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October 31, 2008
Florida Fishing News - New rule places limits on those who fish for turtles
New rule places limits on those who fish for turtles in Florida, but some say softshell turtles in state not in danger (PhysOrg)
William Shockley and his teenage son are fishing for freshwater turtles the same way their family has done it for four generations in south-central Florida: deploying about a mile of nylon line on four sets of buoys holding 1,000 small hooks baited with bits of bacon in the clear, shallow waters of Lake Grassy.
On I-95 in Florida, signs of divided state (Miami Herald)
EDITOR'S NOTE - This story, part of an AP series taking the pulse of groups of voters, explores the varied denizens of Interstate 95 in battleground Florida.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:25 AM
October 30, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Outdoors report: Fair weather fine for fishing (The Salisbury Post)
Outdoors report: Fair weather fine for fishing (The Salisbury Post)
Fishing activity on High Rock Lake has been moderate as fair weather provides great conditions for anglers. Crappie, white perch and largemouth bas ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:00 AM
October 29, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Sherman William Alexander (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram) Sherman William Alexander, 71,
Sherman William Alexander (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Sherman William Alexander, 71, of Lorain, passed away Friday, October 24, 2008 at Community Health Partners Hospital, Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born in Portageville, Missouri, coming to Lorain in 1949. Mr. Alexander was employed with the American Ship Building Company and also worked with Parker-Hannifin until his retirement. Mr. Alexander enjoyed fishing, gardening [...]
Cubans head for Mexico to reach U.S. (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
ISLA MUJERES, Mexico -- On the night Lazaro Mendez got an alert that his boat had been stolen from the Florida Keys, he was swept up in a new chapter of the Cuban boat people drama.
Dupont Bridge sections to become fishing reef (UPDATED) (The News Herald)
PARKER - A truss from the Old Dupont Bridge will soon become a fishing reef for anglers, according to a release from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 07:40 AM
October 28, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Cubans head for Mexico to reach U.S. (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Cubans head for Mexico to reach U.S. (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
ISLA MUJERES, Mexico -- On the night Lazaro Mendez got an alert that his boat had been stolen from the Florida Keys, he was swept up in a new chapter of the Cuban boat people drama.
Merritt Island fishing operation gains another ally (Florida Today)
MERRITT ISLAND -- The Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency board voted unanimously Thursday to join the county in applying for a state grant, allowing for the purchase and preservation of Old Florida-style commercial fishing operations.
Here to stay (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Exotic fish aren't the best things to be found in Florida's fresh waters, but they're probably here to stay.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:45 AM
October 27, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Turtle protection plan spurs debate in Florida (Miami Herald) William
Turtle protection plan spurs debate in Florida (Miami Herald)
William Shockley and his teenage son are fishing for freshwater turtles the same way their family has done it for four generations in south-central Florida: deploying about a mile of nylon line on four sets of buoys holding 1,000 small hooks baited with bits of bacon in the clear, shallow waters of Lake Grassy.
Sanibel fishing icon memorialized in cast net rodeo (The News-Press)
File this in the only-in-Southwest-Florida category: a cast net rodeo, where the buckaroos go barefoot and the stock they wrangle has fins, not...
Opting for a seachange (The New Zealand Herald)
The flashy Panamanian gunship seems a little out of place among the ramshackle Creole fishing boats and rusted yachts, but it's the only thing that's real here in Shelter Bay.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:00 PM
October 26, 2008
Florida Fishing News - South Florida 101: Calusa Paddling Festival celebrates wild essence of
South Florida 101: Calusa Paddling Festival celebrates wild essence of what this area offers (Naples Daily News)
Southwest Florida s environment is so rich and complex it takes years to get to know it. Even for full-time residents. Old time locals, fishing guides, environmental experts we can learn a lot by discussing with them this area s peculiar flora, fauna and ecosystem. Unfortunately, many of us can t spare the time to get a little wisdom from these local experts or alternately, to attend weekly ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 03:50 PM
October 25, 2008
Florida Fishing News - South Florida 101: Calusa Paddling Festival celebrates wild essence of
South Florida 101: Calusa Paddling Festival celebrates wild essence of what this area offers (Naples Daily News)
Southwest Florida s environment is so rich and complex it takes years to get to know it. Even for full-time residents. Old time locals, fishing guides, environmental experts we can learn a lot by discussing with them this area s peculiar flora, fauna and ecosystem. Unfortunately, many of us can t spare the time to get a little wisdom from these local experts or alternately, to attend weekly ...
