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January 30, 2025
Have Snowbirds will travel Chilly nights and windy haze Time to fly to warmer days Off in flight with Gulf Stream power Resting and flying on the hour We Snowbirds take a Southern route To balmy tro…

January 30, 2025
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN Finally we broke the winter weather pattern we’ve been in the past three weeks and are seeing some low winds, sunshine and warmer days. Snook are already beginning their…

January 30, 2025
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR But we are still catching some fish and having fun doing it. I recently had the pleasure of fishing with out-of-town guests who told me of subzero temperatures and iced and s…

January 23, 2025
“Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing, it is not a sport. Sport is when individual teams compete against another under equal cir…

January 23, 2025
To the Editor: We raised over $32,000 at the 9th Annual Chowder Dinner this past Friday! We couldn’t have done it without the support of our community! A big thank you to Gasparilla Inn for hosti…

January 23, 2025
To the Editor: It’s difficult to find the right words to express the extent of our gratitude to this amazing island community! We were beyond blessed to reopen The Pink Pony & Tortuga Mexican…

January 23, 2025
You can’t make this stuff up; yes, it could really happen. I’m still acquiring details, but the current 46th Secretary of Commerce is proposing Amendment 59, which covers bottom fish closures for…

January 23, 2025
This is some week. Those of us who looked out onto the waters to our west might have thought it either funny, or annoying (depending on your party), that President Donald Trump had decided to “renam…

January 16, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE  The middle of winter arctic fronts have arrived here in southwest Florida, but the backcountry fishing has been unbrrr-lievably good! With nighttime air temperatures…

January 16, 2025
Severe weather events are the scourge of golf course superintendents, causing bunker washouts, downed trees, and other adverse conditions rendering courses unplayable. Locally, it might present as P…