Fishing | Boston Whaler
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Seniors Deon Neighbors and Dot Vines go fishing on a Boston Whaler. By Sue Rodman
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elores (Deon) Neighbors and her friend since childhood, Dot Vines were fishing off the pier at Panama City Beach last year when Neighbors, who is 84, got tired of being tied to one spot. She turned to Vines, 93, and suggested they buy a boat so they could go fish in the bay. Neighbors has been boating since she can remember. “As soon as I started walking well, my grandfather, William Carr took me out on the lake to fish,’ she said.
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At age 12, she began racing boats supped up by her parent’s friend who she called Uncle John. She won quite a bit with Uncle John’s Feathercraft with 10hp Mercury motor, but her racing career was cut short when a rule was instituted that you had to be 16 to race. It was Neighbors who introduced Vines to the boating lifestyle. Vines and her husband Lewis spent weekends at the Neighbors’ cabin on Lake Martin in eastern Alabama, often cruising the lake
