Highlights of the Carolina Outdoors

Highlights of the Carolina Outdoors


Bonefish & Tarpon Trust with Mark Rehbein

September 19, 2024

Segment 2, September 21st, 2024


Mark Rehbein, Development Director for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, joins host Bill Bartee to talk about bonefish & tarpon & the science of their population & their conservation.  Both of these fish species live in the fairly shallow, tropical saltwaters of Mexico, Florida, Bahamas, and even the Carolinas.Show Highlights:



  • Rehbein shares that Tarpon can migrate from Florida as far as Maryland
  • Bonefish declines in Florida helped start the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust in the 1990s,
  • Protecting Tarpon & Bonefish help protect on a larger scale, the estuaries & habitat where these fish live.
  • Multiple organizations and guides partner with BTT for the cause
  • Fishing Dignitaries will be on-hand at a Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Party on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024, that includes Shannon Whitworth & Grammy Award winner-Woody Platt
  • Captain Jot Owens will be on-hand as well.
  • Tickets are available to hear music, have cocktails, & meet other anglers at Quail Hollow Country Club on October 2nd, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Things You’ll Learn by Listening:


Bonefish & Tarpon Trust takes care of specific species that is science-based while Coastal Conservation Association is wider in scope with more species, habitat, & lobbying.


Join the BTT Party on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024, at the Quail Hollow Country Club.  Tickets Available for the Music, Auction Items, Message, Q&A, etc.


Both McIntyre & Oberlies will be on-hand to tell their story of friendship & adventure on Thursday, September 26th, 2024, at 6 p.m.  Books for purchase will be available.


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