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OPINION: Keep Oil Rigs
OPINION: Keep Oil Rigs Out of Florida (RedNova)
By Greg Davenport, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Nov. 11--Thank goodness a measure to allow offshore drilling 125 miles away from Florida's coast failed in the House of Representatives this week.
Fishing forecast (Miami Herald)
South Florida deep-sea anglers are playing catch-up with sailfish season. Schools of ballyhoo showed up along ocean reefs from Key Largo to Marathon. Captain Paul Ross, on the boat Relentess out of Bog & Mary's in Islamorada, had chances at 22 sailfish Tuesday, caught and released 10 sailfish. . . . Rick Berry said he was at Key West and watched anglers on six boats catch only two sailfish. . . .
Southwest Florida fishing outstanding (The News-Press)
Fishing has been great. The fall runs of king and Spanish mackerel, cobia, bonito, tripletail and gag grouper are in swing, inshore anglers are catching lots of keeper-size snook and redfish, and the closed-season catch-and-release fishing for trout has been very good.
Daily fishing report (St. Petersburg Times)
New divers frequently desire to dive on their own, without the expense of buying a boat or paying for charters. Unfortunately, there are few places close enough to the beach to swim to on Florida's gulf coast, and the conditions usually are marginal.
Fishing big part of event (Miami Herald)
Sport fishing is a prominent feature of the 46th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which concludes at 6 p.m. today. If angling is your passion, here are some exhibits to check out:
Fishing Lines: How to make lobsters out of concrete (Independent)
Told you so. Nineteen years ago, the very first story I wrote for this newspaper has come to pass. The column suggested that sea angling around much of our coastline might find a saviour in the oil industry.
Scientists hope to cast bigger net over federal fishing regulations (Florida Today)
To save more fish stocks from collapse, 406 scientists nationwide this week called for the federal government to put more weight in their advice, rather than the fishing industry's, when determining how many fish can be caught.
Boater Rescued From Sharks Off Fla. Coast (AP via Yahoo! News)
A man whose boat capsized in rough seas off the Florida coast treaded water for six hours, watching his friend die, while two boaters refused to pick him up apparently thinking he was an illegal immigrant from Haiti.
Boater Rescued From Sharks Off Fla. Coast (ABC News)
Fisherman Rescued From Sharks, High Seas Off Florida Coast After Other Boats Fail to Pick Him Up
Bush, Bronson visit South Florida farms devastated by Wilma (ABC Action News)
HOMESTEAD - Federal aid should be extended to larger farms and nurseries to help Florida's agriculture industry recover from the estimated $2.2 billion in losses caused by the four hurricanes that have hit or sideswiped the state this year, Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday.