A series of minor cold fronts shut the bite down recently. ...more

January 21, 2009

When developers approached Hillsborough County in 2006 about creating a gated community on a spit of land jutting into the Little Manatee River, environmentalists and community activists responded with e-mail blitzes, T-shirt campaigns and emotional speeches. ...more

January 21, 2009

Community members working to devise a vision for the area south of the Little Manatee River may want to think about new, greener ways of orchestrating their vision. ...more

January 21, 2009

Developers who want to turn a spit of land on the Little Manatee River into a gated community will test a new Hillsborough Planning Commission policy that some believe will allow more urban sprawl in the rural community. Little Manatee Reserve LLC wants to rezone 46 acres, mostly wetlands, from Agricultural Rural into Planned Development, then add 10 more houses on urban-sized lots to the 22 already approved on an adjacent tract. ...more

January 16, 2009

Water temperature continues to hold in the high 60s and low 70s, and that's much warmer than usual. In general, it makes for good fishing, and that's been the case so far this year. ...more

January 14, 2009

Daily Fishing Report ...more

January 7, 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

It won't be the usual game of poker next month at the Little Manatee River State Park. ...more

December 31, 2008

A stretch of unseasonably warm weather turned the bite on for South Shore anglers the past few weeks. ...more

December 31, 2008

Winter fishing conditions have been in effect for the past few weeks with lots of wind, some rain and fickle temperatures. It will be hard to plan a fishing trip in advance for the next few months because of regular cold fronts. ...more

December 24, 2008