Peace River Seafood in Punta Gorda is exactly that kind of place – an unassuming old Florida cracker house where the blue crabs arrive at your table piled high, the mallets are ready for cracking, and ...

The full bar specializes in tropical cocktails that feel right at home under that tiki roof – rum runners, mai tais, and margaritas flow freely, often garnished with pineapple wedges and those little ...

In Florida, Burmese pythons have been found swimming 15 miles offshore, helping themselves to tortoise burrows and eating ...

After a seven-month closure, a beloved Sarasota-Manatee restaurant near the beach reopens today at 5 p.m. with an enticing ...

Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified ... Different states use different color schemes or numbering formats. For example, Florida’s stone crab and spiny lobster fisheries are ...

For example, Florida’s stone crab and spiny lobster fisheries ... of miles across the Gulf before washing up in Texas. Crab trap floats sometimes escape their original locations due to storms ...

Florida's stone crab season runs from mid-October through May 1. While harvesting outside of those dates is unlawful, commercial fishermen are allowed to place baited traps in the water 10 days ...

Under normal circumstances, crabbers start putting out stone crab traps Oct. 5 and 6 and then ... Amy Beth Bennett South Florida Sun Sentinel But Milton will have affected the St. Petersburg ...

South Florida’s stone crab season kicks off this Tuesday, Oct. 15, and despite back-to-back hurricanes barreling through the Gulf of Mexico, early signs point to abundant claws and prices even ...

In Goodland, Florida, Kirk Fish Company has stacks and stacks of stone crab traps waiting for the season. The family-owned Buzzard’s Bay operation has fresh stone crabs all season that come ...

When stone crabs are pulled from the traps (usually every seven to 10 days during the season), only legal-sized claws are broken off, and the crabs are returned to the water. According to the Florida ...