News
A trip to Belize to study tarpon … are you in?
May 22, 2015
BY ADAM MARTON, THE FIELDWORKERS CLUB
This August a small group of anglers from all over the USA will be traveling to the Caribbean to participate in the Belize Tarpon Tagging Expedition, a partn…
Have some fun and help out a local captain by fishing the ‘Tito’
May 22, 2015
One of Boca Grande’s charter captains, Capt. Jimmy Robertson, is in need of some good energy and prayers from the community as he faces stage 4 liver cancer and issues from a recent fall.
Jimmy w…
Another stranded sea turtle found on island beaches
May 22, 2015
Another dead sea turtle has been found on a local beach, this time at the very northern tip of the island.
According to one sea turtle patroller, Marilyn Googins, she found it at the “northern en…
Gasparilla Island Kids Classic field almost full
May 22, 2015
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. When you teach a kid to fish, though, well … sometimes you’ll create a mons…
This Memorial Day, watch for manatees while on the boat
May 22, 2015
The Memorial Day weekend typically means crowded conditions on Florida waterways, and Save the Manatee Club cautions the boating community to keep a look out for manatees. “Collisions with watercraf…
A tale of two soldiers … Walter Tatko and John Bourgoin
May 22, 2015
BY JACK SHORT
To anyone who happened upon a scene in the kitchen of the Palmetto Inn recently, two men pouring over maps with their wives and siblings, sandwiches and soup cooking on the other si…
Get ready to ‘howl’ on May 30
May 22, 2015
Capt. Sandy Melvin of Special Effects/Gasparilla Outfitters has announced the date for the traditional “Howl at the Moon” Open Invitational Tarpon Tournament to be on Saturday, May 30, from 8 to 11…
Your pet could be a calendar star
May 22, 2015
To the Editor:
Suncoast Humane Society is excited to announce that its 2016 Pet Calendar Photo Contest has officially begun. Your pet’s photos could be featured on the front cover of this exclusi…
Dead turtle found on beach, cause of death possibly man
May 15, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Sea turtle season has just begun and while nest numbers are still low, island patrollers have already found one turtle dead on local beaches. According to Maureen McConnell…
Spook takes Ladies Day, Jill Marie and Casuarina place
May 15, 2015
Fighting a jumper aboard Triple Trouble in the Ladies Day 25th anniversary tarpon tournament. Triple Trouble was captained by Ned Van Dervee, with team leader Ashley Coleman. In all, 38 boats partic…