Sports & Outdoors
Beautiful and deadly: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (A series in three parts)
May 25, 2018
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – This is the first in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tarpon season. This first part will be from a science perspective, the secon…
Fishing families take the stage, islanders in front of the camera and behind in ‘Mullet and Mangroves’
May 4, 2018
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 3 a new documentary on barrier island life had its debut on local television stations, and it featured several familiar faces and places. But don’t worry – if y…
Youth fishing tournament results
May 4, 2018
2018 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series Starts January 31
January 26, 2018
■ BY JEN FIERS The 2018 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series will be held each Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Boca Grande Club from January 31st through March 14th. The first of the exhibitions will be the fir…
2017 Gulf recreational red snapper state season opens weekends beginning May 6
May 5, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT The 78-day 2017 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters opens Saturdays and Sundays in May starting May 6. On May 27, the season will open daily through July 9…
There are lots of legends in Boca Grande Pass
May 20, 2016
By the time this week’s newspaper goes to press, we will be halfway into The World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament for 2016. We are very lucky to have the greatest tarpon fishery in the world right in…
World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament to be held on May 19 & May 20
May 13, 2016
On Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20, Boca Grande Pass will see a field of at least 24 boats in the 2016 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, which means a little more than $95,000 in prize money …
FWC announces Boca Grande Pass gear restrictions, boundary shift
March 18, 2016
Recent changes to the buoys marking the Boca Grande Channel will affect tarpon anglers and others fishing in Boca Grande Pass during the months of April, May, and June. Because of natural shifts i…
Wright, Krusen teams take first at TIS Golf Shootout
February 12, 2016
BY VICKY WINTERER – The Island School, a tuition-free charter school for grades K-5, held its 3rd Annual $1,000,000 Golf Shootout last week on a benign winter day at The Gasparilla Inn & Club’s…
Portion of Boca Grande fishing pier closed, deemed unsafe
February 5, 2016
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Boca Grande Fishing Pier at the north end of the island is partially closed, due to Charlotte County Parks and Natural Resources staff saying there is some potential for st…