The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 29-year-old scuba diver who vanished this afternoon about 21 miles west of Johns Pass in Treasure Island. ...more

May 2, 2009

GO FISHING is a 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

March 28, 2009

A good Samaritan rescued four people clinging to an overturned boat near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge this morning, St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue workers say. ...more

March 27, 2009

Anglers hoping to bag the tasty reef dwellers need to do so before gag grouper season closes February 1st. ...more

January 19, 2009

TREASURE ISLAND Until about 10 a.m., you wouldn't have known there was a Spanish mackerel within 100 miles of captain Sam Maisano's big Donzi. We were catching plenty of bottom fish, to be sure, but the mackerel that had been everywhere a few weeks earlier seemed to have been washed away with the chilly rain of the night before. ...more

November 9, 2008

Daily Fishing Report ...more

November 3, 2008

Teams are never the same the second time around, and on Thursday the Sebring volleyball team found out that their arch-rivals have taken a quantum leap since their first meeting. ...more

September 27, 2008

Deputies on a routine air patrol of Port Manatee on Friday needed to make an emergency landing after a turkey buzzard struck their helicopter, Manatee County deputies said. ...more

September 12, 2008

The government on Monday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. ...more

August 26, 2008

There's no question that the latest generation of microfiber lines has changed the playing field for anglers during the past 10 years, with a large percentage of seasoned fishermen switching to the braided fiber for spinning tackle, and many thousands more using them in heavier tests on baitcasters. ...more

August 22, 2008