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Breaking News: 5 boaters rescued off Cedar Key

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Outdoors

Close brush with Irene; better luck with reds

Well, here we are looking at celebrating Labor Day, and it seems like just last month we were doing the same thing. I tell ya, when your livin’ the life of a Cedarkeyian, time just flies by. So all I have to say is “play hard” and “play safe!”

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New manager chosen for Lower Suwannee refuge

Andrew Gude is the new refuge manager for Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges in Florida.

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Bronson boy grows into refuge leader

The first 11 years of David Viker's life were spent in suburban New York. And he fell in love with the outdoors while camping with his family in the Catskills Mountains.

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Memorable fishing returns with a vengance

Well folks, we had a great week around our flats, here in Cedar Key.

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Hunter safety Internet-completion course offered

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety Internet-completion course in Levy County.

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Jack and Bo’s excellent adventure

Proud grandfather Doug Little reports:

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Heat, storms pose challenge for finding fish

Okay folks, will someone turn on the Cedar Key air conditioner?

We still have a good month of this too dang hot of weather. I notice these days with no cloud cover getting tuffer and tuffer to keep bites going.

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Orlando man hooks gar near Cedar Key

A fishing trip Sunday afternoon by an Orlando visitor hooked a 3- to 4-foot gar. However, it was cut loose because the prospects of that fish actually being in the boat did not interest the two brothers.

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Heat, storms pose challenge for finding fish

Editor’s note: Danny Allen is on vacation so his brother Nick Allen is filling in for him.

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Cedar Key fishing tournament featured in national magazine

The cover of the July/August issue of Airboating Magazine may feature their “Swamp Sweetie” - wearing a camo bikini, cowboy boots and hat - but it gets even better on page 44.

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