OUTDOOR VALOR
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Freeing The Minds Of Our Warfighters One Fish At A Time. We take veterans offshore fishing and provi In 2019 we declared ODV to be a Faith based organization.
Mission Statement
At Outdoor Valor we provide an escape for Veterans to be free from stress for a day. Whether it be a lifetime of stress or combat stress we provide an escape for them through offshore fishing. Our Company
We got our start back in 2016, our founder Matt Schwanke is a 100% disabled Iraq War Vet. He had been doing a lot of off shore fishing, hunting and long range shooting and i
12/01/2023
Here’s a throw back to our first fishing trip as Outdoor Valor 7 years ago today.
11/23/2023
11/23/2023
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
11/12/2023
Such and awesome experience with a great group of vets. Thank you VyStar Credit Union for the tickets. Happy Veterans Day weekend to all who served. 🇺🇸
11/11/2023
🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and who are currently serving. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
11/10/2023
Happy Birthday Devil Dogs🇺🇸🇺🇸
11/06/2023
Command Maintenance Monday…. New top coming very soon.
10/31/2023
Today was an awesome day on the water with Marty. Thank you for your service Marty!
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10/30/2023
A day on the water is a day free from stress……. Catching fish is just a bonus. Thank you Daniel and Justin for your service to our nation. 🇺🇸
Thank you to our sponsors and donors.
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I have an opening Tuesday out of cedar key inshore for up to two people. Dm us if you want to go! We will be back at the dock by 3pm.
10/29/2023
What a beautiful day on the water. Thank you Eric and Michael for your service.
Thank you to our sponsors and donors…..
ECO Outfitters
SeaDek
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BB Graphics and The WrapPros
Jeep Air
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Miller's Marine
Weide Automotive Repair
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StrikeLines Charts
J. Lowe's Guide Service
10/26/2023
Congrats Ryan for winning our ECO Outfitters cooler raffle! Thank you to everyone who bought tickets to support our mission.
10/21/2023
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for our ECO Outfitters cooler raffle. Thank you for all your support!
Congrats to Ryan Lundberg you have won our raffle!
It’s almost time to draw the raffle tickets for the ECO Outfitters cooler, cup combo!
Just a quick heads up we are done with offshore trips till January 1st when Red Grouper open's back up. We will be doing inshore out of Cedar Key for the remainder of the year. If you want to get on an inshore trip please shoot us a message and we can schedule you. We can take up to 2 people on the skiff.
10/15/2023
We have an ECO Outfitters 20qt cooler, cups and dog bowls up for raffle. Drawing will be 10-20-23 at 8pm. Tickets are $5. Please include your phone number when buying your tickets.
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10/14/2023
You never fight alone. IGY6;
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
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10/12/2023
Stop by our booth this weekend and say hello 🇺🇸
10/10/2023
Beautiful day with some awesome veterans 🇺🇸🤙.
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Thank you to all our sponsors and donors!
I have a last min opening for tomorrow inshore for up to 2 veterans out of cedar key 0730. Send us a dm if you can go. 🇺🇸
10/08/2023
HUGE Thank You to Amvets Post 444 Williston, FL for supporting our mission to end veteran su***de.
10/07/2023
What a day offshore! Started slow but we ended up dropping the hammer on snapper all day. Thank you for your service gentlemen. 🤙🇺🇸
Thank you to all our sponsors.
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09/22/2023
Thank you SeaDek for your support of our Fishin’ Mission to end veteran su***de. 🇺🇸
09/20/2023
No one walks alone. If your struggling reach out for help. IGY6
09/13/2023
Bad case of the Wednesday’s ….
09/11/2023
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09/08/2023
We made our first attempt since the hurricane and where greeted with a nasty storm. Weather was supposed to be clear.
09/01/2023
We would like the publicly thank Air Parts of Ocala and Jeep Air for their continued support of our fishin’mission. 🇺🇸
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Our Story
Mission Statement
Its is our goal at Outdoor Valor to provide All Veterans with an outdoor adventure. We give all Veterans the chance to experience a fish of a lifetime.
Our Company
We where originally founded on this idea by Matt Schwanke who wanted to take Veterans ,like himself, fishing for free. He was tired of other Non-profits asking for resumes and questionnaires. Like what happened to you and why they should pick you over the next vet. So he and his family founded Outdoor Valor with the sole purpose of taking all Veterans no matter what as long as they are honorably discharged, no questions asked. He states all Veterans of all wars and peace time need to be treated fairly and all deserve to go fishing.
We started this organization back in 2016 providing the necessary funding out of our own pockets out of love and appreciation for our veterans and deiced that it was a worthy cause to do. It is also notable that no one at Outdoor Valor takes a paycheck as we are a true Non-Profit, All money raised goes straight to the fishing trips and veterans expenses.
In 2019 we declared ODV to be a Faith based organization. We are committed to healing our Veterans with PTSd. Most of our Vets with PTSd come back for multiple trips as we counsel them through peer to peer therapy. Veterans with combat related PTSd have first priority.
Ports of Call
Crystal River, FL
Horseshoe Beach, Fl
Ponce Inlet, FL
Marathon, Fl
Trips
On our trips we provide everything to vets, rods, reels, tackle, bait and ice. All we ask is for them to bring a very large cooler to take their catch home and some lunch. We proved their license and everything they need. We provide the necessary instruction on how to catch the various species of fish on each trip.
Average Trip Expenses
Boat Fuel- $320
Bait-$65
Ice-$25
Terminal tackle&lures-$40
Trip Expense-$ 450
Gulf
Our Gulf side trips typically start later in the day around 10am and run well into the night. We fish until the vets want to go home or we run out of bait which ever comes first and that is usually running out of bait. We typically are trolling for Gag Grouper then following that up with trolling for King Mackerel. After all that we go park on one our many reef sites and load up on Mangrove Snapper that are in the size range of 16''-20''. On these reefs there are Red Snapper and Amber Jacks. During select times of the year we will take them Scalloping in the morning then fishing in the afternoon for a full day of fun.
Atlantic
Our Atlantic trips will start around 5am and will run to 6-8pm depending on the time of year and sea conditions. We will run out to the Gulf Stream and troll for Mahi and Tuna. Once we have had our fill of those fish we will hit our reefs on the way back in to catch some Amber Jacks and Snapper.
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3910 S Pine Avenue Ste. C
Ocala, FL
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