General Archive

Kissimmee Chain Re-tie your knots and check your drags before heading out to fish the Kissimmee Chain. Insane tournament stringers continue to pour in every weekend. One of which exceeded 40 lbs on five fish to win the event. Five 10 pound plus Bass were weighed in that day in the 25 boat tournament. There’s [...]

Do you know any students who love to write? Perhaps they would like to participate in Fantasy of Flight’s  Tuskegee Airmen of World War Two essay contest. Fantasy of Flight is sponsoring this student essay contest in honor of Black History Month. Students must demonstrate how the Tuskegee Airmen used the principles of LEAD (Leadership, [...]

The Board of County Commissioners invites you to join in celebrating Polk Proud 150, the 150th year of Polk County, with a special event on Saturday, February 12, 2011. We hope you will be a part of this once-in-a-generation opportunity to display our heritage and our civic pride.  The celebration begins 9am to 2pm at [...]

It is getting closer…..The Detroit Tigers are set to celebrate their 75th sprig in Lakeland and individual tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10:00am.  Tickets will be on sale at the Joker Marchant Stadium box office and may also be purchased at 10:00 a.m. through the Tigers website, www.tigers.com or via telephone by calling [...]

Winter Haven This winter seems eerily similar to last winter so far. Below freezing nights and cold, windy, days and water the water temperature hovering around the low 50′s. Bass fishing for the most part has been tough, which is usually the case, in colder weather. Most fish will continue to hold around deep structure [...]

Winter Haven Low water, once again, is making it tough to get around on the South chain. Lakes are down 2 + ft. below normal and dropping fast. North chain is even lower.   Bass are starting to feed up more in preparation of upcoming spawn season. Find the bait and the Bass won’t be far [...]

It was an exciting day here at Sunny Central Florida headquarters as Mosaic announced their plans for a brand new golf resort and spa that will be coming to the area in just a few years. More than 16,000 acres of formerly mined phosphate land in Polk County are being transformed into Streamsong, a resort and [...]

Theatre Winter Haven, located in the Chain of Lakes Complex at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., SW – Winter Haven, FL 33880, will be host for this year’s National Community Theatre Director’s Conference. The Conference will be held Sunday afternoon through Monday evening.  The dates are Nov. 7 & 8, 2010. This conference assists Artistic Directors [...]

Winter Haven   Ahhh… finally some cooler, more pleasant weather has arrived and Bass have began to feed a little more during daylight hours. The water temperature has fallen below the 80 degree mark. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the fish have also started to scatter out somewhat and move around [...]

The Lake Mirror Classic attracts over 35,000 spectators and draws top collector cars from the throughout the southeast.