“Normally, I can wade and stand to make it easier,” said the Palmetto-based captain Deans, who specializes in fishing inshore flats around the Manatee River ... a giant snook, was about ...

Speaking of which, here’s how you can leave it to Beaver to help your fishing ... river around creek mouths. Capt. Jeff Patterson (Pole Dancer) was using 8-inch mullet to catch slot-sized ...

Mike Milton boated this snook while fishing with Capt ... who says he was using live shrimp to find redfish in the river around creek mouths. Capt. Jeff Patterson (Pole Dancer) was using 8 ...

Here he comes! Here he comes! Three of them … He … he smashed it!” The excited words of Garrett Farmer echoed off the brushy banks and palm trees in a branch of the canal system as one, then three, ...

Naples, its inland town, was just named the best place to retire by U.S. News & World Report, and Marco Island named in the ...

These 10 famous restaurants in Sarasota and Manatee counties are great for locals and perfect for bringing guests during the holiday season.

Open for lunch and dinner and serving beer and wine, Snook Haven places diners right on the river to enjoy popular dishes such as the smoked chicken wings and flour tortilla tacos filled with ...

The outgoing tide has made fishing difficult at the Sebastian Inlet, and water quality has been murky by rain runoff and tannic acid from the St. Sebastian River. Click here to watch the video ...

Matt says the cold fronts have the trout fired up, and it’s a good thing, as the redfish and snook action slowed a bit over ...

Typically, the Manatee River, Terra Ceia ... as well as numerous shorts. Fishing live shiners as bait on a flatline is producing action — especially on kingfish and macks. Moving inshore to the flats, ...