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April 25, 2024
There are many “very important” and “formerly very important” or “previously important” or “pretty important” people on Gasparilla Island. We have acronyms for them. This week, we spied one of the…

April 19, 2024
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN It’s tarpon time! After what seemed like weeks of heavy spring winds, the area is now loaded with silver kings. While we have seen some tarpon scattered around since late …

April 19, 2024
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April 19, 2024
“There will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050.” Universal comment Earth Day will be celebrated this year on April 22, 2024. It was born in 1970 when millions of peop…

April 19, 2024
To the Editor: As Joni Mitchell sang “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” My eyes could not believe the likes of the building plans for the Island located longitude and latitude a…

April 19, 2024
Earth Day is coming up this weekend. This week, we have a column about Earth Day from Delores Savas as well as a small article about one of the Earth Day activities in our news section. There are …

April 12, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Snook have been the deal in the back country this week. Lots and lots of snook have been caught on white bait through March and into April. If you are looking to tar…

April 12, 2024
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR With warmer waters it’s time to shift gears and search for monster tarpon. Recently we fished through heavy rain and wind in the muddy waters of the everglades and 10,00…

April 12, 2024
BY BRET KUEBER, M.D., ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC April, the birth month of James Parkinson, is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. Parkinson’s is a degenerative synd…

April 11, 2024
“Better to have bad news that’s true than good news that is made up.” – Eric Ries, American Entrepreneur and author of the Lean Start Up Yes, it is that time again when Eco Watch will featur…