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Tampa Bay's Ghost Trap Rodeo! - Two Locations: Ft. DeSoto Ramp or Belleair Ramp

Sat, Jan 22

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YOU CHOOSE: Ft. DeSoto OR Belleair Ramp

Ghost Trap Rodeo's Homecoming! - Tampa Bay's chance to participate in our exciting, family-friendly, inshore tournament to remove marine debris! Anglers, Boaters, Paddlers, and Beachcombers welcome! (Click on event title for more info)

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Tampa Bay's Ghost Trap Rodeo! - Two Locations: Ft. DeSoto Ramp or Belleair Ramp
Tampa Bay's Ghost Trap Rodeo! - Two Locations: Ft. DeSoto Ramp or Belleair Ramp

Time & Location

Jan 22, 2022, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

YOU CHOOSE: Ft. DeSoto OR Belleair Ramp, 541S Belleair Causeway, Largo, FL 33770, USA

About the Event

Ocean Aid 360 presents The Ghost Trap Rodeo for Tampa Bay!

On Saturday, January 22, 2022, the Ghost Trap Rodeo is coming home to Tampa Bay! The FREE event - to find and remove derelict crab traps and other forms of marine litter - will be held at YOUR CHOICE of two locations (Fort DeSoto Ramp OR Belleair Causeway Ramp) between 9am and 1pm. This FWC-permitted Ghost Trap Rodeo event will take place during the OPEN trap fishing season. As such, event participants will NOT take buoyed traps during the course of this event. Only non-buoyed (derelict) traps will be collected, and the event will place primary focus on non-trap debris. Any derelict traps (non-buoyed) found during the event will be collected to stop the cycle of "ghost fishing" which depletes existing marine resources available to commerical and recreational anglers, alike, through non-tended traps.

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