Sports & Outdoors
Visit Boca Grande Outfitters
June 11, 2026
Stop by Boca Grande Outfitters where Barbara Caliguire can help you find the best reel for fishing. Remember Father’s Day is just around the corner! 375 Park Ave., Boca Grande.
Photo by Matt
Big Carlos Reef
June 11, 2026
Lee County invites the community to celebrate the completion of the new Big Carlos Pass Bridge and the Big Carlos Bridge Artificial Reef with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 30.
The e…
EcoWatch: Hot cars become ovens for dogs
June 11, 2026
“Even if it’s just for a moment and even if the windows are cracked, it is never safe to leave an animal in a parked vehicle alone. Not only can leaving an animal in a hot car lead to fatal heat str…
Kids Classic set for Saturday
June 4, 2026
The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, takes place this Saturday, June 6.
Registration is from noon to 2 p.m. at the Pink Pony C…
Sea turtle patrollers busy collecting nesting data
June 4, 2026
BY ARLENE HALL BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC.
With the first month of the 2026 sea turtle nesting season now finished, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association turtle patrol volunteers have refamili…
Jill Marie Howls
June 4, 2026
Above, Charlotte Chatham fights one of six fish caught and released on the Jill Marie last Saturday night to win the ‘Howl at the Moon’ Tarpon Tournament. This is Capt. David Chatham’s third Howl at…
Howl at the Moon draws tarpon fever
June 4, 2026
BY BETSY F. JOINER, GASPARILLA ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM
It’s that time of year. “Tarpon Fever” is running hot and highly contagious! At Whidden’s Dock, where the Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum…
Bike rentals at Gasparilla Adventures
June 4, 2026
These ladies make it simple to rent a bike! Visit Adrianna Binion and Sophia Pixley at Gasparilla Adventures and they will get you rolling. They have many bikes to offer. 333 Park Ave., Boca Grande…
EcoWatch: Gov. DeSantis increases penalties for animal abusers
June 4, 2026
“The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal…
Whale shark visits Boca Grande
May 28, 2026
While out fishing over the weekend, Capt. Chris Campbell and the family he was out with on the Lady Di spotted a rare whale shark while snapper fishing off the coast.
“I have been going offshore…











