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Pastor John Gilmore of Copeland Baptist Church blesses the fleet as Pastor Morris Dantin of the Chokoloskee Church of God watches. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City was on Oct. 3, 2009.

Photo by GARY JUNG

Pastor John Gilmore of Copeland Baptist Church blesses the fleet as Pastor Morris Dantin of the Chokoloskee Church of God watches. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City was on Oct. 3, 2009.

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  • Pastor John Gilmore of Copeland Baptist Church blesses the fleet as Pastor Morris Dantin of the Chokoloskee Church of God watches. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City was on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Kyle McMillon, 7, whose dad works on the Mine + Yours watches the ceremony at The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Pastor John Gilmore of Copeland Baptist Church and Morris Dantin, pastor of Chokoloskee Church of God, blesses Captain McBeth Collins' boat as Jenny McBeth holds son, Maximas, 2. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet was in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Christine Burgess of the Copeland Baptist Church selling baked goods at the fundraiser bake sale. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet was in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009
  • Destany Vanleeuwen, Emma Brown and Taylor Richards dancing at The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Hunter Dupree, 8, prepares for the frog-jumping contest. Boats arrived at the club for the blessing of the fleet at The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Wendy Raffield, 8, holds her frog at the start of the frog- jumping contest at The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009
  • Ships docked at the club for a prayer and blessing. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet was in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • Duane Levingston. captain of the Miss Holly II, docks at The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009
  • Boats arrived at the club for the annual blessing of the fleet. The Rod and Gun Club Blessing of the Stone Crab Fleet was in Everglades City on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • The pastors are, from left: Bob Wallace, Everglades Community Church; John Gilmore, Copeland Baptist Church, and Morris Dantin, Chokoloskee Church of God.

On Saturday, decades after preliminary trials with wooden crab traps attached to coconut buoys, local stone crab fishing boats lined up to be blessed in the Barron River. The Florida stone crab season runs from Oct. 15 to May 15.

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