By Rusty Chinnis Steve Traves fights a hound fish on the fly on the Gulf-side flats of Passage Key. Bean Point and Anna Maria Island are in the distance. -…
By Rusty Chinnis Getting the hookup requires a lot of moving parts. Increase your odds by being prepared with the help of a checklist. - Rusty Chinnis | Sun How…
By Rusty Chinnis Suncoast Waterkeeper’s patrol boat is being used to implement its new programs, including an education partnership with local high schools. - Rusty Chinnis | Sun Suncoast Waterkeeper…
This article originally appeared in Reel Time in 2018. It’s republished here, with revisions, because I think the message it imparts has never been more relevant. Respect and action to…
Anglers know the important ways mangrove forests provide food and shelter for the snook, redfish, sheepshead and other species they pursue. Those who don’t fish but enjoy eating fish should…
By Rusty Chinnis The decision by the Manatee County Commission to reduce local wetland buffers to Florida's state minimum standards has been challenged by former county commissioner Joe McClash. The…
By Rusty Chinnis “Strip, long strip, stop, short strip, stop, strip,” Harry Neymour called out as I watched the bonefish home in on my fly. Neymour had spotted three fish…
By Rusty Chinnis Suncoast Waterkeeper teamed up with Sarasota Bay Watch last weekend when they conducted their 2023 Annual Sister Keys Cleanup. The event was a collaboration of the two…
By Rusty Chinnis I consider myself extremely lucky to have spent the last 40-plus years on an island in an area celebrated as the Suncoast. As an ardent angler, I’ve explored…
When the Manatee County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 (Commissioner George Kruse voted no) to go forward with reducing wetland buffers in the county, the audience at the meeting reacted…