Tag: Marcy Shortuse

Research shows bad blooms back to the 1800s, so the question is … Are we really feeding the red monster?

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Hype on social media and on local television news channels continues regarding our red tide bloom, and it’s easy to see why. It’s been a few years since we had a fish kill of...

Big game fish: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (Part two of a series in three parts)

June 1, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This is the second in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tarpon season. This part will be from a shark angler’s perspective, and the...

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ISLAND SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2018!

June 1, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

2018 Island School graduates: Kaimook Pittayarangsan, Ian Egbert, Ava Teaney, Braylon Strother, Eirinn Shortuse, Willow Shantar, Page Presnell, Rory Shortuse, Mason McLaughlin

Beautiful and deadly: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (A series in three parts)

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – This is the first in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tarpon season. This first part will be from a science perspective, the...

Three Sisters saga continues as the camel’s nose gets in the tent

May 4, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There is an old proverb that says if a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow. Those are the words written as part of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari...

Fishing families take the stage, islanders in front of the camera and behind in ‘Mullet and Mangroves’

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 3 a new documentary on barrier island life had its debut on local television stations, and it featured several familiar faces and places. But don’t worry...

Tarpon Season’s a’comin’ … right now talk is about Ladies Day

April 27, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The roster is filling up for the 2018 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament, and fishing is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 in Boca Grande Pass. Each team...

Three Sisters hearing includes attacks, allegations … but no decisions

January 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE AND SUE ERWIN – The Lee County Hearing Examiner’s office in Fort Myers became a rather heated place on Tuesday, Jan. 9 as the discussion regarding a road between Boca Grande...

It’s a toxic puzzle worth putting together: Find out more on January 18

January 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center auditorium will present a special documentary film on Thursday, Jan 18 at 5 p.m. that may prove to be pretty puzzling – and...

EDITORIAL: Sometimes there’s a little bit of justice

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If the names Michael Wenzel, Robert Lee Benac and Spencer Heintz mean anything to you, you’ve probably heard that they were recently arrested by the Florida Fish and...