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Reel Time: Learning to fish – back to basics

Jun 28, 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 SUN contributor
Bird nesting discovered in trees slated for woodchipper

Bird nest discovered in trees slated for woodchipper

HOLMES BEACH – Some Manatee County commissioners may have given up on the fight to save more than 80 trees planned for destruction at Kingfish Boat Ramp, but city officials and residents hope the dis…
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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 22, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Worth

Reel Time: What’s it worth?

Worth – “The value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held.” How would you define the quality of the life you live – its worth? For most of us, it’s the natural w…
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May 16, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Clean Water Act case benefits anglers

Reel Time: Clean Water Act case benefits anglers

Suncoast Waterkeeper and partner environmental groups Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, Manasota-88 and Our Children’s Earth Foundation have once again given local anglers cause for some badly-needed optimism…
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May 16, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
National Safe Boating Week emphasizes boater safety

National Safe Boating Week promotes water safety

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – National Safe Boating Week is a great time to have your watercraft inspected and brush up on how to stay safe while having fun on the water. Anna Maria resident and Anna Maria…
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May 8, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Sea turtle nesting season is on

Sea turtle nesting season is on

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Just in time for Mother’s Day, sea turtles that hatched on the Island have begun returning to lay their own nests. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring (AMIT…
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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 9, 2025
11:45 am

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