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Profile: The new minister in town, Matthew Williams
BY JACK SHORT – Sometimes it takes a few knocks at the door before someone finally answers. For Rev. Matthew Morgan Willi…
BGIPOA and 5F sued over settlement agreement
Twenty five years of dispute seemed to have been put aside — at least for a day or so.
The ink was barely dry on an …
Studying tarpon with … balloons?
BY JACK SHORT – Scientists from the Florida Institute of Technology hope everyone fishing the pass next week won’t be ala…
Observers needed for World’s Richest
BY LEW HASTINGS – In case you were wondering what those beautiful …
Agreement between BGI and TSI reached
BY JACK SHORT – A court ordered mediation has resolved 25 years of…
A trip to Belize to study tarpon … are you in?
BY ADAM MARTON, THE FIELDWORKERS CLUB – This August a small group of anglers from all over the USA will be traveling to t…
Have some fun and help out a local captain by fishing the ‘Tito’
One of Boca Grande’s charter captains, Capt. Jimmy Robertson, is in need of some good energy and prayers from the communi…
Another stranded sea turtle found on island beaches
Another dead sea turtle has been found on a loca beach, this time at the very northern tip of the island.
According t…
Gasparilla Island Kids Classic field almost full
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When you feed a kid a fish, they will eat for a day … or push it around on their plate, at least. W…
This Memorial Day, watch for manatees while on the boat
The Memorial Day weekend typically means crowded conditions on Florida waterways, and Save the Manatee Club cautions the …