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Reel Time: Results in from the 2023 Waterman

Feb 7, 2023 – Rusty Chinnis
January 10, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
FDEP seeks $8,500 for Aqua mangrove violations

FDEP seeks $8,500 for Aqua’s mangrove violations

MANATEE COUNTY – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is levying an $8,500 penalty for the improper mangrove trimming and debris re- moval activities that occurred along…
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January 4, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Cold water strategy

When winter weather comes to southwest Florida, as it finally did recently, anglers need to alter their strategy to meet the changing conditions. Cold fronts traditionally drop water temperatures, cl…
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December 20, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Suncoast Waterkeepers lead post-Ian cleanup

Reel Time: Suncoast Waterkeepers lead post-Ian cleanup

Hurricane Ian left a wake of debris in a wide swath of waterways across the state. One particularly hard-hit area on the Suncoast was Lemon Bay at the southern end of the watershed monitored…
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December 20, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Mullet season in full swing

Mullet season in full swing

CORTEZ – It might not be for joy, but the mullet are definitely jumping. Spawning season and cast net-wielding fishermen anxious to make some Christmas money are a formula for a busy mulle…
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December 12, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Tune up for the redfly

Reel Time: Tune up for the Redfly

The Redfly, a premier Tampa Bay area tournament targeting redfish on fly tackle, is just around the corner and this is a good time to get ready for the 17th running of this popular event…
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December 12, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Environmental groups push to return manatees to endangered status

Environmental groups push to return manatees to endangered status

Since the 2017 downlisting of manatees from endangered to threatened status – and with a record number of deaths of the marine mammals – a push is underway to seek restoration of the manatee’…
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December 6, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: Frankie's Two Boys Inn

Reel Time on The Road: Frankie’s Two Boys Inn

Wakes rippled the water’s mirror-smooth surface, revealing the school of bonefish as they worked their way off the vast shallow flat. Moving towards open water on the quickly falling tide, they were…
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November 30, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Please, don’t feed shorebirds

Please, don’t feed shorebirds

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Humans disturbing birds is one of the key hazards to threatened shorebird and seabird populations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Flori…
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November 30, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Wade in the water

Believe it or not, winter is here. While air temperatures would have us think otherwise, bay and Gulf waters have chilled, if only a little, putting fish into an atypical winter-time patter…
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November 24, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: Wakulla Springs and Florida’s Big Bend

Reel Time on the Road: Wakulla Springs and Florida’s Big Bend

Standing on the banks of the San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park where the Wakulla and St. Marks rivers converge on Florida’s Big Bend, I was struck by the vast and serene sweep of marsh and d…
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