Best Fishing Spot Closed
(January 2007) You can cancel that fishing trip of a lifetime to Loggerhead Key.
You’re locked out.
What many consider to be Florida’s very best fishing area is now off limits even to family-level angling.
Closure of the western half of the Dry Tortugas National Park was finalized weeks ago by the Florida Cabinet, which found itself overwhelmed by a pile of highly suspect science and unfortunate speculation.
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War in Federal Court
(December 2006) Declared Against Estuary Discharges. It’s official. We’ve declared war in federal court against our own government. The result may be a landmark case that stops authorities from devastating our estuaries by flooding them with excessive, polluted fresh water shunted from inland.
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Due Silliness
(November 2006) In the name of "due process" (a principle we all favor), a couple of state legislators and ex-commercial netters are trying their best to undermine the gillnet ban and also cripple the constitutional workings of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ... [+] Read More |
What Now, Goliath?
(October 2006) Are the giant groupers eating us out of house and home, like the kid who grows into a high school football player and becomes an all-conference threat to everything in the refrigerator? For some years now, legions of Florida anglers have grumbled ... [+] Read More |
Action in the lock-out zone
(September 2006) Methinks that the governor—of Maine, that is—would put a quick stop to any plan to ban recreational fishing in large coastal areas. Just as he squashed a proposal to put striped bass back on the commercial market, he supported “personal use” fishing for stripers.
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Plan Six, The Only Fix
(August 2006) Put that to music, folks, and go for it. Nothing else—nothing—will really curtail the astounding discharge agonies facing the two big estuaries east and west of Lake Okeechobee.
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Keep On Snuffing
(July 2006) It may be comforting to know that our state legislators are home lying in their summer hammocks.
Beware, however. They’ll be getting up.
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Pinch an Inch
(June 2006) Let the pinching begin, I’m afraid. You probably haven’t heard about it, but the state is embarking on a new way for you to measure fish to see if they’re legal to keep
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Killing a Dream
(May 2006) Gazing out the windows of this confining, somewhat stressful office, I fantasize about drifting and jigging quietly in what I figure is the best fishing spot anywhere. ... [+] Read More |
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