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• Start planning for the new year: The FWC announces new Saltwater Fishing Record categories coming in 2024

  Tuesday, November 28, 2023 -  In addition to the current All Tackle and Fly-Fishing Weight categories, the FWC will add a Youth Weight category for anglers aged 15 and under, and Youth and Adult Length categories to allow for catch-and-release records.

• FWC to meet Dec. 5 in Orlando

  Monday, November 20, 2023 -  For the full Dec. 5 agenda and links to background reports, go to MyFWC.com/Commission and select “Commission Meetings.”

• FWC to host meetings on proposed trophy bass regulations changes for Orange and Lochloosa lakes

  Thursday, November 16, 2023 -  These rule changes are part of the FWC’s Florida Trophy Bass Project and intended to create conditions that increase the waterbodies’ potential to produce largemouth bass 15 pounds and heavier.

• FWC is making a difference in shoal bass conservation

  Thursday, November 9, 2023 -  Freshwater fisheries researchers and managers with the FWC successfully released more than 11,000 shoal bass over the past two years.

• Fellsmere wins the “Battle of the Lakes” with the heaviest total bass catches

  Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -  The amiable competition between participants fishing Fellsmere Reservoir and Orange Lake was designed to highlight both fisheries, generate enthusiasm for bass fishing and encourage participation in the FWC's TrophyCatch program.

• FWC to conduct partial drawdown of Bear Lake in Santa Rosa County beginning in November

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023 -  This partial drawdown, or lowering of lake water levels, will allow for shoreline nuisance aquatic vegetation control. The lake will not close to fishing during this brief wintertime drawdown.

• Recreational harvest of hogfish closes in waters of the Atlantic/Florida Keys starting Nov. 1 

  Tuesday, October 31, 2023 -  This closure includes all state and federal waters south of Cape Sable, which is on the Gulf side of Florida and up the Atlantic coast.

• Seasonal closure for spotted seatrout in the Central East Management Region starting Nov. 1

  Friday, October 27, 2023 -  Spotted seatrout will be closed to recreational harvest Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 in the Central East Management Region, which includes all state and federal waters from Palm Beach through Volusia counties.

• Suwannee Lake FMA closure extended until Nov. 6

  Friday, October 27, 2023 -  Public access to Suwannee Lake Fish Management Area in Suwannee County will be temporarily closed for storm debris cleanup until noon on Monday, Nov. 6.

• FWC unveils 2023 Lionfish Challenge King and Commercial Champion, celebrating a record-breaking year

  Thursday, October 19, 2023 -  Dedicated divers embarked on 917 trips throughout the state during the 4-month tournament, triumphantly removing a staggering 30,494 lionfish from Florida state waters, nearly 5,000 more than last year.