Volunteers To Clean Up Fishing Line In Tampa Bay (The Tampa Tribune)
It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line that spider-webs across mangroves where the birds nest and roost. Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon of Florida will coordinate the 15th annual Monofilament Cleanup Day, sending ...
Despite the ailing economy, home sales in South Florida were way up in September (Sun-Sentinel)
Broward home sales jumped last month, a sign of plunging prices. Analysts say it's still not clear whether the housing market has hit bottom. Home and condo buyers are scooping up South Florida bargains, priced low to sell by desperate homeowners and banks overwhelmed with foreclosure properties.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:15 PM
October 24, 2008
Florida Fishing News - 1:08 p.m. McCain targets Joe the Plumber across Florida (The
1:08 p.m. McCain targets Joe the Plumber across Florida (The Joplin Globe)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Republican John McCain is trying to keep Florida from swinging to the Democrats with a cross-state bus tour and a series of Joe the Plumber events aimed at blue-collar workers.
Merritt Island fishing operation gains another ally (Florida Today)
MERRITT ISLAND -- The Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency board voted unanimously Thursday to join the county in applying for a state grant, allowing for the purchase and preservation of Old Florida-style commercial fishing operations.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:30 PM
October 23, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Commission recommends more openness in Florida (Miami Herald) Floridians would
Commission recommends more openness in Florida (Miami Herald)
Floridians would be able to see what information state agencies have gathered about them and ask for corrections under one of several recommendations finalized Tuesday by Florida's Commission on Open Government.
Florida's 'Worm Grunters' Collect Bait Worms By Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds (Science Daily)
Vanderbilt biologist Ken Catania has discovered the secret of "worm grunting" -- the Florida practice of driving a wooden stake into the ground and rubbing it with a long piece of steel to produce a grunting sounds that drives nearby earthworms to the surface where they can be collected for bait. The worm grunters are unknowingly mimicking the sounds that the worm's arch-enemy the mole causes ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 08:10 PM
October 22, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Fatal Florida scuba diving accident under investigation (Cyber Diver News
Fatal Florida scuba diving accident under investigation (Cyber Diver News Network)
NAVARRE, Florida (21 Oct 2008) Investigators are waiting on an autopsy report to determine why a Pensacola woman may have drowned Sunday.
Pruitt takes fishing title (Miami Herald)
Naples angler Troy Pruitt took home his third consecutive grand champion win Sunday at the 2008 Mercury Southernmost Light-Tackle Anglers Masters tournament in the Florida Keys.
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Captain John Dickinson of Bone-fied Fishing Charters reported that this is the best time of year to fish the waters of Everglades National Park because of the large amounts of baitfish that have invaded Florida Bay and the waters along the Gulf Coast and into Whitewater Bay. Dickinson reported that snook, redfish, sea trout and medium-sized tarpon are feeding on the mullet schools. . . . Captain ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 08:35 PM
October 21, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Volunteers To Clean Up Fishing Line In Tampa Bay (The
Volunteers To Clean Up Fishing Line In Tampa Bay (The Tampa Tribune)
It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line that spider-webs across mangroves where the birds nest and roost. Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon of Florida will coordinate the 15th annual Monofilament Cleanup Day, sending ...
Huge illegal lobster haul confiscated in Keys (Miami Herald)
A Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officer made a big discovery over the weekend: nearly 800 spiny lobster tails, most undersized, hidden in a small compartment of a hot, roach-ridden boat cabin in the Florida Keys.
Police arrest 3 for an illegal catch in the Florida Keys (7 News Miami)
KEY LARGO, Fla. -- Police have arrested three men for illegally catching lobsters and other sea life.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 11:55 PM
Florida Fishing News - Key West fishing contest under way (Miami Herald) Naples angler
Key West fishing contest under way (Miami Herald)
Naples angler Troy Pruitt released three tarpon and a permit to take the lead in the individual division Saturday at the Mercury Outboards' Southernmost Light-Tackle Anglers Masters tournament, which ends Sunday in the Florida Keys.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 02:50 AM
October 20, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Cubans Head for Mexico to Dodge U.S. Sea Patrols (Fox
Cubans Head for Mexico to Dodge U.S. Sea Patrols (Fox News)
Because it has become so hard to dodge U.S. Coast Guard and reach Florida to qualify for U.S. residency, Cuban migrants have been heading for Mexico, then overland to Texas, according to Department of Homeland Security.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:45 AM
October 19, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Lake Erie fishing season is slowly winding down (The Cleveland
Lake Erie fishing season is slowly winding down (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
D'ARCY EGAN/THE PLAIN DEALERFishing guide Jerrry Abele of Marblehead, Ohio is winding down his fishing season by taking a day off - and going walleye fishing. But this tme it's just for fun, taking a trip with his friend and...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:31 AM
October 18, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Best Bets: October fishing news good (The News-Press) October is
Best Bets: October fishing news good (The News-Press)
October is a month of change on the Southwest Florida fishing calendar, and there have been lots of changes for the good.
