Archive for the ‘Fishing’ Category

Best Bets: Weather’s warm, but the fishing’s not

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A brief taste of spring brought anglers out in droves this week.

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Best Bets: Some brave tough conditions to make nice catches

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Continued cold weather and high winds, except Monday, have kept anglers off the water and even out of tackle shops.

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Miami boat show introduces green gadgets

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Best Bets: Sheepshead fishing takes upswing

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This week’s brief break from winter brought out anglers en masse. The fish noticed, too.

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Reminder for anglers: Snook season will not open March 1

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Anglers are reminded snook season will not open March 1, due to severe losses during the January cold snap.

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Best Bets: Florida’s wacky winter plays havoc with fishing

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The good news is the outlook for the coming weekend is all smiles, with temperatures climbing and winds abating, at least until Monday.

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Best Bets: Weather slows down fishing

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Robin Ramming, manager of the Bait Box on Sanibel, said “The people who are going fishing are catching some fish.”

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Best Bets: Fishing reports pick up

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Fishing reports have picked up a tick or two over the past week, as fish and fishermen get used to cool conditions.

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Boating: Florida tides, or, Whoa, where’d all the water go?

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The powerboaters nudged toward the two canoeists as close as they could without forcing their boat’s hull into the muddy bottom.

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Best Bets: Promising grouper bottom fishing reported

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Tackle shops are reporting slow business and fairly slow fishing, but there have been some very encouraging exceptions to those trends.

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Best Bets: Southwest Florida fishing starts to recover from cold period

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Fishing is getting back to normal after the recent withering cold spell.

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Best Bets: Snook population biggest casualty during cold snap

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To no one’s surprise, fish and fishing took big hits during the recent cold spell.

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Best Bets: Good trout fishing reported in Punta Gorda area

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Cold weather hasn’t put a total freeze on Lee County and Southwest Florida fishing, but attempts and results definitely have cooled, with a few…

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Boating: Ancient compass should not be replaced by a GPS

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Reading a compass may look complicated, but don’t let all those intricate pieces throw you off.

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Betsy Clayton: Here’s a New Year’s toast to a newly navigable Blind Pass

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As we begin the new year, I toast my old friend, Blind Pass, and the coastal engineers and scientists who brought it back to life just a few months…

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