Fort Myers Beach, Florida

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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.

Two weeks ago, when I had the grandsons at the Cape Coral Yacht Club pier, I saw something that really warmed my heart.

Fishing’s not bad, but fishing activity reported by area guides, tackle shops and marinas has been very slow.

It’s not often a fishing columnist gets to write about booze, drugs and scandalous sexual conduct — once every 23 years, so far – but here we go!