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Folly Beach to Edisto Island Fishing Report For March

March fishing has started out good, with a somewhat mild low country winter and water temperature on the rise the …

FWC Update: Manatee Mortality – Bird Flocks

Update on East Coast Manatee Mortality Event With both cooler air and water temperatures throughout the state in January and …

March Fishing in Pine Island Sound and Around

by Captain Terry Fisher March is the transitional month that I look forward to. I become more confident that I …

Bad Bills, Good Bills – Legislation that Affects the IRL

House Bill 349 is a so-called “seagrass mitigation bill” which in practice further opens the door to more seagrass decline in the Indian River Lagoon. If passed into law, it gives coastal developers a big fat hall pass to continue doing business as usual, seagrass be damned.

Folly Beach to Edisto Island Fishing Report For February

February is upon us and we are in the last leg of the winter fishing season. This is a great …

Tarpon Fishing

by Captain Billy Norris Tarpon are one of the most sought-after gamefish in the world.  Drag screaming runs combined with …

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Sarasota Police Officer Leaps into Action to Stop Unmanned Boat in Dramatic Rescue

The unmanned boat was cruising in circles up to 40 mph off the Gulf Coast in Sarasota.

Dropping a GoPro Under the World’s Most Dangerous Fishing Pier

The Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier in Florida is often referred to as the "world's most dangerous pier" due to the high concentration of tiger sharks and other marine life in the area. A video posted on YouTube by Brant Peacher showed a massive tiger shark and "endless amounts of giant sharks" near the pier.  

Bucket List: Bow River Bullets

Without a doubt, Alberta, Canada’s Bow River is a world-class trout fishery. Glacier-fed and flowing more than 350 miles from the Canadian Rockies through the foothills and prairies of Alberta, it is big and scenic by the time it reaches the 50-mile section southeast of Calgary that author Jim McLennan called “the Blue Ribbon Bow.” It is here in this blue ribbon stretch that anglers flock to get in on some of the best brown and rainbow trout fishing in the world.