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Reel Time: Dog days strategies

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Dog days (Latin: diēs caniculārēs) are the hottest, most sultry days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most...

Reel Time: Tarpon primer

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Tarpon are one of the premier gamefish that swim local waters and are a noble adversary on any tackle. The fish that frequent our...

Reel Time: The morning run

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The surroundings flooded my senses as the morning dawned, a receding thunderstorm having just ionized the air with a freshness that only served to...

Reel Time: Cleanup celebrates World Ocean Day

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Sarasota Bay Watch and ninety-one community volunteers from Sarasota and Manatee County conducted their annual New Pass underwater cleanup Saturday, June 8, at Ken...

Reel Time: The elephant in the bay

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It’s not with any pleasure that I sit down and write an outdoors column on water quality issues and red tide at one of...
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Rusty Chinnis

Rusty Chinnis is an avid fly fisherman, a photojournalist and a retired building contractor in addition to being a passionate defender of the local environment's importance to the health and economy of the area. A 42-year resident of Longboat Key and Manatee County, he is chairman of the board of Suncoast Waterkeeper, a founder and former co-chairman of the Sister Keys Conservancy, and founder and chairman emeritus of Sarasota Bay Watch in addition to being The Sun's Outdoors columnist. Email

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