For a creature that might weigh more than a ton, manatees can be surprisingly hard to see. They often travel just below the surface, and the only thing that shows above is the tip of their nose as they raise their head to breathe, a mouse-sized patch of skin and whiskers that's very difficult to spot from a fast-moving powerboat. ...more

December 7, 2008

Port Manatee resumed tours today, with 10 a.m. visits at the Manatee County seaport on Mondays and Wednesdays via an open tram. ...more

October 27, 2008

With the Gulf temperature at about 78 degrees, things are just right for the fall migration of king mackerel through Bay area waters. The fish seem to prefer the 78- to 68-degree zone, moving south in fall, north in spring to stay in their comfort zone. ...more

October 26, 2008

Daily Fishing Report ...more

October 14, 2008

September has been the hottest month I can remember in 14 years of fishing Tampa Bay. ...more

September 24, 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

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

August 17, 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

July 27, 2008

"There are so many mangrove snapper, I caught a limit of keepers while I was trying to cast-net sardines," captain Scott Moore said of a recent trip on Charlotte Harbor. ...more

June 29, 2008

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