Your new squeeze has popped the question: Will you come home with me for the holidays? ...more

December 9, 2007

As property owners and officials continue debating the dredging of South Tampa canals, one question looms ...more

December 1, 2007

Homeowners moving into this new waterfront neighborhood in the late 1960s paid $5 a year for sea wall repair and canal maintenance. ...more

November 29, 2007

The full moon occurred on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., which means the mid-day bite should be best, right? Wrong! The major bite occurs during the night because of the lower water temperatures, clear skies enhancing the moonlit night, and the pattern from the past two previous months, which had the new and full moon happening during the late night hours. However, there is a moderate feeding migration taking place first thing in the morning in areas about 5- to 10-feet deep. There is a very slight chance of hooking a bass in more shallow water because of the pre-spawn, but other than that, most likely not. So the predicted best times of the day are from safelight to 10:30 a.m. and from 2:30 to 6 p.m. ...more

November 25, 2007

Much has been written about the waterway management plan to dredge the residential canals in Tampa. As the Co-Chairman of Tampa Canal Preservation & Restoration, I have personally worked with waterfront neighbors and the city to create this plan and would like to answer the most common objections. ...more

November 15, 2007

Hillsborough County commissioners found themselves neck deep in political muck when they abruptly voted to get rid of the county's wetlands protections last summer. ...more

November 7, 2007

If you're going out in a kayak, you are required to have two things - a personal flotation device (I sometimes sit on mine) and a whistle, or some type of noise maker. ...more

November 2, 2007

Tampa City Council members will get their first look Thursday at a sensible compromise for homeowners with backyard canals so clogged that boats can't get through. ...more

October 24, 2007

LAKELAND - Investigators say it could take months to identify bones found Friday inside a submerged vehicle belonging to a woman reported missing in 2005. Although detectives have not ruled out foul play, they have seen no indication that the person found in the vehicle was murdered, said W.J. Martin, the sheriff's office chief of investigation. ...more

October 16, 2007

Opposition has emerged to a developer's plans to dredge canals and excavate new waterways for redevelopment of the Georgetown Apartments property. ...more

September 12, 2007