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SW Florida Fishing: Spring fishing is here

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN The past week a long Easter holiday weekend and spring breaks from school brought lots of families out on the water. Some pretty stiff winds most days kept the offshore guys at the docks, but the winds, along with some good high tides, actually helped out the backcountry fishing. We saw […]

SW Florida Fishing: Spring fever is in the air

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR It’s been a couple good weeks of great spring fishing. With Easter coming early the number of people and boats on the water should slow way down and the lull before tarpon season is a great time to get good snook and reds! When the white pelicans leave and the swallowtail […]

SW Florida Fishing: Snook-a-rama is here!

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of snook have moved into the back country! The last two weeks have been great fishing around Boca Grande, even in the high wind conditions. We are seeing lots of snook show up in the shallow waters and are catching them on live bait. Along with the snook, the redfish […]

Record day, month for bridge traffic 

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Breaking News, News.

March has been a historic month for traffic at the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, and visits to Gasparilla Island. “Friday March 15 was the highest one-day traffic count in GIBA’s history with 5,495 vehicles,” said GIBA Executive Director Kathy Banson. The month has also had multiple record consecutive days for vehicles crossing the bridge.  “There […]

Pascua Florida, or Feast of Flowers

Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community History, Editorial.

Of the two big religious holidays, it is Easter that is the one that makes the most sense, culturally to Florida. In the imagination, Christmas is a cold weather holiday, and a “too hot” Christmas in Florida, frankly, can be a disappointment if you wish a bit of chill. But Easter is a holiday that […]

SW Florida Fishing: Spring has sprung?

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN A little late season cold front with strong winds knocked back our local fishing for a few days last week. There was a pretty strong bite for snook and redfish going on in the backcountry as well as some nice kingfish and bonita out in the Gulf. There’s been lots of […]

SW Florida Fishing: Hard places

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR It’s been busy and I finally got a day to go fishing by myself. I went wade fishing yesterday in a river full of alligators and sharks. I dragged my kayak on wheels around a mile then pulled it through the bushes to get it in the water. Used the kayak […]