BY ARLENE HALL, BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC.
Although there is still a bit of morning chill in the air and in the gulf waters along the beaches of Gasparilla Island, sea turtle nesting season …
BY SCOTT COTHERMAN
Hang around the first tee at any golf club and you will hear foursomes pair off for friendly games of wager. This includes the exchange of player handicaps which, thanks to a…
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
Last week was a good one for big speckled trout in the backcountry. We also saw some nice redfish scattered around as well.
On these warmer days, we saw some big snook …
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
Spring fishing is so great, I love it. Big snook, reds, trout, and suicidal pompano on the shallow grass on windy days all makes for a great day! We don’t normally see larg…
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
– Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist and author
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To the Editor:
Thank you for the great editorial in the paper this week. (See Lake Okeechobee’s overflowing, Feb. 16, 2023).
We’re at the apex of a life-threatening water disaster here…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, communications for Cape Haze and Boca Grande went back to the pre-Flintstones era.
That might sound extreme. It is not, as Barney and Fred had dial phones wi…
We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando.
Last Thursday, sawfish expert Tonya Wiley delivered a talk in Cape Haze as …
Sixty years ago, the National Geographic came to Florida. The magazine devoted over 50 pages to this state, in a major feature called “Florida Rides a Space Age Boom.”
Some of us might admit to…
BY K.Y. FUTCH
When I first started my secretarial business, I had to use the typewriter at Capt. Charlie Wheeler’s home on Tarpon Street, where I and my husband, Mark, also lived. Charlie was q…
