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November 30, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 and 2005 Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 and 2005 Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
The eighth annual Don Gurgiolo Sailfish Classic is slated for Dec. 7 to 9 in Islamorada to honor the late Capt. Don Gurgiolo for his more than 50 years of fishing in the Keys.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:45 PM
Florida Fishing News - Fishing: Need some holiday direction? Try this GPS system (The
Fishing: Need some holiday direction? Try this GPS system (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Here s a Christmas gift idea with appeal to boaters, hikers, campers and lots of others. Popular Science magazine recognized Bushnell s ONIX 400 GPS as the Best of What s New 2007 in the recreation category. The GPS 400 is the first handheld GPS to offer the XM Nav Weather that integrates real-time weather information with GPS maps and navigation data.
Field & Stream names 10 best spots for winter fishing (USA Today)
Get warm, fish rich, travel cheap. That's the advice from Field & Stream magazine, which names 10 destinations where you can go fishing this winter and escape the cold without busting your budget.
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Boater Near Key Largo (7 News Miami)
MIAMI -- The Coast Guard is searching for a boater that has not returned from his fishing trip Sunday near Key Largo, Fla.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 02:25 AM
November 29, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Building reefs now will help fishing in 2008 (Pensacola News
Building reefs now will help fishing in 2008 (Pensacola News Journal)
On fishing: Chris Phillips
Greensboro to subsidize new routes in bid for more flights (USA Today)
Ted Johnson, the executive director of Piedmont Triad International Airport, is fishing hard for business these days.
Little Water Yields Some Big Fish (The Tampa Tribune)
GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:10 AM
November 28, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Myakka offers more than a glimpse of Florida's unspoiled wilderness
Myakka offers more than a glimpse of Florida's unspoiled wilderness (Bradenton Herald)
One of Florida's largest and oldest state parks, Myakka River State Park is a popular destination for hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation.
Man Sentenced for Rotten Alaska Salmon (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Three years ago, Jeremy Oliver swept into the summer fishing community of Ekuk to take over the newly vacated cannery, assuring dozens of families that he would be a reliable buyer and processor of their wild salmon.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:10 AM
November 27, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Orlando man one of three brothers rescued from ocean in
Orlando man one of three brothers rescued from ocean in South Florida (Orlando Sentinel)
Rescuers pulled three brothers on Sunday from the ocean after a wave knocked them off their fishing boat, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:10 AM
November 26, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Myakka offers more than a glimpse of Florida's unspoiled wilderness
Myakka offers more than a glimpse of Florida's unspoiled wilderness (Bradenton Herald)
One of Florida's largest and oldest state parks, Myakka River State Park is a popular destination for hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 07:45 AM
November 25, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Continental shelf dropoff near Florida coast is good spot for
Continental shelf dropoff near Florida coast is good spot for fishing sailfish, sharks (Birmingham News)
Just a short boat ride from these sandy shores, even the Gulf Stream is drawn to this playground of the rich and famous.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 10:35 AM
November 24, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Linux provides solid uptime for automated hunting and fishing licenses
Linux provides solid uptime for automated hunting and fishing licenses (NewsForge)
When deer hunting season begins in Mississippi, or its time for the alligator lottery to start down in Florida, sportsmen flock to the Internet to order their licenses through companies like Automated License Systems (ALS). To keep its servers running reliably, ALS's Infrastructure Manager Rich Edwards uses Red Hat Linux and servers from Levanta, no questions asked.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:55 PM
November 23, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
In what some see as another bureaucratic absurdity after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. governemnt is refusing to pick up the cost of restocking New Orleans' aquarium because of how the new fish were obtained: straight from the sea.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:00 PM
November 22, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
A motorcyclist missing since last weekend's weekend crash on the Channel 2 Bridge may have been found. A commercial fishing vessel found a body in Florida Bay about two miles north of the bridge on Wednesday.
Linux provides solid uptime for automated hunting and fishing licenses (NewsForge)
When deer hunting season begins in Mississippi, or its time for the alligator lottery to start down in Florida, sportsmen flock to the Internet to order their licenses through companies like Automated License Systems (ALS). To keep its servers running reliably, ALS's Infrastructure Manager Rich Edwards uses Red Hat Linux and servers from Levanta, no questions asked.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:10 PM
November 21, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
A motorcyclist missing since last weekend's weekend crash on the Channel 2 Bridge may have been found. A commercial fishing vessel found a body in Florida Bay about two miles north of the bridge on Wednesday.
