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Outdoors
Brooke's beat, mostly. Tides, trail cams, fishing, the night sky, and reminders that the alligator was there first.
14 posts so far, newest first.
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Out There
Out There: Manatee Viewing Center Reopens Sunday. The Manatees Want 68 Degrees.
· ~8 min read
Saturday is the dry day, Sunday is rain and a 5:47 sunset, and Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center reopens for the season.
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Out There
Out There: A Great Week for Anything That Doesn't Float
· ~8 min read
A small craft advisory runs through Wednesday, red snapper is open into a 9-foot Gulf, and the wind is pushing the bay out to below-zero…
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Sky Watch
Hunter's Moon 2026: Where to Watch It Rise (Beach People, Turn Around)
· ~3 min read
October's full Hunter's Moon peaks just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 26, and rises over Sarasota at 6:23 p.m.
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Outdoors
Florida's Ocean Sewage Pipes Were Supposed to Retire. They Didn't.
· ~5 min read
Lionfish Extermination Corp went diving off Miami and swam past a row of sewage outfalls still pumping, more than nine months after…
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Outdoors
Stone Crab Season Opens Today. Buy Them Where the Boats Tie Up.
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Florida stone crab season opens Oct. 15. Here are three Sarasota and Manatee fish markets tied to local boats, with their hours, plus the…
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Out There
Out There: Let the Gulf Calm Down. The Good Week Starts Monday.
· ~9 min read
Rip currents, a small craft advisory and a soggy weekend, then a dry north wind Monday.
Older outdoors posts
- Outdoors This X Account Makes Your Doorbell Camera Look Lazy
- Sky Watch The Moon Hid Jupiter Tuesday Morning, and Running Was Finally Worth It
- Traffic & Tides This Week's Best Low Tide Is Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. Of Course It Is.
- Sky Watch Sunset Is Leaving a Minute Earlier Every Night. We Got Its Schedule.
- Sky Watch Thursday's Meteor Shower Peaks Around 9. You Can Be in Bed by 10.
- Outdoors The Lido Beach Skimmers Have a Lease. It Ends in September.
- Outdoors The Manatees Took the Scenic Route. Fifty Miles Inland.
- Fishing Fall Snook Prefer 5 a.m. Your Alarm Does Not