Tag: fishing

SW Florida Fishing: It’s time for a day on the water

BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR Spring fishing is so great, I love it. Big snook, reds, trout, and suicidal pompano on the shallow grass on windy days all makes for a great day! We don’t normally see...

SW Florida Fishing: Warm up to come…

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

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...

SW Florida Fishing: Salt or freshwater … ready for action

February 16, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

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...

SW Florida Fishing: Spring … is almost here.

February 16, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

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...

SW Florida Fishing: Between the front

February 9, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The unsettled weather patterns this year has the water temperatures in the backcountry on the cooler side. But, with the water being fairly cool, the fish have still...

SW Florida Fishing: Sea trout is where the action is…

January 26, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Speckled sea trout have been the deal in the back country this week. The unsettled weather patterns from last week has made the fishing a little tough this week but the...

Profile Ken Raynor

■ BY SUE ERWIN Coral Creek Club Golf Professional Ken Raynor has spent abundant time on the green and also fishing with many dignitaries who regularly visit Boca Grande for a little rest and...

Getting to know the Bush family a little better …

December 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN – Golf Pro Ken Raynor has had a long established personal friendship with former President George H. W. Bush, prior to when he assumed presidency of the United States in...

Ahlers and team takes top honors in 2015 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Lucky Lady proved worthy of her name when Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team brought more tarpon to the boat than any other in the 2015 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament,...

Thank you for another successful World’s Richest!

To the Editor: In the course of events, both public and private, no one person or entity can possibly take sole credit for the success or failure of any undertaking. The event is the sum of so...