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Reel Time: Courtesy - An angler’s rules of the road
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Reel Time: Courtesy – An angler’s rules of the road

Oct 17, 2022 – Rusty Chinnis
September 20, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Turtle hatchlings break record on AMI

Turtle hatchlings break record on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Sea turtle hatchlings have broken the Anna Maria Island record set by the 2018 crop of local loggerheads, with 35,850 hatchlings so far this year. The number, recorded…
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September 19, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Fall fishing forecast - fun

Reel Time: Fall fishing forecast – fun

Fall is in the air. Most of our windows and doors are still closed and the AC is on, but the light and the cooling mornings hold the promise of change. This is a change ushered in by coole…
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September 12, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Celebrate the bay

Reel Time: Celebrate the bay

The communities that line Sarasota Bay are fortunate to have an active National Estuary Program centered right here in Manatee and Sarasota counties. First named in the newly-minted Water Quality…
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September 5, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Catch and release redux

Reel Time: Catch and release redux

Catch and release is a term I haven’t heard much recently. I’ve actually seen postings on social media that make me wonder if maybe this important conservation tool needs to be revisited. Catch and r…
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August 29, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Hurricane season’s second half could be unusually active

Hurricane season’s second half could be unusually active

CORTEZ – Halfway through a quiet hurricane season, it’s too soon to relax, as experts are still predicting above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane activity. Atmospheric and oceanic conditions still f…
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August 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Sea turtles rescued on Bridge Street

Sea turtles rescued on Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing on the Island, and while some locals and visitors have been lucky enough to get a glimpse of newly-hatched babies heading from their nest…
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August 29, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Meet Suncoast Waterkeeper’s Abbey Tyrna

Suncoast Waterkeeper’s new Executive Director Abbey Tyrna brings an impressive record of accomplishments to the organization. Tyrna received her doctorate in geography from Pennsylvania State Univ…
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August 22, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip

Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip

Planning any fishing trip can be a challenge given the peculiarities of weather and the idiosyncrasies of fish. Add a few thousand miles, a different language and an exotic species or two, and some s…
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August 22, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Suncoast Waterkeeper questions FDEP response to mangrove trimming

Suncoast Waterkeeper questions FDEP response to mangrove trimming

MANATEE COUNTY – The Suncoast Waterkeeper organization remains concerned about the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) response and oversight of the mangrove trimming that occurre…
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August 16, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Mangroves – Critical habitats

Reel Time: Mangroves – Critical habitats

To local fishers, the importance of mangroves is evident. Intertwined with the twisted roots, there’s a web of life that’s inextricably bound to the snook, redfish, trout, flounder, grouper and a ple…
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