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April 10, 2025
If a local captain is repeating a suggestion, you aren’t hearing it Spring fishing is not to be missed. We currently have an opportunity you don’t want to miss out on. Local fishing is on fire…

April 10, 2025
BY DR. ALEXANDER P. MIANO, M.D.  Lately, it feels like stress is simmering just below the surface for many of us. Whether it’s navigating the long road of post-hurricane recovery or simply t…

April 10, 2025
Rather than eliminating every weed and insect from your garden with chemicals or poison, try working with nature instead of fighting it. Learn to love a few pests in your garden. They feed the benef…

April 10, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of great fishing this week in the windy conditions. We have really started to target the snook in the back country the last few weeks and some really nice sized snoo…

April 3, 2025
BY KAREN GRACE Just like the island, the neon cocktail glass at the center of the Temptation sign has survived storms for more than 75 years. As the only outdoor neon sign on the island, it has a…

April 3, 2025
Above, Ocala Stud, in a photo by Louise Rienagel BY DAVID O’FARRELL Through nearly 70 years and three generations, my family’s Ocala Stud Farm has poured heart, soul and heavy reinvestment int…

April 3, 2025
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR It’s always a thrill to see people catching snook in the springtime in super shallow water. If I told you we have caught all the good ones we have seen, I would be lying. The…

April 3, 2025
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN It’s transition time in the Boca Grande backcountry. As we move into April and leave the windy cool days of March behind, spring fishing is about to take off. We’ve notic…

April 3, 2025
“The wildlife habitat cannot speak so we must and we will.” Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Conserved natural resources and extended federal protection to land and water…

March 27, 2025
There’s something remarkable happening on the golf course that has never occurred before. The face of the game has changed more in the past five years than the previous 50, driven by unpreceden…