They couldn't make it any more obvious. While channel markers, buoys and range markers are not intended to guide anglers to their quarry, the huge, brightly colored navigation aids are always a good place to start looking for kingfish, Spanish mackerel, blues, bonito, cobia or tripletail, to say nothing of virtually every type of offshore baitfish that swims in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

June 27, 2008

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

June 17, 2008

SEBRING — What started as a choking turned into a major scare for customers at The Sunset Grille Saturday evening as too many good Samaritans rushed the balcony and caused it to partially collapse. Nobody was injured by the collapse of the deck, said Tom Dunn, the deputy chief of the Sebring Fire Department. The choking victim was driven to Highlands Regional Medical Center, but her name and condition were not available Sunday afternoon. The choking and deck collapse were reported at 7:46 p.m. Saturday. ...more

June 15, 2008

A new generation of building codes, enhanced and tweaked from the destructive experience of recent storms, is one thing disaster planners and building officials are counting on to prevent that from happening. ...more

May 23, 2008

There's probably nowhere else in the nation with so many fishing opportunities for the boatless than in the Bay area. ...more

May 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: Ray Markham. ...more

May 21, 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

May 11, 2008

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

May 3, 2008

Friday's story on pompano prompted several reader requests for more information on where and how to catch this popular species, so here's the scoop. ...more

February 24, 2008

The Fishin' Report, by Nick Stubbs ...more

February 13, 2008