Gerardi: Big Bend grouper guru lets us all in on his secrets Solunar Table (Tallahassee Democrat)
Otto Hough has the knack for catching grouper when no one else can. He's been fishing the Tallahassee inshore and offshore reefs for a long time and has the area pretty much figured out. Recently he gave up some of his secrets to members of the North Florida Gulf Fishing Club.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:15 PM
October 17, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Obama makes N. Florida push (Pensacola News Journal) Obama campaign
Obama makes N. Florida push (Pensacola News Journal)
Obama campaign begins a North Florida push.
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Captain John Dickinson of Bone-fied Fishing Charters reported that this is the best time of year to fish the waters of Everglades National Park because of the large amounts of baitfish that have invaded Florida Bay and the waters along the Gulf Coast and into Whitewater Bay. Dickinson reported that snook, redfish, sea trout and medium-sized tarpon are feeding on the mullet schools. . . . Captain ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 02:35 PM
October 16, 2008
Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Captain John Dickinson of
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Captain John Dickinson of Bone-fied Fishing Charters reported that this is the best time of year to fish the waters of Everglades National Park because of the large amounts of baitfish that have invaded Florida Bay and the waters along the Gulf Coast and into Whitewater Bay. Dickinson reported that snook, redfish, sea trout and medium-sized tarpon are feeding on the mullet schools. . . . Captain ...
Time for Outcast Big Buck (Pensacola News Journal)
With deer season opening to bow hunters today in Alabama and Saturday in Florida and several states already open the Outcast Fishing & Hunting Big Buck Contest is up and running.
Two Florida residents arrested on soft-shell turtles harvesting charges (The News-Press)
Two Florida men face hefty fines in connection with harvesting soft-shell turtles in an area of the St.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:50 PM
October 15, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Time for Outcast Big Buck (Pensacola News Journal) With deer
Time for Outcast Big Buck (Pensacola News Journal)
With deer season opening to bow hunters today in Alabama and Saturday in Florida and several states already open the Outcast Fishing & Hunting Big Buck Contest is up and running.
Florida's 'Worm Grunters' Collect Bait Worms By Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds (PhysOrg)
When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle one of his first thoughts was an observation made by Charles Darwin.
Arkansas man sentenced to 5 life terms for killing 4 aboard Florida fishing yacht in 2007 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MIAMI - Kirby Archer sat stone-faced Tuesday while listening to the families of the four people he killed aboard a fishing boat describe how the slayings ruined their lives.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:30 PM
October 14, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Bulldog Boatwerks offers boats to withstand weather, high gas prices
Bulldog Boatwerks offers boats to withstand weather, high gas prices (North Fort Myers Neighbor)
With Florida s storm season in full swing and the current state of gas prices, local boaters are buying two specific lines of boats that address both issues, according to a local boat dealer.
Diving for stone crabs tricky endeavor (The News-Press)
If you're new to Florida, or you're not a skin diver, or you're not into gathering the freshest gourmet seafood on the planet, you may not have...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 08:00 PM
October 13, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Proposed Amendments to the Florida Constitution (FOX 35 Orlando) On
Proposed Amendments to the Florida Constitution (FOX 35 Orlando)
On November 4, 2008 Florida s 10.5 million registered voters will have the opportunity to head to the polls and cast their vote for or against six proposed constitutional amendments.
Analog's twilight: Slowly, digital trumps physical (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sometimes, in the decades after he came home from World War II, it seemed as if the movie camera was surgically attached to Christoffel Teeuwissen's hand.
From Vietnam Cell, McCain Mused On Future (CBS News)
From his prison cell in Hanoi, McCain dreamed of one day occupying the highest office in the land. Since his release, McCain had set out on a path in politics, leading to his run for congress, and the eventual capture of his senate seat.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 11:50 PM
Florida Fishing News - The Miami Herald recommends (Miami Herald) The annual ritual of
The Miami Herald recommends (Miami Herald)
The annual ritual of adding amendments to Florida's Constitution is fraught with danger. It has been used for good and ill, from mandating education standards for schools to requiring pens for pregnant pigs. State lawmakers often resort to amendments as a way to duck politically sensitive issues, passing the buck to the voters instead of using the legislative process. Fewer amendments would be ...
