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artificial reef

HELLO, REEF numbers GOODBYE, SHIP

A 13-year project to create an artificial reef off the Florida Keys for sport divers and anglers has culminated with the scuttling of a 523-foot-long former U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship. It took just a minute and 54 seconds Wednesday to sink the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg after demolition experts triggered a series of explosives that lined both sides of the ship's bilge area below the waterline. The ship settled on the bottom of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in an upright position. ...more

May 28, 2009

Cold Weather Quickly Ends Springlike Pattern

Some of the coldest weather of the year rolled through, setting back what was a pretty good head start on springlike fishing patterns. Fish and anglers took refuge as water temperatures plunged by double digits in some places. ...more

January 21, 2009

Snapper Bite On The Upswing

No use crying about the heat because it will probably be with us through Halloween. ...more

July 23, 2008

Snapper Bite On The Upswing

No use crying about the heat because it will probably be with us through Halloween. The good news is that some of the summer fishing staples are starting to bite. Keli Emery and I went looking for cobia and tripletail one fine day with lots of sunshine, no wind and hot enough make you want to keep the boat on plane. We began our day looking for scaled sardines on the flats south of the Cockroach Bay entrance channel, and we found plenty. ...more

July 22, 2008

43,900 Tires Pulled From Atlantic In Cleanup This Year

An effort to remove about 700,000 old tires from the ocean floor about a mile off Fort Lauderdale has ended for the season, officials said Friday. ...more

June 1, 2008