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Applications available for FWC’s 2019-2020 High School Fishing Program
Friday, September 13, 2019 - This grant program is focused on recruiting new anglers, retaining active anglers and reactivating lapsed anglers to ensure the future of fishing in Florida. -
TrophyCatch Celebrates Hall of Fame Catch from Orange Lake
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - The FWC's TrophyCatch program celebrates its most recent Hall of Fame largemouth bass catch weighing 13 pounds, 5 ounces, caught and released by Chad Dorland during a UF fishing tournament. -
FWC certifies new state record flathead catfish
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FWC restores aquatic habitat on Lake Trafford
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - Biologists transplanted hundreds of native aquatic plants in an effort to help restore this popular shallow-water bass and crappie fishing lake. -
FWC issues executive order suspending harvest and possession of shoal bass
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - The shoal bass population in the Chipola River and its tributaries has potentially been affected due to the impacts of Hurricane Michael. Recent sampling efforts have produced significantly lower catches of shoal bass. -
Announcing two license-free fishing weekends in June
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - License-free saltwater fishing weekend is June 1 and 2, and license-free freshwater fishing weekend is June 8 and 9. -
FWC restoring aquatic habitat on Lake Arbuckle
Friday, May 24, 2019 - Beginning May 28, FWC staff will transplant thousands of aquatic plants into the lake to help enhance this popular shallow-water bass and crappie fishing location. -
Sturgeon returning to the Suwannee River
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - FWC officials want boaters to be aware that these jumping fish can injure people. -
FWC’s High School Fishing Program congratulates St. Cloud High School as winner of Costa Kick Plastic Conservation Project Competition
Friday, May 10, 2019 - The student angler participants completed 10 conservation projects, including waterway clean-ups, created their own campaign to reduce the use of single-use water bottles on their school campus, and collected used soft plastic baits to melt down and create new baits. -
TrophyCatch celebrates second-heaviest bass in the program, caught on Orange Lake
Friday, May 10, 2019 - A 15 pound, 13 ounce Hall of Fame largemouth bass was caught and released in Orange Lake by Brian Hammett.