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Reel Time: Empowering the Next Generation

Jan 17, 2023 – Rusty Chinnis
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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November 24, 2022
By Leslie Lake

Red tide affects Manatee County waters

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County has issued an alert for the presence of red tide in local waters. Based on samples taken Nov. 7, a red tide bloom in…
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November 14, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Becoming a blue economy

Reel Time: Becoming a blue economy

The title of the program, “Becoming a Blue Economy” at The Center of Anna Maria Island would have been enough to attract my attention. Add the subtitle, “Sustainability Forum,” and even the…
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November 7, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Master the basics

Reel Time: Master the basics

Today’s anglers are barraged by the constantly changing “state-of-the-art” innovations in the angling world. Side scan fish finders, spot lock trolling motors and even lures with cameras might improv…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting