Tucker Martin, 17, from Chipley, set a new state record for shoal bass on Sunday, March 8 around 5 p.m. He was bank fishing with a friend on the Chipola River, in northwest Florida’s Jackson County, when he cast a spinner bait up under a bridge and the fight was on. He was expecting to catch a spotted bass or largemouth, but landed a shoal bass that weighed 4.49 pounds (4 pounds, 8 ounces) and measured 20.3 inches in total length, with a girth of 14.4 inches.
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Missouri Angler Catches Biggest Fish in State History
*(By Jeff Phillips jphillips1@schurz.com – Courtesy of http://www.ky3.com/) CAPE FAIR, Mo. – An Eastern Missouri angler can tell the story of the one that did NOT get away from him on Table Rock Lake.Andy Belobraydic of Richwoods, MO reeled in a record setting fish on Saturday. He landed a 140 pound, 8.8 ounce paddlefish at […]
4 Florida counties open April 1 to gag grouper recreational harvest
State waters off the coast of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will open to recreational harvest of gag grouper starting April 1. This regional season will remain open through June 30, with the first day of the closure being July 1. The season also includes all waters of Apalachicola Bay and Indian Pass, including […]
NEW RECORD! – New shoal bass state record certified
DISGUSTING: Florida Fishing Guide Cited for Tying Pelicans’ Beaks Shut!
Note: The pelican pictured on the right has a line cinched around its bill, compared to the pelican behind it with a normal bill. While conducting surveillance, Officers Stephen Wicker and Travis Basford witnessed a charter boat captain hold a pelican’s beak shut and wrap fishing line around it before letting the animal go. […]
Bowhunting and Hunter safety courses offered in Palm Beach County
Free hunter safety course offered in Palm Beach County The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Palm Beach County on March 21 and 22, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be at Everglades Youth Conservation Camp, J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, 12100 Seminole Pratt […]