Page 16 - Stuart Exposure - August '22

Page 16, Stuart Exposure
Treasure Coast Outdoors

Snapper and grouper
Goodbye Seaweed, fishing is good, but a cold the boat. Then start adding chunked up fish to your slick.
Pretty much anything that swims will be attracted to your
Hello Fish. Now Chum, water upwelling is creating floating buffet.

You can do the same thing with bottom fishing. I
issues. You may want to try
Chum, Chum! fishing on shallower reefs attach a couple of chum bags to a 5- to 10-pound weight,
if the deeper ones aren’t depending upon the current, and lower it down with a hand
By Jim Weix producing. line or downrigger. Again, everything on the reef will be
The calm seas were enough for me to get my other The calmer summertime attracted to this free meal.
half, Lezlie Brukwicki, out on the ocean. She is not a fan seas are ideal for chumming Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
of getting banged around in rough seas. your way to success. When conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
Our plans were to troll for dolphin and sailfish. I say chum, I don’t mean Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
Unfortunately, like everyone else out, it was a miserable one small block of ground Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands
day of doing nothing but taking weeds off the lines. No up fish in a mesh bag. Think 10 of those bags along with of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The
matter where we went, the weeds were there. chunked up fish. Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or
But the weeds have now dissipated, so trolling is again Anchor on a reef or south of some other structure. Then by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.
productive. Dolphin are showing up in fish boxes and hang two bags of chum over the side of the boat. If the
sailfish are providing plenty of action. ocean is calm, you will start to see a slick form behind
loCal government

Martin County Property months each year to qualify for homestead exemption. There cancel your out-of-state tax benefit effective Jan. 1 of the
is no specified amount of time you have to be physically
year you apply for homestead exemption in the state of
Appraiser present on the property to qualify for homestead exemption. Florida. If either spouse owns other Florida property, even
However, your homestead property must be considered
individually, only one property can have the homestead
Homestead Exemption your primary residence. This means that your official exemption.
identification documents must reflect your homestead 3. Maintaining or obtaining a driver’s license in any other
By Jenny Fields, CFA, property address. state. A driver’s license is residency based.
Martin County Property Homestead exemption is $25,000 deducted from your 4. Failing to register a vehicle in Florida if you drive it here.
Appraiser assessed value, plus an additional $25,000 is deducted from 5. Registering to vote elsewhere. The county you live in
Homestead exemption your home’s assessed value over $75,000. must be the only place you are registered to vote. You may
is one way to reduce the Listed below are common things that may cause you to elect to file a declaration of domicile instead of registering
amount of real estate taxes lose your homestead exemption: to vote, but you still may not register to vote elsewhere.
you will pay on your 1. Renting your home for more than 30 days per calendar A homestead exemption is not transferable. If you move,
residential property. year, for two consecutive years. your homestead exemption does not
In the state of Florida, if 2. Maintaining or obtaining an out-of-state residency-based follow you to your new residence. You
you own property and make tax exemption, reduction, benefit, credit, etc. (i.e. the STAR must file a new homestead exemption
the property your permanent in New York, a veteran’s exemption, the Massachusetts application for your new residence.
residence as of Jan. 1 of the Declaration of Homestead, etc.). This requirement applies If you have questions, please contact
tax year, you may qualify for homestead exemption and to jointly held property by spouses even if only one applies your Martin County Property Appraiser
save hundreds of dollars. A common misconception is that for homestead here and the other applies for the out-of-state at (772) 288-5608.
you must reside on the property for a certain number of tax credit. If you are in this category presently, you must

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