Navigating July Tides for Gulf Coast Success Anglers hitting the Florida Gulf Coast this weekend should prepare for classic summer conditions, with hot weather and slower tides influencing the bite.

This fishing village on the Steinhatchee River offers a peaceful getaway in the Big Bend region, and it's the ideal place for a little fishing or paddling.

Early Spanish charts identify the island as Matecumbe la Vieja. The 1774 Romans chart called it Vieja Matacomb. The following year, on Gauld’s 1775 chart, the name was translated into […] ...