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FWC: Celebrating another successful TrophyCatch season
Monday, December 12, 2022 - Season 10 ended in October with these incredible highlights: -
![TrophyCatch’s Hall of Fame Champion Grant Smelcer holding bass]()
Celebrate TrophyCatch Hall of Fame winners this Saturday at Bass Pro Shops Palm Bay!
Monday, December 5, 2022 - The festivities will take place at Bass Pro Shops Palm Bay, 750 Bass Pro Drive NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 on Saturday, Dec. 10. The awards ceremony begins at 5 p.m. and there will be activities for the whole family beginning at 10 a.m. -
![Biologist Holding Female Striped Bass Collected For Broodstock]()
FWC Commissioners approve rules to conserve Gulf striped bass
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - The bag limit of three fish per day for striped bass will remain in effect. The proposed change to the length limit would change from 18 inches minimum size to no minimum size with only one fish over 24 inches. -
Anglers: Compete in new trophy bass fishing competition, Battle of the Lakes!
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - The FWC’s Florida Trophy Bass Project is pitting two popular fishing destinations against each other: Orange Lake versus Fellsmere Water Management Area (also known as Headwaters) to determine which of these two waterbodies will be the 2022-23 Florida Trophy Bass Lake of the Year. -
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FWC TrophyCatch program to give away 10th new bass boat!
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - One lucky person will soon take home a brand-new bass boat package during a live, random drawing at the Bobby Lane High School Cup Bass Fishing Tournament in Lake Wales on Dec. 3. -
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FWC to host public meeting on proposed changes to striped bass regulations on lower Ochlockonee River
Monday, October 31, 2022 - FWC staff will discuss the proposed regulation changes at the in-person meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. EST at the Joe Budd Field Office, 5300 High Bridge Road, Quincy, FL 32351. -
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Update: FWC’s freshwater fisheries conservation efforts show success for shoal bass
Thursday, October 27, 2022 - In 2018, the Chipola River population of shoal bass was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Michael. Impacts from the storm resulted in nearly a 90% decline in the shoal bass population, which was already at risk from habitat limits and degradation as well as genetic hybridization threats. -
![This year’s winning wahoo artwork by Juliana Sessum from the grades 10-12 category.]()
FWC to host Florida State Fish Art Contest
Monday, September 19, 2022 - Students in kindergarten through twelfth grade can compete in this free contest for a chance to win state and national honors and prizes. -
Eight prized bass are still swimming! Catch them by Sept. 30 to win
Monday, September 12, 2022 - Catching one of these special bass and successfully submitting it to TrophyCatch will net the lucky angler a $5,000 Bass Pro Shops gift card and $1,000 to shop at AFTCO, plus a chance at an additional $10,000. For the specific locations and rules, visit our TrophyCatch website. -
FWC announces major contribution for new pier on Lake Montgomery in Lake City
Friday, August 12, 2022 - The pier project was made possible by a generous private donation from the Grace and Aloysius Harter Family Trust, managed by Rose Pavey, to the FWC through the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida.
