Reel Time: Clams restored to Manatee County waters
Sarasota Bay Watch capped a two-year clam restoration effort in January. Despite windy conditions and a choppy bay, board members and volunteers placed 7,000...
Reel Time: The miracle of Matlacha
Matlacha is a piece of Old Florida that has been spared, in large part, because it isn’t situated on the Gulf of Mexico. That...
FWC may restrict shoreline shark fishing
Beachgoers’ concerns about shoreline shark fishing have prompted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to consider tightening shark fishing rules at its...
Reel Time: Sarasota Bay seagrasses take a big hit
I don’t have to remind anyone of the devastation the red tide wrought in our bays and Gulf. Images of dumpsters stuffed with fish,...
Reel Time: Kids for Clean Water
All of us who live on the Gulf coast have been impacted by the recent red tide and the unprecedented death of dolphins, sea...
Mullet off to slow start
CORTEZ - It’s after Thanksgiving and a cold front has passed through, but what should be mullet season hasn’t really started yet, thanks to...
Jeffries wins mullet tournament
CORTEZ – Cortez resident Kenny Jeffries won the Fifth Annual Flippin’ Mullet Sports Bar Mullet Fishing Tournament at the Swordfish Grill in Cortez on...
Reel Time: The Zen of fishing
The ancient word and concept of Zen have been co-opted to refer to things as diverse as a nail salon and a burger bar....
Red tide fishing request denied
CORTEZ – Commercial fisherman and Cortez businessman John Banyas came up short in his attempt to get the state-issued special activity license that he...
Local captains support catch-and-release order
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Local charter fishing captains support the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) executive order that temporarily imposes catch-and-release restrictions...
Casting for recovery
The cool air along the Chattahoochee River mingled with the mid-morning sun created a magical backdrop for the female fly fishers as they worked...
Waterline hosts Kings for Kids Fishing Tournament
The Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club in Holmes Beach hosted its first Kings for Kids Fishing Tournament April 21 in Holmes Beach. The...
Cortez fishermen ready crab traps for season
CORTEZ - The Florida stone crab harvest begins Oct. 15, and Cortez commercial fishermen are readying traps to drop them in Gulf of Mexico...
Shark dragging incident has Island ties
The first week of an ongoing Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigation into an online video of a shark being dragged behind...
Legendary hammerhead immortalized
“My big fish must be somewhere.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
CORTEZ – “Go big,” Eric Grimes likes to say.
So why not commission a...