Man's body found floating in St. Johns River (The Florida Times-Union)
Members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's marine unit spent part of their Saturday afternoon fishing a man's body from beneath a dock on the St. Johns River along the Riverwalk, authorities said. Spokesman John Bracey said an emergency call was placed about 12:30 p.m., and the ...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 04:05 AM
October 12, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Man's body found floating in St. Johns River (The Florida
Man's body found floating in St. Johns River (The Florida Times-Union)
Members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's marine unit spent part of their Saturday afternoon fishing a man's body from beneath a dock on the St. Johns River along the Riverwalk, authorities said. Spokesman John Bracey said an emergency call was placed about 12:30 p.m., and the ...
Fishing is the hobby that never got away for Ween musician Mickey Melchiondo (Boston Herald)
NEW HOPE, Pa. - It's a scintillating autumn morning and Mickey Melchiondo is in his usual haunt: drifting down the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware River near New Hope,...
Top Story Videos (KOAA)
A Florida charter boat captain is proving one man's trash is another man's treasure by fueling his boat with used vegetable oil. Ramsey Drummond makes his living off deep sea fishing charters. The record high cost for fuel a few months back almost forced him to close his business.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 08:35 AM
October 11, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Top Story Videos (KOAA) A Florida charter boat captain is
Top Story Videos (KOAA)
A Florida charter boat captain is proving one man's trash is another man's treasure by fueling his boat with used vegetable oil. Ramsey Drummond makes his living off deep sea fishing charters. The record high cost for fuel a few months back almost forced him to close his business.
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Captain Wayne Conn of the Reward Fleet out of Miami Beach Marina reported excellent kingfish action off the Dade County coast in 100 to 160 feet of water. The kingfish are averaging 5 to 15 pounds. Conn reported that schools of mullet are attracting lots of attention from snook, tarpon, jacks, ladyfish and bluefish at the mouth of Government Cut.
Glen Pla- Average Angler (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
Glen Pla, a third generation-Florida native, has always been an avid outdoorsman and an aquatic junkie. At Bright House Sports Network, he has turned his lifetime love of fishing into programming the whole family can enjoy.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:30 PM
October 10, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Glen Pla- Average Angler (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) Glen
Glen Pla- Average Angler (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
Glen Pla, a third generation-Florida native, has always been an avid outdoorsman and an aquatic junkie. At Bright House Sports Network, he has turned his lifetime love of fishing into programming the whole family can enjoy.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 02:40 PM
October 09, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Storms don't affect Florida snapper catch (The News & Observer)
Storms don't affect Florida snapper catch (The News & Observer)
Fall is typically a good time of year to catch snapper in South Florida, and the four tropical storms that roughed up the region's waters over the past month have made bottom fishing better than usual.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:35 PM
October 08, 2008
Florida Fishing News - New trial in January in 'Joe Cool' mystery (UPI) MIAMI,
New trial in January in 'Joe Cool' mystery (UPI)
MIAMI, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida judge scheduled a new trial for a defendant in the alleged kidnapping and killing of four people on the charter fishing boat Joe Cool.
Fishing is the hobby that never got away for Ween musician Mickey Melchiondo (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
The "Brownie Troop" project grew out of Melchiondo's role as keeper of the Ween Web site (www.ween.com).
Climate change will bring major changes to Florida wildlife, scientists say (Miami Herald)
Scientists addressing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's first climate change summit last week forecast a bleak future for the state's fish and wildlife over the next century:
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:35 PM
Florida Fishing News - 60th Annual Destin Fishing Rodeo Commences near Hotel in Destin,
60th Annual Destin Fishing Rodeo Commences near Hotel in Destin, Florida (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Residence Inn Sandestin at Grand Boulevard Supports Month-Long Fishing Competition
Local fishermen: Ospreys are abundant in Southwest Florida s waters (Naples Daily News)
They re fierce looking. Piercing yellow eyes, a wickedly curved beak and sharp talons at the end of muscular legs. Ospreys have bodies made for flying, diving and fishing and it s a good thing, too, since 99 percent of what they eat is live fish.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:20 AM
October 07, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Florida's dilemma: Can offshore drilling and tourism coexist? (USA Today)
Florida's dilemma: Can offshore drilling and tourism coexist? (USA Today)
As tourism industry leaders from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle met Thursday for a summit on offshore drilling, David Mattiford cleaned his fishing charter boat on the Destin Docks nearby and explained why he would welcome the oil companies.
