The lobster mini-season came and went. Now it's the commercial fishermen's turn. Make sure you don't mess their trap lines -- those are the tools of their trade.
If you thought things were buggy last week, think again: Today is the start of the regular eight-month lobster season, and just about everyone and their relatives will head out on the water mainly because there are a little more than two days of it -- 237 days straight, to be exact.
Posted - Wednesday, August 06, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
Heather Sutphin, the columnist's wife, can't hide her excitement at finding a keeper bug near the Seven Mile Bridge during mini-season while her 4-year-old son Christopher looks on.
Today's the opening of the eight-month recreational and commercial lobster season, and increasingly, it seems the season is starting to rival that of mini-season, which was last week, in terms of the number of boats on the water whose passengers are diving for bugs.
Posted - Wednesday, August 06, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
Yellowtail snapper, tuna, backcountry species -- all are showing promise. Find out this week's latest right here.
Posted - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 09:34 AM EDT
Two diving deaths marred this week’s lobster mini-season, a two-day event that seemed to draw fewer visitors than usual in some parts of the Keys.
Posted - Saturday, August 02, 2008 06:58 AM EDT
A proposal to halt all grouper fishing in Florida Keys waters for seven months a year stems from a huge misunderstanding, say local fishermen.
Posted - Friday, August 01, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
Marla Jeffrey, who is home from school in Raiford, holds a string of fish she caught with Capt. Chan Warner on the Gulfstream out of Key Largo Fisheries. (Contributed photo)
It is both great and sad to have returned to South Florida. During our recent fishing and diving trip to the Philippines, we met some incredible people. While we have a great life here in the Keys and some really great friends, we also left behind some incredible people in the Philippines.
Posted - Friday, August 01, 2008 01:00 AM EDT
The Islamorada Fishing and Conservation Trust and the Islamorada Fishing Club presented the seventh annual “RedGhost Stalk,” an all-release backcountry fishing tournament on Monday — July 28 for Junior Anglers (ages 9-16) and Young Adults (ages 17-29).
Posted - Friday, August 01, 2008 01:00 AM EDT
Could there be such a thing as over saturation? Could the rest of the world finally say enough already? Could fishermen with money to spend get to the point where they say the Florida Keys have been done to death? I say no.
Posted - Wednesday, July 30, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
Lobster madness is on.
Posted - Wednesday, July 30, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
One of the new fishing rules signs installed at the end of the Channel 2 Bridge in Islamorada. (Photo by David Ball)
Melbourne residents Paul Marek and Bob Dietl were tossing lines baited with frozen shrimp into the current below the Channel 2 bridge at the southern end of Islamorada on Wednesday.
Posted - Friday, July 18, 2008 10:00 AM EDT
