Page 4 - Martin Downs Bulletin - July '23

Page 4, Martin Downs

In Your CommunItY

Palm Cove Women’s Club

Derby Day Charity Event At
House Of Hope

The Palm Cove
Women’s Club (PCWC)
held a Kentucky Derby
Day charity event for
House of Hope on May 6.
The purpose of PCWC is
to enrich the camaraderie
among the residents of
Palm Cove Golf and
Yacht Club in Palm City The group watched the
through social activities exciting 149th Running of
and fundraising events for the Roses and participated
Martin County charities. in horse race games, bourbon
House of Hope is a tastings and a ladies’ hat
nonprofit agency that contest. Woodford Reserve
provides food, clothing, furniture, financial assistance, mint juleps were served in
information and referral, and life-changing case authentic Derby cups and
management services to Martin County residents in everyone enjoyed a variety
need. The PCWC Board chose House of Hope because of Derby themed food.
of its outstanding history of assisting Martin County Through this event $13,600
residents. All proceeds from the Kentucky Derby event was raised plus $400 in
were allocated to House of Hope. additional donations for a
total of $14,000. Many Palm
Cove neighbors contributed
and the following businesses
sponsored our event: Florida
Outdoor RV, New Wave
Realty, Keller Williams of
the Treasure Coast/Tisha
Piazza, Ramey Floor and Home.

Treasure Coast Outdoors

Where Have All The Tilefish buying fresh fish at the dock. One picture shows what looks
like 100 tilefish being advertised at $20 dollars per pound.
Gone? The vessel also sells many other types of fish.
I have no problem with local commercial fishermen.
By Jim Weix They are the reason that most of us on the Treasure Coast
For those of us with can buy fresh fish.
access to an electric reel, Most of these fish, like dolphin, wahoo, and tuna
putting a tilefish in the box migrate up and down the East Coast. Not so with tilefish,
was normally not too hard. they pretty much stay in one spot.
A quick trip out to 750 to So when a commercial vessel begins targeting them,
900 feet of water and a few they can do some serious damage to the local population.
drops was all it took. The commercial fishing boat in Fort Pierce began fresh fish
That is not the case dock sales in 2020. Local anglers first noticed in 2022 that it
anymore. was getting harder to catch tilefish. Now recreational anglers
Although tilefish may are reporting that catches are far and few between.
move due to temperature Again, it could be just that water temperatures
changes, they normally just sit in the mud and wait for have changed and the tilefish have simply moved. The
food to drift by. As a result, overfishing can result in the question remains: “Where are they?”
local population being depleted. Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
Overfishing never seemed to be an issue, as not that conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is
many local anglers target them. However, those same included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
local anglers are now reporting that the tilefish seem to Hall of Fame for helping restore thousands of acres
have disappeared. So, what happened? of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes
We can only guess, but we have noticed that a Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by
commercial fishing boat in Fort Pierce has been advertising email: jimweix@jimweix.com.

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