Area residents share memories of Nuxhall (The Hamilton Journal News)
When my dad was alive, I felt like I really knew Joe Nuxhall by just listening to his voice on the radio. I remember a few times I would go fishing with my dad and we would have his radio on and it was as if when Joe would call the plays his voice would skip across the water. I thank Joe for giving me special memories because when I heard his voice, I could remember my daddy.
Rules on bluefin tuna unchanged (Asbury Park Press)
United States negotiators did not get far with their call for a moratorium on fishing for Atlantic bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, but the leader of the American delegation predicts that events will soon force a day of reckoning among European fishing states.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 08:40 PM
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Five stormwater-improvement projects throughout the Florida Keys and a wetland-restoration effort in Key West received $2.6 million in funding from the South Florida Water Management District.
Florida Trail Association kicks off "Big O Hike" around Lake Okeechobee (Sun-Sentinel)
Florida Trail Association kicks off annual event The sun had not yet warmed the sugar cane fields that stretched across the horizon and a steady chilly breeze blew across Lake Okeechobee's vast surface.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:10 AM
November 20, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Bass fishing tourney for charity starts today (The News-Press) Cape
Bass fishing tourney for charity starts today (The News-Press)
Cape Coral Bass Club¹s first annual Sheriff¹s Office fishing
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:00 AM
November 19, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Snorkelers and divers drawn to Florida reefs (Belleville News-Democrat) A
Snorkelers and divers drawn to Florida reefs (Belleville News-Democrat)
A Hollywood boat, a gangster movie and a mangrove swamp are three of the biggest on-land attractions on 33-mile-long Key Largo.
Park Facelift Preserves 'Old Florida' (The Tampa Tribune)
It's 80 acres of old-growth Florida, less than a mile from downtown and in the middle of the most densely populated section of Pasco County.
Atlanta Water Releases Cut as Florida Plea Rejected (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cut the flow of water out of Atlanta's main reservoir today in response to a record drought after federal officials rejected Florida's argument that its fishing industry would be harmed.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:20 AM
November 18, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Bass fishing tourney for charity starts today (The News-Press) Cape
Bass fishing tourney for charity starts today (The News-Press)
Cape Coral Bass Club¹s first annual Sheriff¹s Office fishing
Posted by Captaingrubby at 02:25 AM
November 17, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Illegal Gill Net Found In Gulf (The Tampa Tribune) It's
Illegal Gill Net Found In Gulf (The Tampa Tribune)
It's been more than a decade since Florida voters overwhelmingly adopted a ban on fishing nets in coastal waters, but poachers are still flouting the law.
Steve Carson's 'Outdoors' column: Bass fishing holds steady on Lake Oroville with fish in 3-pound range (Chico Enterprise-Record)
Bass fishing is holding steady on Lake Oroville, according to Fil Torres at Oroville Outdoors, who said, "Bass fishing is pretty much the same as last week.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 03:50 AM
November 16, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Environmentalists: Protect sea turtles (AP via Yahoo! News) Two environmental
Environmentalists: Protect sea turtles (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of the turtles are killed annually by commercial fishing and because of coastal development.
U.S. groups Seek Protection for Loggerhead Turtles (Environmental News Network)
MIAMI - Loggerhead sea turtles in U.S. Atlantic waters face extinction from commercial fishing and global warming and should be designated an endangered species, two environmental groups said on Thursday. The ocean conservation group Oceana and the Center for Biological Diversity are petitioning the U.S. government to win better protection for loggerhead habitats and nesting beaches along ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:00 AM
November 15, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
It's one of the more heartbreaking visages in the Keys: wild birds tangled and caught in webs of old fishing line snagged over power lines above the old bridges.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:15 AM
November 14, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Monroe Campbell, Florida journalist and outdoorsman dies (Orlando Sentinel) Monroe
Monroe Campbell, Florida journalist and outdoorsman dies (Orlando Sentinel)
Monroe C. Campbell Jr., an avid outdoorsman and Jacksonville journalist, has died. He was 77.
