Steinhatchee hosts Festival of Trees | Perry Newspapers

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From Perry Newspapers:

The Steinhatchee River Chamber is hosting its second annual Festival of Trees at the Steinhatchee Community Center Dec. 20-23.

“Eleven trees are available for clubs and local businesses who want to participate,” organizers said. “The first 11 to register will get a tree to decorate. We provide the trees, which are pre-lit and 6.5 feet tall. You do the decorating on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and then the contest is on.”

The fee to sponsor a tree is $20. Call the chamber at (352) 356-8185 or e-mail info@ steinhatcheeriverchamber. org to sponsor a tree.

The community center will be open for community viewing and voting on Saturday, Dec. 20, through Tuesday, Dec. 23, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Speckled trout abundant at Steinhatchee

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The season's best run of speckled trout into a gulf river apparently arrived last week and weekend at the Steinhatchee's mouth. Richard Blake, his 5-year-old son Richard Jr., and Elliott McDavid made it onto the water around noon Saturday from Sea Hag Marina.

By 1:30, they had a 15-fish, three-person limit of trout. The three cast various lures and almost every one worked, but Mirrodines accounted for the lion's share.

They released lots more fish, and the day's highlight occurred when young Richard Jr. hauled in three trout on one cast. Seems like a pretty amazing feat to me. Some other Steinhatchee trout fishers reported catching and releasing as many as a hundred river trout.

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