There are not a lot of fish left that people pursue strictly to hook and cook or catch and release into hot grease, as the net fishers used to say. But the sheepshead is one. ...more

November 1, 2009

If you are going to fish for anything besides sheepshead, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the water temperature. ...more

February 18, 2009

Daily Fishing Report ...more

December 24, 2008

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

December 21, 2008

There may be more comfortable ways to fish, but there are hardly any more productive tactics than wadefishing when Tampa Bay turns cold. ...more

November 2, 2008

Joe Johnson craned his neck from the airboat as it circled a patch of brown marsh grass. The runaway coffin was not where it was supposed to be. ...more

October 26, 2008

Polk County deputies are helping search for a boater on Lake Kissimmee. Robert Willis Whitchard, 38, of Winter Haven, launched his airboat Saturday at the River Ranch Hunt Club's boat ramp, deputies say. ...more

October 20, 2008

Rescuers with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office were searching Wednesday for a missing fisherman who may have drowned overnight after a disabled Jon boat in which he was a passenger was sucked into a lock at County Road 621. ...more

August 27, 2008

With driving rain and buffeting 50- to 60-mph winds, Tropical Storm Fay swept over Southwest Florida this morning. It set its sights on Emerald City, a tiny fishing hamlet that shrugged off the weather today, saying it has been worse. ...more

August 19, 2008

It's 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers - or worse - if he's not careful. ...more

July 19, 2008