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Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip
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Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip

Aug 22, 2022 – Rusty Chinnis
June 5, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Making fishing fun

Reel Time: Make fishing fun

Lately, it seems we’re constantly reminded how our experiences growing up molded us into the kind of person we are today. The all-too-often-heart wrenching news we’re seeing emphasizes just how impor…
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June 5, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Help rid Island waters of lionfish

Help rid Island waters of lionfish

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is seeking help from divers, anglers and commercial harvesters to remove lionfish from Gulf of Mexico waters. Anyone…
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May 29, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Jack crevalle, pit bull of the sea

Reel Time: Jack crevalle, pit bulls of the sea

For most local anglers, jack crevalle is not a target species. That’s pretty much true for fly and spin anglers as well as those that troll the beaches and passes. Most jack crevalle are caught insho…
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May 7, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Tarpon season primer

Tarpon season is one of the most anticipated times of the year on local waters. While it’s possible to encounter tarpon occasionally most every month of the year, April through July is the time savvy…
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May 2, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: River of painted rocks

Reel Time on the Road: River of painted rocks

The river’s edge was garlanded with the lime green blush of early spring. Maples, oaks and sourwood trees lined the banks, punctuated with the blossoms of flowering dogwoods, eastern redbud and flame…
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April 24, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: Looking back, paying forward

Reel Time on the Road: Looking back, paying forward

One of the things I like most about fishing is the friends we make along the way and the many experiences that last a lifetime. When we can combine that with sharing the passion and paying it forward…
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March 14, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Tie one on

Reel Time: Tie one on

I have to begin this article with a confession. I have known how to tie flies for a long time but have been too lazy to tie my own for far too long. First it was guide friends who tied them for me. A…
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March 6, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: We’ll see

Recently I was intent on fishing an area that has become one of my favorite haunts.  Unfortunately, when I got there, another boat was anchored nearby. As I started working my way towards my intended…
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February 28, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: The Waterman

Reel Time: The Waterman

The second annual Waterman Fly Fishing Tournament was held last weekend. The two-day, fly-only redfish tournament and snook Calcutta had 114 two-member teams and three single-angler teams. The fis…
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February 21, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Before you go

Getting on the water can be challenging for the average angler. Life often gets in the way of your favorite pastime and finds you unprepared when opportunity arises. Maybe it’s the “chance” day off o…
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