

2011-05-05T07:55:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Hello Again Fellow Fisherman

Thank you all for your response to my survey. It was good to listen to your thoughts. As I suspected, the economy is the #1 factor responsible for my business being down. And of course I am not in that boat alone. “Pun Intended”

Obviously the cost to access the sea that we love and what lives there is not cheap. Gas and groceries must come before fishing, for most of us anyway.

How can I help?

I have not and will not raise my prices this year.

With the spike in the cost of fuel, most business that are fuel dependent are charging a fuel surcharge. I will absorb that cost and pull the throttles back a little to help conserve fuel.

Fuel surcharge will still apply to Tournaments and offshore trips that require us to run offshore beyond our normal range.

I will offer more options for booking The Annie Girl!

I have built my business around full day and overnight trips. I still believe this is the best deal and these longer trips give me plenty of time to satisfy most hungry fishermen. Given the fact that money is tight and that our fishing season is split up differently this year more than ever before, I am going to offer more options to book The Annie Girl.

Half day, evening cruises, shark fishing, shared expense trips

Until this economy turns around, I am going to try and offer more affordable trips aboard The Annie Girl. In addition to our full day and overnight trips, I will be offering 4 Hour trolling, 6 and 8 Hour bottom fishing, afternoon and evening cocktail/sunset cruises, non fishing sight seeing/Booze cruises and shared expense/walk on trips.

If you have another idea of what you can use The Annie girl for, let me know. Make your own itinerary.

I will be sending out more information soon explaining how these shared expense trips will work and information on the 2011 fishing seasons.

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

www.captainmikesfishing.com

We Specialize in a Good Time!

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Bertie C. Forbes

Fishermans Servey

2011-05-03T05:46:00.000-07:00

Captain Mike’s Fishing Club

Deep Sea Fishing

Aboard The

Charter Boat Annie Girl

We Specialize in a Good Time!

Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.

Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535

www.captainmikesfishing.com

Fellow Fisherman

Hello to all of the Annie Girl fishing family and friends. Hope this spring finds everyone well.

Our bookings for charters on the Annie Girl are off drastically and basically I want to know why. I believe the person to ask is you, our customer. The variables have considered are as follows:

1. The oil spill

A. There was no fishing in Orange Beach or tourism of any description last spring, summer, or fall, so did you find something else to do that you enjoyed and are doing that this year in lieu of returning to Orange Beach to fish?

b. Are you thinking the jury is still out on the result of testing for possible contamination and are you uncomfortable eating seafood caught from the Gulf of Mexico?

2. The economy

3. The Annie Girl

A. Were you satisfied with your trip?

B. Captain?

1. Informative?

2. Available?

C. Mates

1. Friendly?

2. Efficient?

D. The boat

1. Price?

.2.clean?

4. The marina?

Please be honest. We want to do any and all we can to have you fish on the Annie Girl as often as possible. If more than one of the issues apply try to rate them from highest to low, especially if the oil spill is a determining factor for you. Bp promised not to leave this area until it was “all cleaned up”. Well if we don’t have people visiting our places of business in Orange Beach it’s “not cleaned up” We really need your honest input in this survey.

Thank you for your time. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you soon aboard the Annie Girl.

Thanks

Captain Mike Rowell

For a Good Time Call

251-981-2081

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We Specialize in a Good Time!

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Bertie C. Forbes

Red Snapper Season Set

2011-04-28T19:47:00.001-07:00

Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Quota Increases and Recreational Red Snapper Season

NOAA Fisheries Service has published a final rule implementing increases in the commercial and recreational red snapper quotas in the Gulf of Mexico from 3.542 and 3.403 million pounds (MP) to 3.66 and 3.525 MP in 2011, respectively. A recent red snapper assessment update projected overfishing (rate of removal is too high) ended in 2009, and therefore, the total allowable catch can be increased from the existing 6.945 MP to 7.185 MP. This action was evaluated in a regulatory amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The final rule published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2011.

The recreational red snapper season opens June 1, 2011. NOAA Fisheries Service has projected the red snapper recreational quota will be harvested by July 18, 2011. The fishing season will close at 12:01 a.m. July 19, 2011. The 48-day season is the shortest season to date since the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council chose to begin the season on June 1, and is, in part, the result of the increasing size of the fish being landed. Between 2007 and 2010, the average weight of a red snapper landed in the Gulf of Mexico increased from 3.32 to 5.34 pounds per fish. Between 2007 and 2008, there was a 29 percent increase in the average weight of red snapper landed. Between 2008 and 2009 there was an 18 percent increase in the average weight of red snapper landed. Between 2009 and 2010 there was a 5.4 percent increase in the average weight of red snapper landed.

Between 2010 and 2011, stock assessment projections indicate average weight will increase by 10 percent. The observed increases in average weight appear to be tracking stock assessment projections, but at a slightly lower rate of increase. Increases in average weight are expected as the stock rebuilds and the number of older, larger fish in the population increases. For more information on how the red snapper season length was calculated, refer to a document titled “2011 Recreational Red Snapper Quota Closure Analysis” located on the Southeast Regional Office’s Web Page (see below).

This bulletin serves as a Small Entity Compliance Guide, complying with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. This bulletin provides only a summary of the information about the rule. Discrepancies between this bulletin and the rule as published in the Federal Register will be resolved in favor of the Federal Register.

Copies of the final rule are available by contacting NOAA Fisheries Service’s Southeast Regional Office at 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701. The final rule can be obtained in electronic form from the Federal Register Web site: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html (use advanced search for final rules using “BA54” as a keyword).

Keeping You Informed

National Association of Charterboat Operators

If this makes any sense to you let me know and explain to it to me!

