Opinion
Hooks are baited, lets go fishin’
May 2, 2024
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
Tarpon season is now in full swing – with lots of fish throughout the area. Late afternoon and early evening Pass trips have been most productive. Despite some continued …
SW Florida Fishing: From big grouper to big wahoo!
May 2, 2024
Capt. Brad Hickman can be reach at 941-716-3757 or OffshoreBocaGrande.com.
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Ask a Doc: Overcoming life’s predictable and unpredictable challenges
May 2, 2024
Editor’s Note: Earlier this season, the Boca Grande Health Clinic and Foundation hosted a Grande Rounds lecture on resiliency, featuring Yale-trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alex…
Sea turtle talk
May 2, 2024
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
The 2024 sea turtle nesting season for Gasparilla Island officially kicked off on May 1, and runs through October 31.
Trained Turtle Patrol volunteers with th…
So much depends upon our big red wheelbarrow
May 2, 2024
The publisher of this newspaper has an expression that he is fond of repeating. In Boca Grande, every day is different, but every year is the same.
This can be seen in our column to the left of…
SW Florida Fishing: Winds dying down – good for all
April 26, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It is starting to feel like summer here in Boca Grande and that means one thing. Tarpon! The tarpon are starting to show up in the passes and in the harbor. Look to tar…
SW Florida Fishing: Grouper with a dash of snappers
April 26, 2024
Capt. Brad Hickman can be reach at 941-716-3757 or OffshoreBocaGrande.com.
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When dogs ‘Take Over’ the situation
April 26, 2024
Young puppies or adopted dogs of any age have one thing in their mind and that’s “Take Over”. In the beginning when you bring them home they show you a cute happy playful side of themselves. You t…
Guest Essay: Thrill of a majestic Silver King
April 25, 2024
BY KATHY FUTCH
Tarpon fishing became quite the sport in Boca Grande Pass, which is the deepest natural harbor in Florida. When the water temperature is just right and full of tasty shrimp and c…
Letters: Cape Haze peninsula needs an update to Charlotte County plan
April 25, 2024
To the Editor:
Your April 12 editorial (Why Placida Matters to Gasparilla Island) is very much on point. I wonder if what you’re describing is essentially what the Comprehensive Plan should con…