When I was in my 20s, I had an 11-foot sailboat that I would take out on a nearby lake in upstate New York. That was the extent of my "nautical knowledge" when my wife and I moved to Tampa in 2007. ...more

November 14, 2009

The Southwest Florida Water Management District will be conducting "controlled, prescribed burns" during November and December on the Jack Creek property in Highlands County. ...more

November 10, 2009

Mother Nature appears to be the cause of the May 13 fire that destroyed Lake Placid's Main Street America Restaurant. ...more

June 2, 2009

On Thursday, we officially enter the first-quarter moon phase at 2:34 p.m., and 12 hours prior to that, the moon perigee occurs heightening the lunar affects to the highest level. ...more

April 1, 2009

It's finally here; the week of the new moon is upon us. It arrives on Thursday at 4:06 p.m. which means anglers have a full week of the most beneficial daylight lunar influences of the month assisting them by causing fish to feed heaviest during the day instead of the normal nighttime feeding. ...more

March 22, 2009

A 48-year-old man was helicoptered from Sebring International Raceway Saturday morning after he fell from a pickup truck. ...more

March 21, 2009

During the waning full moon phase two fish feeding migrations develop both in duration and intensity at the same time. This is the perfect scenario for both the early morning and late evening anglers, although the later group's success rate will be greater due to the fact that water temperatures along shoreline areas will be the optimum degree for triggering the entire food-chain to feed. ...more

March 15, 2009

Funding cuts are jeopardizing a buoy system in the Gulf of Mexico that measures wind, waves and currents, crucial information in the kind of search and rescue efforts necessary this week with the disappearance of four football players in the Gulf. ...more

March 5, 2009

Funding cuts are jeopardizing a buoy system in the Gulf of Mexico that measures wind, waves and currents, crucial information in the kind of search and rescue efforts necessary this week with the disappearance of four football players in the Gulf. ...more

March 4, 2009

As hopes of finding three missing boaters waned Tuesday after a Saturday boating accident 45 miles off of the Clearwater coast, it brought to the forefront the importance for boaters to follow simple safety procedures. ...more

March 4, 2009