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NCPR News The Joy of Junk: Beachcombing with Captain Honk 08/29/03
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Captain Honk hits the shoreline on Pillar Point. And displays his latest fish art made from coconuts and seashells (below).
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You've heard the phrase "one person's trash is another's treasure". A North Country angler and artist who spends most of his time on Lake Ontario turns junk found along the shoreline into fish sculptures. It's just one of the hobbies that keeps Tom Bintz, aka Captain Honk, busy as he divides his time between fishing, travel, art and demolition derby competitions from the North Country to the Florida Keys. Todd Moe reports.
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