I am sick and tired of this kind of fisheries management.

Fisheries News

2011-04-28T05:35:00.000-07:00

SECTOR SEPERATION WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN DESTIN

TUESDAY, MAY 3^RD @ 6PM

THE DCBA HAS ASKED A REPRESENATIVE FROM NMFS (ANDY STRELCHEK) TO COME TO DESTIN AND PRESENT THE SECTOR SEPERATION PAPER THAT HE DELVELOPED AT OUR REQUEST.

THE REPORT SHOWS HOW MANY DAYS MORE OR LESS YOU WOULD GET IN A RED SNAPPER SEASON IF WE SEPERATED AND IF WE DID NOT.

IT HAS SOME SOBERING NUMBERS IN IT AND IF YOU ARE IN THE CHARTER BOAT BUSINESS YOU NEED TO SEE IT AND ASK QUESTIONS.

ANDY WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DCBA AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PANAMA CITY BOATMENS ASSOC. THIS WILL BE A JOINT MEETING.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION AND ASK QUESTIONS.. THIS IS THE INFO THAT WE ASKED FOR AND OUR FUTURE WILL DEPEND A LOT ON WHICH DIRECTION OUR INDUSTRY CHOSES.

CAPTAINS/OWNERS AND DECKHANDS SHOULD HEAR THIS PRESENTATION SO THEY CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR FISHERY.

SECTOR SEPERATION PRESENTATION

TUESDAY MAY 3^RD @ 6PM

DESTIN COMMUNITY CENTER

There will be another presentation in Orange Beach Al (tentative ) for Wednesday evening May 4th more info on that meeting soon

Any and all charter for hire Captains, owners, mates and industry related businesses welcome to attend.

Tornado's

2011-04-28T04:27:00.001-07:00

Our prayers go out to the people and their family s affected by the tornado's yesterday. 128 dead in Alabama alone. Unbelievable!

Annie Girl Charters

Updated Shared Expense Trip Schedule and Price List

Mike Rowell What can I say. A limit of @Red @Snapper up to 18 pounds! The fish made us look good again. Come catch you some!

Mike Rowell Another awesome day on the Gulf. Come catch you some! 2 minutes ago via DROID · Like ·

Mike RowellAnother awesome day on the Gulf. Come catch you some!

Headed out with the same crew as yesterday. It is another beautiful day on the @Gulf. Its going to hard to top yesterdays trip.See you this afternoon.

WOW!!! What a great day. The @Red Snapper were thick as fleas and were biting like mad! Our fish averaged around 13 pound and the biggest was 25.9 pounds!! Come catch you some!

Another beautiful day on the @Gulf. We are headed @offshore for a full day of bottom fishing. I'll let you know how we do! GO FISH!

First day of @Red Snapper season was Great! We caught a limit of #Snapper averaging 10 pounds each! Thanks to everyone on this shared expense trip aboard @The Annie Girl! Come catch you some. We are open tomorrow if you are interested.

Snapper Season Opens Tomorrow!

Mike Rowell Check out the fish these 10 year old boys caught today on the @Annie Girl! They had a blast. And so can you! We are looking for a few more fisherman to fill our trip on monday, memorial day 2 hours ago via DROID ·

Mike RowellCheck out the fish these 10 year old boys caught today on the @Annie Girl! They had a blast. And so can you! We are looking for a few more fisherman to fill our trip on monday, memorial day

One more note today, We are still looking for a few people to fill tomorrows trip.

Get up Mike! Its time to go @fishing... And turn that light off please.http://t.co/JBDvbB6

Thank you! Our trip for tomorrow is full! We still have room on our @shared expense trip for Thursday. Lets go @fishing!

#Captain Mike Rowell and @Charter Boat Annie Girl is Seeking Anglers and Riders for #6 hour Shared Expense Trip Tomorrow and Thursday! Trip departs at 7:00am. $130.00 per Angler. Don't care to @fish? Riders 1/2 Price! Give me a call @ 251-981-2081

Check out my latest movie. Can you can tell I’m board? http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12122841

We are on our way out on a 8 hour shared expense trip.

We have made some improvements to our web site including an online calendar!

Shared expense trip this Saturday!

Amy Chastain Stewart Annie Girl Charters ‎3 adult males interested in a shared trip the week of May 23 if anything develops. 9 minutes ago · Like ·

Amy Chastain StewartAnnie Girl Charters‎3 adult males interested in a shared trip the week of May 23 if anything develops.

You have received an Xtranormal movie about shared expense trips on The Annie Girl! http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12107498/shared-expense-trips-aboard-the-annie-girl

Go to the link below to view my Shared Expense Calendar

I have a couple of people interested in a full day shared expense trip on July 10th. If you want to join this group let me know.

Someone looking to split a trip on The Annie Girl

We had an awesome overnight trip! Vermilion Snapper, Amberjack, Yellowfin Tuna, Big Eye Tuna, Dolphin and Whaoo The fish Gods were smiling on us!

Heading offshore for an overnight trip

Shared Expense Trip Schedule

Let's Go Fishing!

Annie Girl now offering shared expense trips!

Survey Results

Fishermans Servey

Red Snapper Season Set

Fisheries News

Tornado's

Mike Rowell
Another awesome day on the Gulf. Come catch you some!

Mike Rowell
Check out the fish these 10 year old boys caught today on the @Annie Girl! They had a blast. And so can you! We are looking for a few more fisherman to fill our trip on monday, memorial day

Amy Chastain StewartAnnie Girl Charters
‎3 adult males interested in a shared trip the week of May 23 if anything develops.