ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. -- The City of Anna Maria Island says the Rod and Reel Pier passed inspections and will reopen Saturday morning. This after the pier, which is home to the Rod and Reel ...

An Anna Maria Island landmark is preparing to reopen after Hurricane Milton. After being washed away, the restaurant is rebuilding on land instead of water. The owner asks locals to give the new ...

Rod and Reel Pier, a popular Anna Maria Island restaurant, hangout and fishing spot, is temporarily closed due to a partial collapse of the pier’s walkway. The sinking section of decking is ...

When Nick Perenich arrived for his week-long stay on Anna Maria Island ... described the pier as a “real landmark” and recalls night fishing and watching dolphins and porpoises swim in ...

For decades, the Rod & Reel Pier and restaurant at the northern tip of Anna Maria Island withstood it all. Hurricanes. Lightning. Fire. The waves of saltwater and the passage of time. Then ...

The dog's owner, Jimmy, is one of three bait men and fishing advisers who work the pier, and he had been teaching us how to fish in the ocean (and take hooks out of pesky pelicans who dive and ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A historic city pier on Florida’s Gulf Coast that was damaged by Hurricane Irma will be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. After the storm blew through in ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — The Rod N' 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 ...