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SW Florida Fishing: Tarpon starting to show up

April 12, 2024
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR With warmer waters it’s time to shift gears and search for monster tarpon. Recently we fished through heavy rain and wind in the muddy waters of the everglades and 10,00…

Ask a Doc: Parkinson’s disease can now be detected through the skin

April 12, 2024
BY BRET KUEBER, M.D., ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC April, the birth month of James Parkinson, is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. Parkinson’s is a degenerative synd…

EcoWatch: Good and bad eco news

April 11, 2024
“Better to have bad news that’s true than good news that is made up.” – Eric Ries, American Entrepreneur and author of the Lean Start Up Yes, it is that time again when Eco Watch will featur…

SW Florida Fishing: Spring fishing is here

April 4, 2024
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN The past week a long Easter holiday weekend and spring breaks from school brought lots of families out on the water. Some pretty stiff winds most days kept the offshore…

SW Florida Fishing: Offshore fishing trip with Capt. Hickman

April 4, 2024
Capt. Brad Hickman can be reach at 941-716-3757 or OffshoreBocaGrande.com. p32Download

SW Florida Fishing: Spring fever is in the air

April 4, 2024
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR It’s been a couple good weeks of great spring fishing. With Easter coming early the number of people and boats on the water should slow way down and the lull before tarpon …

EcoWatch: A clarion call for the oceans

April 4, 2024
The dire warning above of sea creatures dying continues to rise. In fact, the ongoing saga of the continuous decline of the Atlantic right whale has taken a back seat in the news recently. The lat…

SW Florida Fishing: Snook-a-rama is here!

March 28, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of snook have moved into the back country! The last two weeks have been great fishing around Boca Grande, even in the high wind conditions. We are seeing lots of s…

EcoWatch: A crow’s eye view of Easter Sunday

March 28, 2024
Easter Sunday has always represented new life, a sign of rebirth and a time of hope for better days ahead as problems of the world swirl around us. It is more than the fluff of Easter things that …

SW Florida Fishing: Spring has sprung?

March 22, 2024
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN A little late season cold front with strong winds knocked back our local fishing for a few days last week. There was a pretty strong bite for snook and redfish going on…