One man's trash ... Florida angler finds fishing jackpot among floating junk (Mobile Press-Register)
One piece of floating hyacinth Mike Jackson saw during practice led him to four days of consistent limits of largemouth bass heavy enough to claim the 2007 FLW Stren Series Championship on the Mobile-Tensaw Delta on Sunday.
La. medical student lands 359-lb grouper (AP via Yahoo! News)
A medical student who blindfolds his friends to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot secret has come up with a record-beating fish a warsaw grouper weighing 359.1 pounds.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:30 AM
November 13, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Florida Reconsiders Water Deal with Georgia (Environment News Service) TALLAHASSEE,
Florida Reconsiders Water Deal with Georgia (Environment News Service)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida , November 12, 2007 (ENS) - Florida is cooling off on a water sharing agreement Governor Charlie Crist made earlier this month that would allow Georgia to retain millions of gallons of water to ease a potential drinking water shortage in the upstream state.
Longline fishing may return to Straits (Miami Herald)
Just when recreational anglers believed the reopening of the Florida Straits to pelagic longline fishing gear was dead comes word from NOAA Fisheries that the issue is still alive.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:30 AM
November 12, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Longline fishing may return to Straits (Miami Herald) Just when
Longline fishing may return to Straits (Miami Herald)
Just when recreational anglers believed the reopening of the Florida Straits to pelagic longline fishing gear was dead comes word from NOAA Fisheries that the issue is still alive.
Mack to celebrate Veterans Day fishing with vets (Bonita Daily News)
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, will be in the district Monday to go fishing with some military veterans after this Veterans Day weekend. Mack is to join two Iraq War soldiers from Lee County, U.S. Major Keith Overton and U.S. Major Jack Griggs, for a morning of fishing with Capt. John Bunch.
Florida haul launches Freeman to new heights (Roanoke Times)
In June, Jeff Freeman got to fish with some of the best professional bass fishermen in the world. Now he has earned a chance to fish against them. Freeman, fishing from the back of pros' boats in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Smith Mountain Lake, won that tournament's co-angler division.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:30 PM
November 11, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Florida backs off water deal (CNN.com) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida
Florida backs off water deal (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida backed away on Friday from a temporary truce brokered by the Bush administration in a long-standing water war, aggravated by drought, among Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:15 PM
November 10, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Florida backs out of water sharing plan (Montgomery Advertiser) WASHINGTON
Florida backs out of water sharing plan (Montgomery Advertiser)
WASHINGTON -- The state of Florida on Friday backed away from a temporary truce brokered by the Bush administration to help settle a long-standing water war -- now heightened by the ongoing drought -- involving Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Florida backs away from water deal (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
The state of Florida is backing away from a temporary truce in a long-standing water war with Georgia and Alabama.
Bayou group tours Florida fishing town (Mobile Press-Register)
CARRABELLE, Fla. -- For this sleepy fishing village on the banks of the Carrabelle River, the future of waterfront development could mean charter boats, not shrimp boats.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:15 PM
November 09, 2007
Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) BEST BET In two
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
BEST BET In two days of fishing this past week, captain Jimmy David on the charter boat L&H out of Crandon Park Marina released 14 sailfish and landed 30 dolphin up to 30 pounds, six wahoo and two swordfish. Captain Terry Claus on the charter boat Qualifier out of Miami had Austin Forman of Fort Lauderdale and his group of anglers release nine sailfish. Captain Claus filleted a 15-pound dolphin ...
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
The South Florida Regional Planning Council voted unanimously Monday to object to a Monroe County ordinance aimed at preserving the working waterfront.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:50 PM
November 08, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Fishing on a Florida golf course eases pressure (The Joplin
Fishing on a Florida golf course eases pressure (The Joplin Globe)
I was standing on a large wooden dock framed with palm trees on either end. I d just released my eighth largemouth bass and just a few yards away an alligator swam slowly by. It was great to be bass fishing in Florida once again even though I was fishing a lake that was on a golf course.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:10 PM
November 07, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Changing wind, nutrient movement spur harmful red tides along Florida
Changing wind, nutrient movement spur harmful red tides along Florida coast (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON Harmful red tide blooms along Florida's west coast in the fall are spurred when seasonal changes in wind patterns move nutrients east from the Mississippi River, scientists reported Wednesday. Harmful algal blooms occur from time to time in most coastal areas, with different algae affecting different areas. Florida's red tide blooms are caused by an organism called Karenia, and ...
