It was a beautiful sunny early afternoon after days of rain and cold, so I was extra excited to be out and playing around within the Gasparilla Sound on my friend’s boat. Captain Nelson Groome owns…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has been chilly but sunny this week in Boca Grande and the fishing has started to heat up in the mid day to late afternoon hours.
We have been catching qui…
Gasparilla Island Water Association Inc. will be submitting its annual per capita water withdrawal report to the Southwest Florida Water Management District this spring. This permit limits the amoun…
Lee County continues to add to conservation lands in the county as part of their Conservation 20/20 land acquisition and stewardship advisory program. The new additions are:
• Eight in-fill parce…
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
After a week of warm weather that gave us the first hint that spring is around the corner, another cold front came through and brought us back to reality that it’s still win…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
I don’t know if I have ever seen the fishing go from so bad to so good so quickly. Part of me worries that the cold and windy weather is not totally behind us, but I love spr…
“If you think the environment is less important than the economy try holding your breath while you count your money.” – Guy Mc Pherson, American scientist and professor emeritus of natural resources…
Shorebird/seabird beach nesting season begins Feb. 15, 2024. Each nesting season, Charlotte County staff installs temporarily fencing and educational signage around solitary and colony nesting areas…
Jessica Pate, the lead scientist for the Florida Manta Project, will be in town on Thursday, Feb. 22 to speak on The Mysterious Manta Rays of Florida.
Pate started the Florida Manta Project in 20…
The Boca Grande Community Center auditorium was packed Wednesday as Dr. Jennifer Toyoda, researcher with the Mote Marine Laboratory, shared the latest information on the monitoring, measuring and mi…
