Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Our Outdoors: Bigger than the fish, but not by much

The last time I was fishing in a kayak, I was lazily rolling down the canal which connected the back of our VRBO south of Ft. Meyers, Florida, to the intercoastal waterway, where flounder, sailcats and the seatrout that I hoped most of all to connect with, waited along the drop off at the juncture. Soaking in the warmth of the spring day, I gazed out to the transition from brown sand to deeper blu...