Inshore Fishing Trips

Florida Fishing News - Owners abandon their boats in droves (Houston Chronicle) From Southern

Owners abandon their boats in droves (Houston Chronicle)
From Southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels.

Elusive wolf-dog shot in SW Florida (Naples Daily News)
A wolf-German Shepherd hybrid that attacked cattle and then broke out of a county animal control van has been shot and killed by Lee County authorities.

Time & Date Set For A&M Soccer Sweet 16 Game vs Florida (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
The No. 3-seeded Texas A&M soccer team is set to play No. 2-seeded Florida in Gainesville, Fla., at noon on Sunday, Nov. 23 in the third round of the NCAA Division I Championship.

Florida Fishing News - Angler athletics: flounder fishing (Florida Today) I'm thankful for many

Angler athletics: flounder fishing (Florida Today)
I'm thankful for many things this year -- my family, my friends, my health and most of all, flounder. Yes, flounder. Those bug-eyed, bottom-dwelling, mud-colored beauties are what make Florida winters bearable for us who have grown accustomed to tropical temperatures.

Florida Fishing News - In bad economy, owners abandon boats (The News Journal) SAN

In bad economy, owners abandon boats (The News Journal)
SAN FRANCISCO -- From Southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels on the waterfront, where they are beginning to break up and sink, leaking...

Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Captain Mike Johnson on

South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Captain Mike Johnson on the charter boat Local Knowledge out of Fort Lauderdale reported that the sailfish action has picked up along the south coast, and the sailfish have been eating trolled ballyhoo and live baits along the first good color change outside the outer reef. Johnson's anglers are catching nice dolphins, tilefish and snowy groupers.

Hunters, froggers again welcome in once-flooded Everglades areas (The Palm Beach Post)
Florida wildlife managers on Friday will reopen several hunting and fishing areas to duck hunters and froggers in once-flooded sections of the Everglades in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Beautiful People courting Palin (The Post and Courier)
Sarah Palin has already proven to the masses that she has a knack for sports and athletic endeavors. The Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate is a self-proclaimed hockey mom who enjoys hunting and fishing, and earned the nickname Sarah Barracuda for her fierce, competitive nature on the basketball court.

Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Captain Mike Johnson on

Florida Fishing News - Florida Boaters - Don't Miss the Florida Sportsman Fishing &

Florida Boaters - Don't Miss the Florida Sportsman Fishing & Boat Show (About.com)
The Florida Sportsman Fishing & Boat Show starts this weekend in Orlando. On November 15 and 16, 2008 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, the Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boat Show...

Florida man struck and killed by train while fishing (Orlando Sentinel)
Authorities said a train struck and killed a 28-year-old man while he was fishing off a train tressel.

Florida Fishing News - Perdue to Florida: Water wars all about seafood industry (Atlanta

Perdue to Florida: Water wars all about seafood industry (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue looks at his state's pristine coastline and then at the development Florida allows on its shores and said he wonders how Florida officials can preach about the environment.

Jim Sutton's fishing forecast (The Florida Times-Union)
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Florida Fishing News - Graham spreads fishing message to us (Kiama Independent) Kiama fisherman

Graham spreads fishing message to us (Kiama Independent)
Kiama fisherman Graham Pike caught the US fishing industry hook, line and sinker as he presented a research paper at the World Recreational Fishing Conference on Monday.

Man Struck, Killed By Train While Fishing (WFTV 9 Orlando)
MILTON, Fla. -- Authorities said a train struck and killed a 28-year-old man while he was fishing off a train tressel. Santa Rosa County Sheriff's deputies said Thomas Kevin Halls was fishing Sunday with two other people when an eastbound train approached at 36 miles per hour.

Talk About Travel (Washington Post)
Post travel editors and writers field questions and comments. On the itinerary this week: Florida, here we come! The Flight Crew visits the oldest city in the U.S. and checks out renovated hotels in Miami.

Florida Fishing News - Lee County Sheriff's Office fishing tourney to take place in

Lee County Sheriff's Office fishing tourney to take place in Cape Coral this weekend (The News-Press)
The Lee County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with the Cape Coral Bass Club, will host the second annual open bass fishing tournament on Saturday,...

