LeBlanc: Alternative fuel in outboard motors
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We were put up at the Inn at Fulton Harbor that is right across the street from Fulton harbor where the shrimpers, oyster boats, fishing boats, and all sort of pleasure craft dock, and also resides one of the finest seafood eateries on the Texas Coast, Charlotte Plummer’s restaurant. And yes I ate too much, but I do not know how to eat in moderation when I am down there and faced with fresh shrimp, oysters, crabs, and fish all over the table. I can only hope The Good Lord forgives me for the sin of gluttony.
Because the wind was pretty stout and my back cannot take a lot of pounding I took Tommy Moore’s Birding trip once more and each time I go I see more, different birds that call the Texas Gulf Coast home. It also helps that Tommy has a 42 foot boat of his own design and the boat motion has yet to bother my back. If you get a chance to go down into that area and take birds for granted as I did at one time take a trip with Tommy and you will really get into the beauty and fascination of our birds. He can be reached at tmoore@rockportadventures.com .
Source: Your Houston News
Motorhead: Outboard motor collector a true original
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It was during the early 1950s when Schmidt -- the catfish man -- began hanging out at Gassow Brothers Marina. He quickly became fascinated with the repair of outboard boat motors. Gassow Brothers sold Johnson outboards and Thompson boats, recalled Schmidt, who was among the first graduating class at LAnse Creuse High School in 1959. The first outboard was given to me by a fellow down on Jefferson Avenue, he said. I took it home and started working on it. At 71 years old, Schmidt has since amassed more than 300 outboard motors with the oldest in the collection dating back to 1907. What I did was just started repairing them, he said, and keeping some. His prized collection
Source: Royal Oak Daily Tribune
For commercial fishermen, Mississippi River is getting quieter
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TREMPEALEAU — The morning is 46 degrees and gray over the Mississippi River as George Richtman steers his boat around the end of Johnson Island.
He kills the 50-horsepower Mariner and points his boat into the wind so as not to overrun his nets. Tangled in one of the shallow gill nets, a carp flips out of the water just ahead.
The carp is about 11 pounds and swollen with roe. She slaps against the bow as Richtman uses a homemade hook to strip off the monofilament nets thick with fish slime.
It’s a tough way to make a living, but on the Mississippi River, it’s a way of life.
Richtman doesn’t care about bass, walleye and perch. He leaves those for the trophy hunters. He’s after rough fish — buffalo, carp, sheephead — the stuff nobody else wants, at least not in these parts.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal
Due to a recent state Supreme Court decision, cities and counties in Missouri cannot charge the local sales tax on purchases of motor vehicles, trailers, outboard motors or 