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
The South Florida Regional Planning Council voted unanimously Monday to object to a Monroe County ordinance aimed at preserving the working waterfront.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:55 PM
November 06, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Fishing and fixing up are Apalachicola's lures (Boston Globe) -
Fishing and fixing up are Apalachicola's lures (Boston Globe)
- A number of communities promote themselves as examples of the "Old Florida," before a swarm of developers descended on the state. Franklin County, however, is the real thing. So is Apalachicola, the county seat.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:35 PM
Florida Fishing News - Sports News (Boca Raton News) Around here there are plenty
Sports News (Boca Raton News)
Around here there are plenty of things we call seasonal fishing for largemouth bass here in South Florida is not one of them. Florida s biggest and best freshwater game fish, the largemouth bass, is the largest member of the sunfish family.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:10 AM
November 05, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Fishing and fixing up are Apalachicola's lures (Boston Globe) -
Fishing and fixing up are Apalachicola's lures (Boston Globe)
- A number of communities promote themselves as examples of the "Old Florida," before a swarm of developers descended on the state. Franklin County, however, is the real thing. So is Apalachicola, the county seat.
FISHING REPORT (Miami Herald)
BEST BET Captain Bouncer Smith on Bouncers Dusky out of Miami Beach Marina reported great swordfish action before the high winds hit South Florida. Smith said he expects offshore fishing to rebound quickly after the seas have had a day or two to calm down.
Blades Page: Alaska franchise right up there with Florida in ECHL (Naples Daily News)
Five thousand miles from sunny Southwest Florida, in the nation's least densely populated state, in a city known more for its caribou than its commerce -- located there in Anchorage, Alaska, is one of the ECHL's most successful franchises. In fact, for all of the Florida Everblades' success in the past nine seasons, the team that may come closest to matching that success and fan following is the ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:55 AM
November 04, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Blades Page: Alaska franchise right up there with Florida in
Blades Page: Alaska franchise right up there with Florida in ECHL (Naples Daily News)
Five thousand miles from sunny Southwest Florida, in the nation's least densely populated state, in a city known more for its caribou than its commerce -- located there in Anchorage, Alaska, is one of the ECHL's most successful franchises. In fact, for all of the Florida Everblades' success in the past nine seasons, the team that may come closest to matching that success and fan following is the ...
FISHING REPORT (Miami Herald)
BEST BET Captain Bouncer Smith on Bouncers Dusky out of Miami Beach Marina reported great swordfish action before the high winds hit South Florida. Smith said he expects offshore fishing to rebound quickly after the seas have had a day or two to calm down.
Steve Carson's 'Outdoors' column: Bass fishing looks pretty good for nice catches on Lake Oroville (Chico Enterprise-Record)
Bass anglers are still finding success on Lake Oroville, reported Fil Torres at Oroville Outdoors. "Bass fishing is not bad," noted Torres.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 10:50 AM
November 03, 2007
Florida Fishing News - The Magic Of Shad (The Tampa Tribune) Ever heard stories
The Magic Of Shad (The Tampa Tribune)
Ever heard stories of freshwater anglers catching 50, 80, even 100 bass in a day from public lakes around Florida? Catches such as those seem impossible today given all the fishing pressure, but this time of year a few savvy anglers pull it off regularly.
FISHING REPORT (Miami Herald)
BEST BET Captain Bouncer Smith on Bouncers Dusky out of Miami Beach Marina reported great swordfish action before the high winds hit South Florida. Smith said he expects offshore fishing to rebound quickly after the seas have had a day or two to calm down.
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Some last-minute additions last month to an ordinance aimed at preserving Monroe County's working waterfront might have sunk the whole idea, or at least slowed it substantially.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 11:55 AM
November 02, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Some last-minute additions last month to an ordinance aimed at preserving Monroe County's working waterfront might have sunk the whole idea, or at least slowed it substantially.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:45 PM
November 01, 2007
Florida Fishing News - Noel Wreaks Havoc On Florida's Beaches (WESH via Yahoo! News)
Noel Wreaks Havoc On Florida's Beaches (WESH via Yahoo! News)
Tropical Storm Noel is wreaking havoc on Florida's east coast.
Boat accident connected to human smuggling? (NBC 2 Fort Myers)
NBC2 found out that Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating whether a boat accident is connected to a human smuggling ring.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:50 PM