Careless and inexperienced piloting, along with improper anchoring, caused the boating mishap that took the lives of two professional football players and one former USF football player, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Report released this morning. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission just released its investigative report into an ill-fated fishing trip where three football players disappeared, an official said. ...more

March 27, 2009

One evening in the 1930s, 13-year-old William Troeller hanged himself from the transom of his bedroom in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. ...more

February 15, 2009

Many who own flats boats and bass rigs would rather go fishing without their tacklebox than without a hydraulic jackplate in place on the transom. Functioning as a sort of "outboard elevator," the plates make it possible to raise and lower the entire powerplant vertically up to 6 inches at the touch of a button. For those who frequently boat in shallow water, the benefits are obvious; you can putt across water only inches deep without dinging your prop, and also without cutting up environmentally important sea grasses. ...more

November 23, 2008

Recreational anglers, fishing guides and marine scientists bumped heads on Tampa Bay on Friday when a state redfish research vessel ran a net around a school of redfish near the mouth of the Manatee River. ...more

October 21, 2007

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

October 13, 2007