All posts by Raymond Hess

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North Pinellas

Golden Hour: A small west swell at Honeymoon Island State Park.

Honeymoon Island pass is the ideal place for paddleboarding.  The waves on the shoals and in the pass break further than anywhere I’ve ever seen.

 

Winter Fishing

Grouper Sandwiches at Clearwater Reef

While offshore hunting kingfish (aka the smoker) this weekend, we encountered the Clearwater Reef local, the gag grouper.  This was the most productive portion of our day. Continue reading Grouper Sandwiches at Clearwater Reef →
How to Surf

Beach-breaks

A beach-break is the description of the bottom where the waves become breakers.  In the case of the beach-break, the moving waves become too tall and too unstable over a bottom made up primarily of sand.  A beach-break, in addition to all the sand, includes hundreds of types of shells Continue reading Beach-breaks →