(Next week – Part 2: The Clearwater, Dunedin, and IRB area) Bluwave Boat Rental (and soon to be Charters) launches many boats from the Palmetto, Anna Marie, and Bradenton area. We are always getting asked about good places to stop and eat while on the water for the day. We make suggestions and point out…
What is the difference between a rope and a line? You buy rope at a marine or hardware store. It can be synthetic like nylon and polypropylene or natural like hemp. It can be single braid or double braid. It can be white or colored or even multi-colored. It can be small (1/8”diameter)…
Does anybody get a little confused about channel markers and which side to pass on? It’s really easy when there is a line of reds and greens that create an obvious pathway but… what about when they are spaced far apart or there is a side channel splitting off or the ICW markers show up…
When you come to Florida, who isn’t always on the lookout for a Manatee or Dolphin? Everyone watches and gets excited when one of these guys surfaces and we get the momentary encounters. How many come in hopes of seeing Jellyfish? Yeah, not many if any. In fact, we at BluWave avoid publicizing the negative…
Our 2017 Tahoe is a 21’ party boat or deck boat. It is set up for fun and is BluWave Boat Rental’s most luxurious boat by far. It has a 150 HP Mercury motor, comfortable cushioned seating for 11 people, Bluetooth stereo, a fresh water sink for refreshments or showering off salt water, snack table,…
BluWave Boat Rental’s first boat in the fleet was our 18’ center console offshore Mako 184CC with a 115 HP Mercury. This boat is a favorite, runs like a “sports car” and handles very nicely. It has a capacity of only 5 and is set up for fishing with a live well, 2 fish lockers…
Sorry for the delay in posting our blog… We had IRMA! We are happy to report that everything came through ok, in fact Tampa and Sarasota was very lucky, …again… at the last minute the storm took a right turn and went inland enough to prevent huge damage. We are hurting for those to the…
The second boat in our series is the Manatee. BluWave Boat Rental has an 18’ Carolina Skiff 178DLV center console boat with a capacity of 9 people we have named the Manatee. This boat has a 5” Lowrance GPS and fish finder/depth gauge, 2 livewells, pole holders, a leaner seat at the helm, all the…
The next few blogs are going to be a combination of Wildlife information and the corresponding information on our boats with the same names. We will start with the smaller boat we have named Turtle at BluWave Boat Rental, which is a 2015 Carolina Skiff JVX18. This is a flats-fishing boat that has a capacity…
Bluwave Boat Rental: Why are lighting strike fatalities so high in the area? First, our quick weather lesson… Thunderstorms produce lightning. Thunderstorms are generally large cumulous cloud formations formed when warm humid air moves upward into cooler air, condensing and creating updrafts that grow the cloud quickly and becomes full of vapor that when cools…