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• TrophyCatch to give away new bass boat in live drawing

  Tuesday, November 23, 2021 -  The five drawing finalists were randomly selected from 36,237 TrophyCatch program registrants and club winners and were announced on the TrophyCatch Facebook Page.

• Lang Lake closed from Nov. 1

  Friday, October 29, 2021 -  UPDATE: Lang Lake Fish Management Area remains closed until further notice.

• Greater amberjack closes Nov. 1 in Gulf state waters

  Monday, October 25, 2021 -  The season is scheduled to reopen May 1-31, 2022.

• Spotted seatrout Central East Region seasonal closure starts Nov. 1

  Monday, October 25, 2021 -  Spotted seatrout will be closed to recreational harvest Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 in the Central East Region, which includes all state and federal waters from Palm Beach through Volusia counties

• Catch a Florida Memory celebrates 5-year “catch-iversary” with program milestone

  Monday, October 25, 2021 -  The FWC Saltwater Angler Recognition program, Catch a Florida Memory, celebrated it’s 5-year anniversary by achieving more than 20,000 approved angler catches.

• Florida's Gulf recreational red snapper quota met, no fall season

  Friday, October 22, 2021 -  Because the FWC cannot allow recreational harvest of Gulf red snapper once Florida’s quota has been reached, Gulf red snapper harvest will not reopen this fall for Florida anglers.

• Catfish stocked in Okeechobee area support angler education

  Thursday, October 21, 2021 -  The FWC recently stocked 1,400 channel catfish in the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center and Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office gun range ponds.

• Hogfish recreational season closes Nov. 1 in Keys/east Florida state waters 

  Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -  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.

• Virtual meeting Oct. 28 gathers input on proposed largemouth bass regulation changes for several areas

  Monday, October 18, 2021 -  The areas where the changes have been proposed are Fellsmere Water Management Area (commonly known as Headwaters and Egan Lakes), Victor Lake FMA, Suwannee Lake FMA, and Shop Lake at Tenoroc FMA.

• Share your input on largemouth bass aquaculture for food

  Tuesday, October 12, 2021 -  Recent statutory changes now allow the in-state production and sale of aquaculture Florida largemouth bass as a food fish.