With water temperatures climbing and the longest days of the year ahead of us in the next few weeks, we will slide into summer fishing patterns. I start my trips earlier in the morning so I can end them before getting into the peak heat of midday or go much later in the afternoon. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA – Tampa Police Department dive team members rescued a manatee this morning after it became stranded in a small lagoon near the 22nd Street Causeway. ...more

May 7, 2008

The recent outbreak of ciguatera, or fish poisoning, reportedly caused by fish caught near Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off Galveston, Texas, last November, is a reminder that the healthiest foods can have risks. ...more

February 20, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham. ...more

January 23, 2008

The sperm whale that washed up on Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County was emaciated and chronically ill, according to a necropsy on the 15-ton mammal. ...more

January 2, 2008

Near the end of the swamp tour, the Fakahatchee Strand grew quiet. Weary legs sloshed through waist-deep water. Thick mud sucked at hiking boots. Walking sticks knocked against cypress knees. Splish, splash. ...more

December 27, 2007

The conditions since last Sunday still have not improved much, so the forecast at best, looks the same — a very weak morning bite which lasts until 9 a.m. and after that sheer luck is your only hope. ...more

November 14, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Billy Nobles, left (with "Reel Animals" partner Mike Anderson). ...more

November 9, 2007

School resource officer Dave Clark was driving from one school to another when he saw several cars parked alongside the South Creek Bridge in Sarasota County on Wednesday morning. ...more

November 1, 2007

Redfish, fall and football; it's a hard combination to beat, and the only negative with all of them coming together is that anglers have to fit their redfish excursions around the schedule of their favorite teams; the Bulls/Noles/Gators (and maybe some Canes, too) on Saturday and the Bucs on Sunday. ...more

October 5, 2007