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• FWC Commissioners direct staff to move forward with draft rules allowing for the production and sale of largemouth bass

  Thursday, December 16, 2021 -  . Staff will bring final rule language before the Commission at its next meeting.

• FWC approves rules to facilitate management for trophy largemouth bass

  Thursday, December 16, 2021 -  As part of the Florida Trophy Bass Project, staff proposed customized management strategies focusing specifically on trophy bass production at four select waterbodies.

• TrophyCatch awards Season 9 Phoenix bass boat

  Friday, December 10, 2021 -  The FWC's TrophyCatch program has awarded the Season 9 Phoenix bass boat to angler James Bernard from Lee, Florida.

• 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.

• FWC hosting public meeting on Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Plan

  Wednesday, November 3, 2021 -  The FWC will host a public meeting to gather feedback on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 6-8 p.m. at the Kissimmee Civic Center, 201 E Dakin Ave, Kissimmee, FL 34741.

• Lang Lake closed from Nov. 1 – Jan. 31

  Friday, October 29, 2021 -  Public access to the Lang Lake Fish Management Area, north of White Springs, will be closed Nov. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022.

• 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.

• 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.

• GoOutdoorsFlorida.com updates offer new look, improved customer experience

  Tuesday, October 12, 2021 -  GoOutdoorsFlorida.com is still the only official licensing site and app of the FWC.