Over the past week, I've seen some spectacular things that indicate an early spring is upon this great state. On Friday, a large school of huge redfish surfaced right off the St. Lucie Inlet. Here in Stuart, the cobia run has started on the Atlantic coast, and we found a school of jumbo tarpon off [...]
Water pollution rules supported by business, agriculture and utility interests but opposed by environmentalists, who say they are too weak, appear headed for quick passage in the Florida Legislature. A bill (HB 7051) approving the Department of Environmental Protection’s rules is headed for a floor vote in the House after sailing through a final committee [...]
This year's crop of Naples council candidates say they too have the will to improve the bay's water quality and restore seagrass, mangroves and oysters, but they differ on whether the city is moving quickly enough to fix the city's No. 1 environmental challenge.
Yesterday, the fleet forged back through the St. Lucie Inlet with sailfish release flags flying. The 2011-12 winter continues to serve up the best sailfishing in anyone's living memory, and that is in large part due to the cultural impact of the sailfish release pennant. Back in the 1930s, early billfish tournament organizers were concerned [...]
While crappie anglers across most of the country are laboring over ice augers and steaming breath just to get a line to the fish, Florida anglers are double checking tackle bags for sunscreen. We're one of the most underrated states for catching crappie, in part because down here we call them "speckled perch," or "paperfish," [...]
