Water temperature continues to hover around the low 60s, and that means slow fishing on the flats around South Shore. Snook are practically dormant when it gets that cold, and even when they do eat there isn't much fight in them. Snook season reopened March 1 but thus far, there has not been much to shout about. ...more

March 4, 2009

December was as unseasonably warm as November was cold. Water temperatures at the end of the year were in the high 60s, and that made for some very good fishing on the flats off South Shore. ...more

January 7, 2009

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

November 23, 2008

The Fishin' Report, by Nick Stubbs of Media General News Service. ...more

November 12, 2008

September has been the hottest month I can remember in 14 years of fishing Tampa Bay. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Fishin' Report angling action roundup. ...more

September 23, 2008

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

September 21, 2008

It has been a long, tiring summer for those who have a taste for the tasty white fillets of Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook. The season has been closed on the west coast since May 1 to protect spawners, but it reopens Monday and continues through November. ...more

August 29, 2008

SARASOTA - A man hit by lightning this week has emerged from a medically induced coma and is expected to make a full recovery. ...more

June 27, 2008

A Sarasota County man was in a doctor-induced coma Wednesday after being struck by lightning Tuesday at a Siesta Key beach. ...more

June 26, 2008