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For immediate release: October 31, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-487-0554 Photos available on FWC Flickr site: Go to http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyFwpBL. Video available on FWC YouTube site: Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJKeV7nHtg. ‘Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!’ weekend offers angling fun Women are invited to explore the finest of fishing at the next “Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!” seminar, hosted Nov. […]

Kansas City angler Dave Sanchez caught his first marlin last Thursday off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and it’s reasonable to assume that it will remain his favorite catch for as long as he lives. That’s because the 465-pound blue marlin, reeled in on the second day of the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament, […]

For immediate release: October 25, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Melbourne Women’s Fishing Clinic postponed The Women’s Fishing Clinic in Melbourne, planned for Oct. 27, has been rescheduled for Nov. 3 due to potential bad weather from Hurricane Sandy. The clinic will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. next Saturday at Sebastian Inlet State […]

For immediate release: October 25, 2012 Contact: Officer Baryl Martin, 813-495-1456 FWC catches elusive monkey Staff with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have successfully captured the elusive rhesus macaque monkey that had been roaming the Tampa Bay area for nearly three years. On Wednesday, a team including FWC staff, a local veterinarian […]

For immediate release: October 24, 2012 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Gulf gag grouper, Atlantic vermilion snapper season closures start Nov. 1 The recreational harvest season for gag grouper in most Gulf of Mexico waters and vermilion snapper in the Atlantic Ocean will close on Nov. 1. These closures are intended to reduce overfishing and […]