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On the Water: Hot summer fishing By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jul 21, 2021 Snapper fishing has been good. Herb Webb and family took home their limit of tasty mangrove snapper while fishing near Captiva Island with Captain Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED Weather was good on the water over the past week. Of course, it is summer, so it was hot as expected and afternoon thunderstorms common. Mornings felt relatively cool with a light breeze before giving away to the heat around noon. Fishing was good at...

On the Water: Anglers take advantage of good weather By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jun 9, 2021 Ray Murphy and crew with a good haul of red snapper, grouper and other mixed fish. They were fishing west of Captiva Pass with Capt. Sean McQuade. PHOTO PROVIDED With gag grouper and red snapper season open, anglers took advantage of good weather. It’s a long run west into Gulf waters to get to depths that red snapper call home, but conditions over the week allowed anglers to box their limits of snappe...

Every city has a legendary restaurant that everyone knows — and recommends to visiting family, friends and strangers alike. When it comes to iconic restaurants, Florida has plenty, including several open for more than a century, including Tampas original Columbia Restaurant and Miami Beachs Joes Stone Crab. While some are special-occasion restaurants, others are everyday favorites. Heres our list of some of Floridas most enduring (and endearing) restaurants, presented in alphabetical order,�...

On the Water: Inshore fishing constant despite weather By Capt. Bill Russell - | Apr 28, 2021 With warm spring weather, snook are hungry. Dave Lewandoski caught and released this healthy 33-inch snook in Pine Island Sound near Cabbage Key fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED First rain, then came the wind, that is how the week played out on the water. Early in the week, several days of thunderstorms brought us much needed rain, then blue skies returned with windy conditions. Offshor...

On the Water: It was a good week of fishing By Capt. Bill Russell - | Apr 21, 2021 Look for big redfish cruising the mangrove shorelines. Mark Thiel, visiting from Ohio, hooked into this redfish just as the tide turned out. It was caught and released in Matlacha Pass fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED Overall, it was a good week — a fishy week on the water. A little windy at times, but no complaints from the inshore guys, and offshore reports were good as well. Good numbers of ...

Talking Points to conclude with NYT cooking app editor By BIG ARTS - | Mar 4, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Sam Sifton Join Sam Sifton, founding editor of the New York Times Cooking app, to hear about the joys and frustrations of home cooking during COVID. For the last year, he has been working — and cooking — at home, and that is where Sifton will speak from virtually on March 11 at 4 p.m. for the final BIG ARTS Talking Points presentation of the season. As a former chief restaurant critic for The ...

On the Water: Beautiful weather to close out the month By Capt. Bill Russell - | Mar 3, 2021 Photo provided Nick and Jane Mohar of St. James City and friends took advantage of beautiful weather to fish nearshore reefs in gulf waters. They boxed good eating sheepshead, snapper and grunts on a morning fishing trip with Capt. Bill Russell. Overall, it was a great week on the water with plenty of sunshine and blue skies to close out the month. Bottom fishing was good in gulf waters and the inshore...

On the Water: It was a cool week of fishing in Southwest Florida By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jan 20, 2021 On a cool sunny day, Lori Reupert of Fort Myers caught this big pompano in Pine Island Sound while fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED It was a cool week on the water, in fact it’s been a while since we’ve seen 80-degree highs. Cooler days made good fishing for some and not so good for others. Sheepshead fishing was hit or miss across the inshore waters. Often a good mess of ...

On the Water: Ups and downs of winter fishing in Southwest Florida By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jan 13, 2021 Dan Crain of Kentucky with a nice sheepshead he landed over the cool and windy weekend. He was fishing Matlacha Pass with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED This past week gave us winter fishing in Southwest Florida — a cold front followed by several sunny days, and another cold front for the weekend. And, of course, some north wind and extreme low tides. Reports of red tide came from ou...