Flats Nation — Flats Fishing, Gear & Coastal Living

Leaders from the IRL National Estuary Program lay out priorities for the first quarter, from securing federal support to spotlighting the lagoon’s economic value

The main purpose of this entire project is to provide/replace as many square miles of fish nurseries we have already lost

From the archives of our friends at Hell's Bay Boatworks comes a interesting video on Sawfish research.

Lori and her team at Mighty Mangroves are great.

This is in keeping with our "No Fish/No Florida" tagline in our series of targeted conservation articles. I found an excellent and education

CCA of Florida and Duke Energy are hatching, growing, and releasing juvenile Redfish

A year-long study by Florida International University (FIU) and Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) has discovered pharmaceutical contaminants in the blood and other tissues of redfish in Florida waters.

When you start to look at the economic value of Recreational Fishing in Florida (alone), it is quite staggering!

We here on Flats Nation applaud these awesome efforts to help heal one of the once, and soon again, great fisheries here in Florida!

A very informative video from Simon and Hannah Perkins—cousins who are part of the third generation of the Perkins family to run Orvis—traveled the length of the Everglades watershed

There is some concern about the actual levels of Spotted Sea Trout in SWFL and other areas of Our Great State.

I had the pleasure (again) while working early on a Sunday Morning to chat with my fellow brother-in-arms, Captain Mike Anderson, as we discussed some Conservation Efforts.