It wasn't only the bad weather, the 14-foot seas and the glaring spotlight of the media that frustrated the Coast Guard as it searched for four high-profile boaters who went missing during a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 28th. ...more

March 18, 2009

It wasn't only the bad weather, the 14-foot seas and the glaring spotlight of the media that frustrated the U.S. Coast Guard as it frantically searched for four high-profile boaters who went missing during a fishing trip into the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. ...more

March 17, 2009

Nick Schuyler's nightmare began Saturday afternoon when the boat he was on capsized in the Gulf. For two days, he endured 14-foot seas, 30 mph wind gusts, water temperatures in the 60s and air temperatures that dropped into the lows 40s. ...more

March 3, 2009

Many factors, including body fat and clothing, determine someone's chance of survival in cold water, medical doctors and rescuers say. One factor, though, is the most vital. ...more

March 2, 2009

The U.S. Coast Guard has found one of four missing boaters clinging to the capsized vessel today in the Gulf of Mexico and the Coast Guard said it has rescued Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida football player who was on a Saturday fishing trip with three other people. ...more

March 2, 2009

Two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and two former University of South Florida football players are presumed missing in the Gulf of Mexico after failing to return home from a Saturday fishing trip. ...more

March 1, 2009

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Billy Nobles, left (with "Reel Animals" partner Mike Anderson). ...more

January 4, 2008

BAYPORT - The Coast Guard used helicopters Sunday in the search for a boat captain who had disappeared from a 46-foot pleasure craft in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 30, 2007