When the weather will allow you to get out, the offshore fishing has been good. Capt Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay PSJ got on them again last weekend, bringing home a cooler of red snapper. He says Boston mackerel ticket in 80 feet of water so it’s where you need to start. The redfish and…
The Forgotten Coast had an outsized role at the 121st annual conference earlier this month in Jacksonville of the oldest and largest professional association of property appraisers in the state. Gulf County Property Appraiser Mitch Burke was elected to serve as president of the Property Appraisers’ Association of Florida, Inc. After serving a term as…
A pre-hurricane drama over a motel-visiting cat in Carrabelle has brought into sharper focus the role played by officials responsible for compassion over, and control of, the Forgotten Coast’s feline population. It all started in the days before Hurricane Helene was set to pounce on Gulf and Franklin counties, when Amelia Steenmeyer, an information technology…
For the most part, Hurricane Helene’s winds spared the Forgotten Coast, but her rains were not so forgiving. People heeded the warnings, and boarded up their homes and buildings, and mainly got the heck out of Dodge. But the aftermath was a lot of soggy ground, and flooded first floors. Here is a sampling of…
In a stretch of the Lanark area that has often seen minor flooding, Hurricane Helene capped off a wet month by completely inundating a large portion of Kentucky Avenue. A wet September had caused flooding to the property of Barbara and Paul Rohrs but not to the extent that engulfed it last week. Across the…
Spared a hit from Category 4 storm In a remarkable display of preparedness, the Forgotten Coast, particularly Franklin County, obeyed the warnings from emergency management officials in advance of Hurricane Helene, with a large number complying with mandatory evaluation orders after boarding up their homes and businesses. What was even more remarkable, was that a…
At about 11:10 p.m., Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, According to the National Hurricane Center, the hurricane came ashore just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, “Even with the shift, the eastern end of the county is still expected to get a very…
The weather was a little sketchy last week, but before that we had been getting good reports of gag grouper, with limits being caught on rubble piles and wrecks. The gags have been hitting live, pinfish, sardines, mullet and grunts. The red snapper bite has been getting better, but don’t forget – this is weekends…
The blackfin tuna bite has been producing in 90 feet of water or more over structure; slow pitch jigs are probably the lure you want to start out with. Scamps have been good in 170 feet or more over rock piles. The mangroves are also doing well in 30 to 90 feet, and kingfish over…
Red snapper season is open now for three-day weekends, but keep in mind. The bite has been good from 70 to 200 feet of water on live and cut bait over high relief structure, and hard bottom. Gag grouper season runs through Sept. 16. Captain Jason Williams of Chasin Dreams charters reports that beeliners and…
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