CAMPING

Everglades camping trip raises funds, awareness

An annual camping trip to Flamingo raises funds for introductory camping program and awareness of the wonders of nature in Everglades National Park.

In my opinion

Haulover Inlet a good bet with snook season open

Snook season re-opened Wednesday in Atlantic waters, and although many of these tricky line-sided fish tend to head deep into canals and rivers during the winter months, anglers are having success in the inlets.

Outdoors

Outdoors notebook

•  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meets Tuesday through Thursday in Midway, outside Tallahassee.

In My Opinion

Flamingo backwaters offer tasty dining options

Captain Jimmy Rhodes has been fishing the backcountry rivers, creeks and bays of Everglades National Park since the 1950s. And Rhodes has been guiding anglers to quality fish in those waters since earning his U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license in the mid-1980s. But he’s not really that keen on catch-and-release gamefishing.

Fishing notebook

Charlie Corbin out of Slim’s Fishing Camp in Belle Glade reported largemouth bass in the 8- to 9-pound range are being caught on live wild shiners. Best action has been in the pockets along the outside edges of the grass line in the areas of Ritta, Pelican and Kramer Islands. Fishing with spinner baits, flipping jigs and casting soft plastics over the grass is working on smaller bass. Speckled perch action has been good with a lot of fish eating live minnows and small jigs in the dynamite holes and around Tree Island.

ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon

Work begins for 2013 ING Miami Marathon

On the morning after Sunday’s successful ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, race officials began work on next year’s event.

Fishing

Big second day boosts Get Lit in Mayor’s Cup fishing tournament

Through a trying weekend of fishing, the crew of Get Lit — skippered by Quinton Dierterly — persevered to win the Mayor’s Cup Tournament in Coconut Grove and a hefty $54,170 bounty.

ING Miami Marathon

Tightest win in ING Miami Marathon history

The closest — and largest — ING Miami Marathon ended with a Kenyan outsprinting an Ethiopian by a quarter of a second

ING Miami Half Marathon

A wrong turn has big effect on men’s course record

Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayehu was en route to shattering the half marathon time until following the marathoners’ course.

ING Marathon

Colorful charatcers on race day

• For Swedish runner Anders Forselius, Sunday’s race was part of his own marathon mission. Forselius has run six races since Jan. 1, and his goal is to run a marathon in all 50 states. Sunday marked his 22nd state. Three years ago a friend of his lost her 22-year-old son to a viral infection. Forselius runs each race with the son’s ashes in a pouch wrapped around his waist. “It was her idea and I told her I would do it,” said Forselius, who finished in 3 hours 37 minutes. “At first I was going to bike the states with his ashes. But I decided to do marathons instead.”

Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta

Good day on Biscayne Bay for Americans

American sailors captured medals in four of 10 classes in the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta.

fishing | Mayor’s Cup

Tough conditions limit anglers in event’s first day

Releasing only 66 sailfish on a single day in a fishing tournament is small number, and poor conditions are mostly to blame for a sluggish start to first day of the Mayor’s Cup held at Monty’s Raw Bar in Coconut Grove.

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Where to cheer on runners at the ING Miami Marathon

Runners, start stretching.

Tropical 5K

Persson top female, Drummonds overall winner at Tripical 5K

It didn’t take long for Marlene Persson to realize she was going to be the women’s winner in Saturday morning’s Tropical 5K race that started at Watson Island and ended at South Point Park in Miami Beach.

SAILING

Four Floridians make Paralympic Sailing team at Rolex regatta

Four Floridians are among six disabled sailors who won berths on the U.S. Paralympic Sailing Team on Friday at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay.

NOTEBOOK

Natural lands trekkers link up in Glades

Two groups of explorers hooked up last Tuesday in the middle of the Everglades after separate weeklong paddling expeditions that began on opposite ends of the region.

Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta

Tight races will come down to the wire

A final showdown awaits three Paralympic classes Friday and 10 Olympic classes Saturday at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, which has, thus far, provided sailors with four days of sublime sunshine and satisfying winds. The event is the only one of seven ISAF Sailing World Cup events to grace a shore on this continent and has attracted 529 sailors from41 countries from as close as Canada and as far away as New Zealand and China.

ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon

ING Miami Marathon a labor of love for Frankie Ruiz

Frankie Ruiz survived challenges in his race’s first nine years.

IN MY OPINION

Marathon runner travels on a path with God

Not only did Ryan Hall’s legs feel heavy, but his heart was heavy, too, in the autumn of 2010 when his running career seemed to have stalled.