The Rod & Reel Pier was one of those structures. A seafood restaurant once located off of a long pier on North Shore Drive is no longer. After Helene, the building was still standing, with ...

It was a survivor, until Mother Nature whipped up just a bit more than it could handle. For decades, the Rod & Reel Pier and restaurant at the northern tip of Anna Maria Island withstood it all.

For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much. The Rod & Reel Pier, located just off North Shore Drive in Anna Maria—the northernmost town on Anna Maria ...

We’ve spent hundreds of hours over the past decade testing spinning rods (and reels) for casual anglers on reasonable budgets, and right now our favorite all-around rod for most people is the ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — The Rod & Reel Pier restaurant on Anna Maria Island was swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico in the whipping winds of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday night in ...