It was a good day to have three Lee County commissioners come to Boca Grande on Tuesday for a forum on parking. There were some (not us) who were worried that somehow it would be contentious. Indeed…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing to modernize rules to align with the updated methods, technologies and research in the Association of Florida and Wildlife Agencies…
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
As always this is one of the best times of the year to be fishing charlotte harbor. With all the boats chasing the tarpon it also makes it a great time of year to wade for sn…
Stealth the secret, let it enhance your ‘richest’ odds this tarpon season
It’s tarpon time here in Boca Grande. Enjoy the action.
While silver kings are not the only game in town, it’s tarpon…
Plan an appropriate tool to find balance while managing growth
BY THE GICIA
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has been working to preserve island life since 1971…
Some on this island are readers and devotees of Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer whose thinking undergirds many of today’s ideas of agriculture and sustainability. One of his ideas that has been a…
“There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It feels like summer here in Boca Grande and the tarpon have been biting! Lots of tarpon have been caught around Little Gasparilla Island, Gasparilla Island, Cayo Costa a…
To the Editor:
It is hard to dispute that the residential roadways of Boca Grande have become overwhelmed with parked cars. The issue has increased steadily, to the point that the streets in our…
Taking on a cleaner island, honoring a friend
BY NANCY LECKERLING
Twenty-five years ago, when my husband Jon and I were considering the purchase of a home on Captiva Island, a friend of ours…
