The Comer family is building a business based on their fervor for the great outdoors. ...more

December 30, 2009

The Tampa Bay area is under a flood watch today and Saturday, with soggy, soaked and saturated conditions expected to inundate West Central Florida. The chance of rain today? One hundred percent today; 90 percent tonight. ...more

December 4, 2009

After the first cold front of the season passed through the Bay early this month, summer weather returned. The highs were in the low 90s for about a week in mid-October, and that brought the water temperature back up to 89 degrees. That's pretty hot for this time of year. ...more

October 21, 2009

Like a mom cajoling kids holed up in the house too long, a new recreation guide encourages people to go outside and play. ...more

October 21, 2009

Rain chances remain high today, a day after record-setting rainfall brought flooding that snarled traffic and forced some homes to be evacuated in the Bay area. Tampa International Airport recorded 4.72 inches of rain Wednesday, shattering the previous mark for the day, 2.84 inches, set in 1955. It was the sixth wettest July day ever. ...more

July 2, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners should reject a developer's request to build a 30-home project on a slice of land jutting into the Little Manatee River in Ruskin. ...more

April 7, 2009

This month is usually one of the best of the year when it comes to variety for Tampa Bay anglers. With water temperatures in the low 70s, we find big snook on the flats, along with cobia and tarpon. ...more

March 31, 2009

The spring solstice arrived a few days ago, and with it usually comes some of the best fishing of the year. Snook have already begun to move from winter quarters up river and from the mangrove backcountry out onto the flats. These fish are suckers for live sardines, but I have yet to see any in shallow water. ...more

March 25, 2009

A zoning hearing master is recommending approval of a rezoning request that would allow eight more houses in an environmentally sensitive area along the Little Manatee River. ...more

March 25, 2009

An injured adult female manatee found in the Little Manatee River near Ruskin on Thursday has a poor chance of survival, experts at the Lowry Park Zoo's manatee hospital said today. ...more

March 20, 2009