Florida Fishing News - Malcolm Thompson III's Outdoors: Fisheries Center more than just hatchery

Malcolm Thompson III's Outdoors: Fisheries Center more than just hatchery (Killeen Daily Herald)
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department estimates that there are almost 2 million anglers in Texas. Surveys by the department also show that more money is spent by residents on fishing than on any other outdoor activity in the state.

Florida man struck and killed by train while fishing (Sun-Sentinel)
Authorities said a train struck and killed a 28-year-old man while he was fishing off a train tressel.

Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Oleg Nayman and his

South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Oleg Nayman and his sons, Peter and Eric from Coral Springs, and Peter Doslik and his sons, Arthur and Barry from Parkland, fished two boats out of Flamingo and loaded up. They caught sea trout, ladyfish, jack crevalles, shark, snook, Spanish mackerel, pompano, cobia, gag and goliath groupers, sheepshead and mangrove and lane snappers while fishing in Snake Bight, East Cape Canal and the Gulf of ...

Gulf marine sanctuary proposal dead for now (NBC 13 Birmingham)
A proposal by President Bush to create marine sanctuaries in the Gulf of Mexico has died after Republican senators opposed the plan, a sanctuary official said. The proposal has been put on hold. The sanctuaries would have protected nine coral banks and bottoms in a loop from Texas to Florida. Fishing and oil drilling would have been restricted.

Florida Fishing News - Marco Island museum leaders to learn from County museum director

Marco Island museum leaders to learn from County museum director (Naples Daily News)
Ron Jamro, Director of the Collier County Historical Museum in Naples, will be the featured speaker Tuesday at Mackle Park, meeting with the Marco Island Historical Society. Jamro will speak on the history of the county museum and Florida history, likely adding some insight as Marco Island begins construction of the Marco Island Historical Museum.

Scripps Southwest Florida Group eliminating 34 positions, about 10 percent of its workforce (Naples Daily News)
Scripps Southwest Florida Group met with employees Thursday to say it is eliminating 34 positions, about 10 percent of its workforce.

Florida Fishing News - South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald) Oleg Nayman and his

South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Oleg Nayman and his sons, Peter and Eric from Coral Springs, and Peter Doslik and his sons, Arthur and Barry from Parkland, fished two boats out of Flamingo and loaded up. They caught sea trout, ladyfish, jack crevalles, shark, snook, Spanish mackerel, pompano, cobia, gag and goliath groupers, sheepshead and mangrove and lane snappers while fishing in Snake Bight, East Cape Canal and the Gulf of ...

Voters skip tricky ballot questions or obscure races (The Palm Beach Post)
Getting voters attention is like fishing, said Eric Draper, policy director for the Florida Audubon Society.

Florida Fishing News - Scripps Southwest Florida Group eliminating 34 positions, about 10 percent

Scripps Southwest Florida Group eliminating 34 positions, about 10 percent of its workforce (Naples Daily News)
Scripps Southwest Florida Group met with employees Thursday to say it is eliminating 34 positions, about 10 percent of its workforce.

South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)
Oleg Nayman and his sons, Peter and Eric from Coral Springs, and Peter Doslik and his sons, Arthur and Barry from Parkland, fished two boats out of Flamingo and loaded up. They caught sea trout, ladyfish, jack crevalles, shark, snook, Spanish mackerel, pompano, cobia, gag and goliath groupers, sheepshead and mangrove and lane snappers while fishing in Snake Bight, East Cape Canal and the Gulf of ...

'WFN: World Fishing Network' and Verizon Award 'Deprived Angler' A New Boat (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Florida Fishing News - Voters support gay marriage ban (Bradenton Herald) A ban on

Voters support gay marriage ban (Bradenton Herald)
A ban on gay marriage, which is already illegal in Florida, looks like it will be enshrined in the state Constitution.

Monofilament fishing line a danger to Tampa Bay's wildlife (Creative Loafing Tampa)
By Alex Pickett Once Ann Hodgson brushes aside the leaves, the little white body isn't hard to see. There, hanging from a mangrove branch, is the dried-out, desiccated body of a snowy egret. Wrapped around its neck is a thin piece of fishing line. "It apparently just hung to death," says Hodgson, sanctuaries manager for Audubon of Florida. On this crisp, cool day, Hodgson and biologist Mark ...

Mary Barley crusades behind the scenes for the Everglades (The Christian Science Monitor)
The wealthy widow uses her money and connections to become one of Florida's most potent protectors of the river of grass.'