| Captain Joey Burnsed Team Captures 1st Place In 2016 Cabbage Key Open Fishing Tournament! Captain Joey Burnsed, Patrick Field and Lamar Williams won the 2016 Cabbage Key Open Fishing Tournament yesterday with a 38.5″ inch snook and 32″ redfish! “Like the Fingers O’Bannon Memorial Fishing Tournament, the Cabbage Key Open is an invite only tournament….
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| Schnappers Hots Suing Blue Bell Ice Cream. As reported By WINK News. “Schnappers Hots, a well-known restaurant on the island, is suing Blue Bell Ice Cream for hurting its business. David Acheson, Schnappers’ owner, partnered with Blue Bell Ice Cream years ago until the ice cream was recalled for being linked to a lysteria outbreak….
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| New Doc Ford’s On Sanibel Now Hiring. From Craigslist Posting: “Doc Ford’s Sanibel is now hiring for the following positions: Host/Hostess: Full or part time, must be flexible and be able to multi task. Must have prior customer service experience; Servers: Must have minimum of 2 years high volume recent restaurant experience; Runners: Must have…
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| Kohler North Captiva Estate Listed For Sale For $5.7M. As reported by Realtor.com Celebrity Real Estate. “Billionaire businessman Herbert Kohler Jr. has listed his 4,400-square-foot Florida vacation home on exclusive North Captiva Island for sale for $5.7 million. Kohler is the chairman of the Kohler Co., a manufacturing company best known for its plumbing products. The four-bedroom,…
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| Sanibel Seeks Input on Flood Insurance. The City of Sanibel Seeks Citizen Input on Flood Insurance Questionnaire The City of Sanibel participates in the National Flood Insurance Program. The program enables property owners in participating communities the option of purchasing insurance protection against flooding. We are currently updating our Sanibel Flood Management Plan as part of…
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| Blind Pass Maintenance Dredging Scheduled. The Captiva Erosion Prevention District issued the following news release regarding Blind Pass maintenance dredging currently scheduled for January 2017. “In 2009, Lee County completed construction of the Blind Pass restoration project by opening previously closed Blind Pass. Maintenance dredging was done on the gulf side in September 2012 where over…
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| Florida Fishing Report: Red Tide Status, 10-7-16
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| Hurricane Matthew Tracking Shifts West Huricane Matthew tracking projections keep creeping incrementally west; course is still east of Sanibel and Captiva, but it has come a long way west compared to several days ago. There could be significant tropical storm winds and rain on Sanibel & Captiva. Let’s stay alert and keep vigilant! Sanibel Captiva hurricane…
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| Hurricane Matthew Storm Surge Probabilities Hurricane Matthew storm surge projections as of Tuesday, October 4 at 2:43/E. Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center. Let’s stay alert and keep vigilant! Sanibel Captiva hurricane passes here. Tracking of Hurricane Mathew here. Hurricane Charley shots, video & history here.
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| Hurricane Matthew Update Shifts Trajectory West Huricane Matthew still appears to be on a course well to the east of Sanibel and Captiva, but projections have shifted a bit to the west. There could be significant tropical storm winds and rain on Sanibel & Captiva. Let’s stay alert and keep vigilant! Sanibel Captiva hurricane passes here….
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| Water Quality & Roundabouts On Sanibel City Council Agenda The Sanibel City Council has a full agenda tomorrow’s monthly meeting, including a return to discussions regarding Water Quality & Roundabouts on Sanibel. The meeting starts at 8:45 AM/E tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4.
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| Sanibel & Captiva Currently Tracking East Of Florida Huricane Matthew appears to be on a course well to the east. There could be some tropical storm winds on Sanibel & Captiva. Let’s stay alert and keep vigilant! Sanibel Captiva hurricane passes here. Tracking of Hurricane Mathew here. Hurricane Charley shots, video & history here.
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| Hurricane Matthew Update #1 The City Of Sanibel issued the following news release at 9:45/E this morning. “The City of Sanibel continues to monitor Hurricane Matthew. Matthew is a powerful Category 4 hurricane approximately 1000 miles southeast of Sanibel with 150 mph sustained [winds]. It has started to turn to the north and should continue in…
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| Sanibel & Captiva Keeping A Watch On Hurricane Matthew The current trajectory looks like Hurricane Matthew will go well to the east, but always wise to stay alert. Everyone remembers that Hurricane Charley was supposed to swing week west of Sanibel and Captiva and then head toward Tampa, missing Sanibel & Captiva Islands. Charley didn’t and…
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| Sunday Sanibel Farmers Market @ City Hall The Sunday Sanibel Farmers Market is back again this year! The Sunday Sanibel Farmers Market starts tomorrow, October 2nd and will run through Sunday, May 28th. It is open every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sanibel City Hall, 800 Dunlop Road on Sanibel Island. The Farmers…
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