Archive for the ‘Fishing & Boating’ Category

Tropicalia: Wildlife oblivious to financial crises

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Shhhhhhhhh. Don’t tell the manatees about the nation’s economic crisis.

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Best Bets: Good choices available for fishing

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Reports of snowbirds starting to show up in local tackle shops may signal the start of the fishing “season,” which has been dead slow for a month.

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Lee County boat clubs take pressure off seafarers

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Testament to Lee County’s 200 square miles of sparkling inshore waters, great fishing, fabulous scenery and birding, and dozens of dockside…

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SW Florida redfish provide great tourney training

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If Southwest Florida isn’t already recognized as the home of the greatest cadre of tournament redfish anglers in the world, it’s well on its way.

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Cost will double to park at Lee County’s most popular beaches

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Parking at the most popular beaches and boat ramps will cost more by the end of the year.

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Best Bets: Fish activity noticeably up

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Fishing activity picked up a bit over the past week, as near-shore fish activity reached a frenzy.

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Piers are like some friendly suburban pubs

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I’m going to the Tampa Bay area for a conference on seagrass, where I’ll be taken out by fishing guides so I can see the importance seagrasses play…

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Best Bets: Fishing activity may be slow, but economy woes haven’t scared fish away

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Spanish mackerel have been reported moving down the coast in droves.

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Tropicalia: Cooler weather means boat show season

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My mother-in-law wrote recently, offering to come for her annual visit during President’s Day weekend so I wouldn’t have to miss work for my…

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The hunt for reds in October

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Did you feel it Tuesday morning — that first breath of cool, fall air? Are you peeking around the corner of the calendar, when water temperatures…

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Mercury in fish remains controversial

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This started out as a rebuttal of a letter written to The News-Press by Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute, a commercial…

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Fishing: To catch the biggest fish, put a cork in it

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To borrow a line from the Bard Will and change it just a little bit - to cork or not to cork, that is the question.

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