| The History of Blue Dolphin Fishing Charters
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| Captain Phares Rutt began guiding fishing charters out of Venice, Florida in
the mid-1960's; eventually christening the original Blue Dolphin...a 40-foot
Robbins - Chesapeake Bay boat built in 1982. This vessel was converted to commercial long-line fishing, 1984 thru 1994; and worked the Gulf of Mexico out of Venice. |
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The Blue Dolphin II was a 28' Sea Ox twin diesel. |
| The Blue Dolphin III was a 29' Robbins.
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| In 1994 the Blue Dolphin IV was a 32' Luhrs twin diesel. It was one of the first charter boats to fish out of Dona Bay Marina* in 1995.
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| The Blue Dolphin V was a 1999 34' KevlaCat twin diesel.
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The current Blue Dolphin VI is a 2004 34' Crusader twin 225 two-stroke outboard powered. |
* The Dona Bay Marina and Honoluana Tiki Bar has now been converted to condos...which are still unoccupied. The Blue Dolphin VI has since been moved to a private dock; customers are picked up and dropped off at the Nokomis Charter Boat Landing, at the bayside portion of the Nokomis Beach Park. Please see the Directions.