Wexford County Council has granted planning permission for a luxury five-star nursing home in a unique circular design on a panoramic site overlooking the sea at Ardcavan on the outskirts of Wexford town.
Redfish or red drum season reopens in Southwest Florida on Sept. 1. Florida Fish and Wildlife believes the stock has recovered from the devastating red tide sev
Tides played an important role for inshore/flats anglers over the week. When the water wasn’t moving, the fish weren’t biting. Weather also was a factor as
On the Water: A good week fishing offshore and inshore
By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jan 27, 2021
Sheepshead, snapper and grunts for dinner. Brad and Sarah Riggen visiting from Indiana took advantage of the great weather while fishing near shore reefs with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED
Although a little cold to start the week, weather conditions were near perfect from mid-week through the weekend. Flat calm seas allowed boats from large to small to venture into Gulf waters. Inshore, despite the beautiful weather, slow tides impacted the bite at times throughout the week.
Working offshore in depths from 70 to 100 feet, anglers boxed red grouper up to 31 inches with many boats limiting out. Large mangrove snapper were also caught from the same depth, plus lane snapper and porgy. Grouper were hooked on jig/squid rigs, live pinfish and live or cut sand perch. Snapper went for live pilchards and shrimp, plus cut sand perch and squid.