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Florida Offers New Guy Harvey Plastic Fishing License
Get outdoorsy with the new Guy Harvey hard-card license There’s something wonderful about having a shiny new card in your wallet. While paper licenses do their part, a plastic license that easily fits in among other cards has so many benefits. It doesn’t get accidentally tossed out with the receipts. It is waterproof. It doesn’t […]
Free fishing derby for youth at Tenoroc Fish Management Area
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is sponsoring a free youth freshwater fishing derby at Tenoroc Fish Management Area and Youth Conservation Center in Lakeland on April 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. No fishing license is required on this particular weekend but participants must preregister for the derby. The FWC wants […]
NEW RECORD! – Missouri Man Lands Record 120-Pound Catfish with Trotline!
*(Courtesy of The Fishing Wire)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Burr Edde III of Malta Bend became Missouri’s most recent record-breaking angler when he landed a giant blue catfish on a stretch of the Missouri River in Saline County using a trotline. The new “alternative method” record blue catfish caught by Edde on March 21 weighed 120 pounds, 8 ounces, with a length of 55 and 1/8 inches and a girth of 45 inches. Edde used cut Asian carp as bait.
Ducks Unlimited announces top university chapters
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – March 30, 2015 – Each spring, Ducks Unlimited announces its Sweet 16 list of top-producing volunteer university chapters throughout the nation. This elite group is considered the best of the best when it comes to fundraising and overall chapter strength. To qualify for this year’s Sweet 16, chapters must have raised more […]
Public input sought on quail management
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is proposing rule amendments on four Quail Enhancement Areas – Three Lakes WMA, Jennings Forest WMA, Blackwater WMA and Apalachicola WMA. The main objectives of these amendments are to expand hunting opportunities and hunter satisfaction while allowing bobwhite populations to expand. We invite you to provide feedback […]