Florida fishing captain pulls off surprise boat trip for teen after single mom’s Facebook plea
A Florida mom needed to present her son a particular 13th birthday to recollect, so she reached out to her fellow neighborhood members for assist.
Marie posted on the Tampa Bay Fishing Club Facebook group seeking to see if anybody might take her son, Stash, out fishing on a boat for his first time since she is a single dad or mum and quotes for charters have been out of her worth vary.
“To be honest I really wasn’t expecting much from the post, but was blown away by the amount of amazing people who offered and commented,” Marie instructed Fox News Digital by way of e-mail.
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Through the put up, she related with Captain Todd Young of Reel Memories Fishing Charter who has been working charters for six years within the waters of Tampa Bay.
Marie posted on the Tampa Bay Fishing Club group on Facebook seeking to see if anybody might take her son, Stash, out fishing on a boat for his birthday. (Hannah May Marie)
Young instructed Fox News Digital by way of e-mail that he responded to the put up and was joyful to assist.
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“Originally [Marie] was looking for a charter for just her son and that can get really expensive. A bunch of people reached out that they would help donate the full price of the trip to get him out since he was a great kid,” mentioned Young.
Captain Todd Young helped a single mom, Hannah May Marie, organize a fishing tour for her son’s 13th birthday for gratis. (Hannah May Marie)
He added, “It was so nice to see everyone willing to help to get him out for a fun day of fishing. I thought about it for a few days and reached back out to the mom telling her I would take him at no cost to her.”
Young, Marie and Stash all ventured out on a fishing boat on Stash’s birthday.
“It was the best birthday I have ever had being able to fish off a boat and catch so many fish, and I really want to do it again,” Stash instructed Fox News Digital by way of e-mail.
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Stash reeled in a 30-inch slot snook that he and his mom have been capable of convey house and cook dinner.
Stash and Young reeled in a 30-inch slot snook in Tampa Bay waters. (Hannah May Marie)
“If he could, he would be fishing every day, all day, and has taught himself pretty much everything he knows by watching YouTube videos and tutorials,” mentioned Marie.
On the constitution, Young helped educate Stash a number of new fishing strategies.
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“In a world that has turned into nothing but all about electronics, I have been so relieved that my son has found a passion outside and away from video games,” Marie added.
