This is a good time to be living in Florida, except if you’re unlucky enough to be living in the Florida Panhandle, including Pensacola, where residents were greeted with two inches of snow and cold…
Hot redfish on a cold day…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Just like the rest of the country the chilly weather has arrived in southwest Florida this week. But don’t let these cooler temperatures d…
Several people have asked me about our extremely low tides recently. I’ll try to help you understand what creates them. First, of course, is the moon. Both the full and new moons exert strong influe…
The United States is living in two worldviews these days. As the late Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams would say, we are each living in two different movies. As a local newspaper, the issues we cover…
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American Cultural Anthropologist, author and p…
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
With the weather in early January absolutely perfect the water temps shot back up. The snook and tarpon started gorging on all the small bait and the action was awesome. The…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Redfish have been the story of the backcountry this week here around Gasparilla Island and the bite has been hot.
If you like to target redfish you are in luck. Lots o…
Above, workers on the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad, from the Historical Society archives. The railroad was originally along the beach. BGHS photo
JAMES BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOC…
Above, a 1980s photo of what is believed to be the bridge in New York. Readers can help us by remembering where it might have been placed, and if it is still there. Boca Beacon archives
BY JAME…
The dolphins were out and the mullet were jumping this weekend on the north end of the island.
It was about as perfect weather as we could hope for in January before the cold front rolls in this…
