“We can see from space how the human race has changed the earth. Nearly all the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used as agricultural or urban development. The polar ice-caps a…
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
We are in the heart of tarpon season and you can get out there and catch a tarpon just about any way you like to fish for them. If you’ve never caught a tarpon, now is the…
BY ARLENE HALL BGSTA SECRETARY
With summer vacations finally here, this seems to be the prime time of year to create elaborate, towering sandcastles perhaps surrounded by a deep, wide moat tha…
Saturday event benefits Maritime Museum
BY BETSY FUGATE JOINER, PRESIDENT GASPARILLA ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM
The mighty “silver king” has been making a spectacular show in the Pass. Fishing a…
If readers head to the end of 5th Street in Boca Grande, they will see a seaside attraction like no other. It is a wood fence, built completely across the whole length of the street, blocking acce…
“We are notorious for ‘running around self-righteously declaring our rights to this and to that. But if we were to reflect upon the millions ‘ran’ across bloodied battlefields so that we would hav…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
As the wind has started to lay down a bit, lots of tarpon are being caught on the beaches, in the passes, everywhere. The ‘World Richest’ Tarpon Tournament was held thi…
BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD
Tarpon were so abundant that big game sportfishing was created here.
The giant fish splashing and jumping everywhere, driving fishermen crazy. Teasing spectators because…
To the Editor:
Thank you for weekly coverage which reminded Islanders to donate their non-perishable food to Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. The donations in the blue barrels were taken to t…
This week, the English comedian and actor Russell Brand held a podcast discussion on God with scientist Bret Weinstein.
Most do not know Weinstein. Many do not know who Brand is; he is a …
