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Reel Time: Seeing is believing
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Reel Time: Seeing is believing

Jun 14, 2021 – Rusty Chinnis
May 24, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Catch and release

Reel Time: Catch and release

Catch and release used to be a relatively new concept in sport fishing, one that recognized that fish populations are vulnerable and not the endless resource that they were once thought to be. Now th…
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May 24, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Mats of algae clog marina, affect business

Mats of algae clog marina, affect business

TAMPA BAY – When the thick, slimy algae known as lyngbya gets into a boat motor, the fishing trip, dolphin tour, or sunset cruise is over. A local tour boat operator fears it may not only stifle b…
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May 18, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point pollution spreading, affecting dolphins

Piney Point spill leads to lawsuit

TAMPA BAY – Five conservation groups issued a notice today saying they intend to file a federal lawsuit over the intentional discharge of “hundreds of tons of pollutants into Tampa Bay” earlier this…
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May 17, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Make the wind your friend

Reel Time: Make the wind your friend

Whether stalking bonefish in the Bahamas, poling a flat in Florida for tailing redfish, wading into the Northeast surf for stripers, or casting for sea-run rainbows on the West Coast, anglers spend t…
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May 17, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point pollution spreading, affecting dolphins

Piney Point pollution spreading, affecting dolphins

TAMPA BAY – The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program at Mote Marine is monitoring the dolphin community near Port Manatee for impacts from the April discharge of 215 million gallons of polluted water fr…
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May 10, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Online angling

It might seem like the digital world has been around forever but it wasn’t that long ago that information about fishing was only available in books and magazines, on fishing shows, or by going fishin…
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May 9, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Lyngbya bloom clogging bays, ICW

Blue-green algae bloom clogging bays, ICW

Nutrients and warming temperatures are feeding a bloom of blue-green algae called Lyngbya in area waters, according to scientists with Manatee County. As has been the case over the last two years…
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May 9, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
Wild iguanas are calling Anna Maria home

Wild iguanas are calling Anna Maria Island home

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – They’re not escaped pets, they are wild iguanas, and they are showing up more often on the Island. And if the Island’s lizards seem a bit larger than they used to, that’s becau…
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May 8, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
Lovebugs are back for spring mating season

They’re called lovebugs, but nobody seems to love them

ANNA MARIA – Car washes love them; most everyone else finds them to be an incredible nuisance. Twice a year, Anna Maria Island is invaded by a tiny flying pest known to science as Plecia nearctica…
May 3, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Angler’s action guide

I’ve written a lot lately about the critical issues facing our local waters and the need for anglers (everyone really) to get involved in efforts to protect them. What does it mean to get involved? H…
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