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March 27, 2025
“Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.” Peter Benchley, American author and co-author of the movie adaptation of Jaws. Peter Benc…

March 27, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Spring is here and the weather this week has been great! It seems that for the time being we have broken the windy weather patterns we’ve experienced the last few weeks a…

March 20, 2025
“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.” Diana Cooper, poet and author The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty…

March 20, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The snook have been biting in the backcountry this week! Lots of really nice sized snook have begun to show up around the mangrove islands and they have been hungry. From…

March 20, 2025
Many things seem more challenging this year. We survived multiple hurricanes and most of us suffered damage, many severe. Red tides hang around threatening us, challenging us to work around minimum…

March 20, 2025
The Princeton Fishing Team has once again returned to Boca Grande for their annual spring fishing trip. Their trip is a spring tradition that began about 35 years ago, and which continues to this da…

March 20, 2025
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will install new pavement and bicycle markings to make it for safer bicyclists who cross the bridge. “We have bikes, we have cars,” said GIBA Executive Dire…

March 20, 2025
BY GRAY INDELICATO I have been waiting 14 years to operate a golf cart on Gasparilla. It started with a toy golf cart at age three, then progressed to my dad’s lap, and now finally at age 14 I…

March 13, 2025
March brings gorgeous weather and increased users on the GICIA Bike Path. Working to provide a safe and fun experience for all users, the GICIA has once again partnered with The Island School’s fift…

March 13, 2025
In the category of a good deed punished, the Gulf Shores North Property Owners Association has been relandscaping and removing the non-native vegetation around Gasparilla Lake, which is on Gulf Shor…