A Treasure Coast company offering topless fishing charter trips is expanding to West Palm Beach.
The operators of Smokin' 'Em charters say they will soon offer the same type of deep sea topless fishing trips that originally stirred up controversy in Fort Pierce.
They have not set a date for the first cruise. But say they have finalized the deal with a boat owner in West Palm Beach.
Smokin' Em was kicked out of the city-owned marina in Fort Pierce earlier this year when it was learned they were providing fishing trips with topless women.
A high school teacher with the St. Lucie County School District, Tiffany Shepherd, made national news when word spread that she was working as a bikini-mate on the Smokin' Em fishing boat. The district did not renew her teaching contract, saying she had too many absences.
