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

November 21, 2007

Two people were slightly injured when a freight train struck a wood chipper being pulled by a Department of Corrections truck, causing the truck to overturn, witnesses said. ...more

November 20, 2007

With the frisky weather of late, the annual migration of inshore fish ramped up big-time, and now there's a bit of everything in rivers feeding coastal waters all along the west coast. ...more

November 18, 2007

Despite repeated assurances that a Brandon bypass or Tampa beltway running through rural Lithia had been axed from the South County Transportation Plan, the proposed road remained the hot topic of discussion at a public meeting at Pinecrest Elementary School on Monday. ...more

November 8, 2007

Despite repeated assurances that a Brandon bypass or Tampa beltway running through rural Lithia had been axed from the South County Transportation Plan, the proposed road remained the hot topic of discussion at a public meeting at Pinecrest Elementary School on Monday. ...more

November 8, 2007

A long-range plan that projected a slew of new rural roads and two new Alafia River bridges for south Hillsborough County won't go before county commissioners early next year as announced after residents said they were shut out of the planning process. ...more

October 23, 2007

bringing more than 30 fish to the boat. ...more

October 17, 2007

Like a river flowing through the sea, the fall baitfish migration is now pouring into the Tampa Bay area. It's a twice-annual event; bait that summers off the Panhandle passes our region headed south in October and November. They spend the winter off the Florida Keys, and then in March and April make the return trip north. ...more

October 14, 2007

It's back. The on-again, off-again proposed superhighway around Brandon, Sun City Center, Apollo Beach and Riverview has been drawn on a long-range transportation planning map that could go to elected officials for inclusion in Hillsborough's Comprehensive Growth Management Plan. ...more

October 11, 2007

The challenge in finding fish around Tampa Bay is often in finding their habitat, and in water deeper than 5 feet or so, that requires something more than a pair of polarized sunglasses. ...more

October 7, 2007