Smith Point recovers slowly but surely (Baytown Sun)
SOUTH CHAMBERS COUNTY Help is arriving daily for the hurricane-battered folks of fishing communities Smith Point and Oak Island. We got our showers, Eddie Shauberger, pastor of Oak Island Baptist Church, said late last week. The Beaumont Southern Baptists brought them.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 03:40 AM
October 06, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission preparing for effects of climate
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission preparing for effects of climate change (Miami Herald)
Scientists addressing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's first climate change summit last week forecast a bleak future for the state's fish and wildlife over the next century:
USA-Based Carr Specialty Baits, Inc. Redefines and Revolutionizes Fishing Lure Industry (PR.com)
Fishbites changes the rules of scented fishing lures by introducing scent technology that melts in the water, not on your hands. [PR.com - October 04, 2008]
Florida's dilemma: Can offshore drilling and tourism coexist? (USA Today)
As tourism industry leaders from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle met Thursday for a summit on offshore drilling, David Mattiford cleaned his fishing charter boat on the Destin Docks nearby and explained why he would welcome the oil companies.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 06:40 AM
October 05, 2008
Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Henry Caimotto from the
South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Henry Caimotto from the Snook Nook in Jensen Beach reported snook fishermen are having a field day off local bridges because of overcast skies. Anything resembling a mullet is getting hit by snook of all sizes. Along the beaches from Fort Pierce south to the St. Lucie Inlet, bluefish, pompano, snook and a few flounder can be caught by casting right from the beach.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 11:00 AM
October 04, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Bad fishing, good times in Montana (Tallahassee Democrat) Montana. It s
Bad fishing, good times in Montana (Tallahassee Democrat)
Montana. It s all they say it is and more; beautiful country, abundant wildlife, great fishing and friendly folks, (all nine of them). There are three cows to every human in Montana and I consider that to be a good ratio.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 01:20 PM
October 03, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Fla. tourism grapples with offshore drilling issue (KATC 3 Lafayette)
Fla. tourism grapples with offshore drilling issue (KATC 3 Lafayette)
DESTIN, Fla. -- As tourism industry leaders from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle met Thursday for a summit on offshore drilling, David Mattiford cleaned his fishing charter boat on...
Posted by Captaingrubby at 05:45 PM
October 02, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Freshwater fishing takes devastating hit (KATC 3 Lafayette) BATON ROUGE,
Freshwater fishing takes devastating hit (KATC 3 Lafayette)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Hurricanes Gustav and Ike exacted heavy tolls on freshwater fishing stocks in Louisiana. Saltwater species were affected, too, but only slightly when compared...
Crocodile at University of Miami lured to shore and beheaded (Miami Herald)
The butchered carcass of an endangered American crocodile was discovered Wednesday in a canal on the University of Miami campus. A mesh bag with fishing chum found on the canal bank suggests the protected animal was lured to its death, then its head and tail were chopped off, said Officer Jorge Pino of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 09:45 PM
Florida Fishing News - Good day fishing with Jonnie Walker (Bradenton Herald) It was
Good day fishing with Jonnie Walker (Bradenton Herald)
It was almost as though the history was palpable, those clues and cues that this would be, to me, more than a fishing trip. It was a fishing book brushed open, the stories of the beginnings of charter boat captains in southwest Florida unfolded.
Destin Fishing Rodeo going retro (Northwest Florida Daily News)
By RANDY DICKSON Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 682-6524|randyd@crestviewbulletin.com DESTIN - A whirlwind of activity filled the office of the Destin Fishing Rodeo on Friday.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 12:00 AM
October 01, 2008
Florida Fishing News - Good day fishing with Jonnie Walker (Bradenton Herald) It was
Good day fishing with Jonnie Walker (Bradenton Herald)
It was almost as though the history was palpable, those clues and cues that this would be, to me, more than a fishing trip. It was a fishing book brushed open, the stories of the beginnings of charter boat captains in southwest Florida unfolded.
Show Reels In Fishing Enthusiasts (The Tampa Tribune)
For Paul Calvert, fishing is more than just casting, using good bait and reeling in the biggest catch.
Jury indicates it's near deadlock in case of hijacking, slaying aboard Florida fishing yacht (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MIAMI - A federal jury in Miami indicated Monday it was nearing a deadlock over whether a second man should be convicted in the shooting deaths of four people last year aboard the "Joe Cool" fishing charter boat. The judge told jurors to continue deliberating the next day.
Posted by Captaingrubby at 03:50 AM