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FWC to hold Spotted Seatrout Public Meeting, Aug. 9, Fort Pierce

The FWC is hosting spotted seatrout public workshops throughout the state in late July and early August.

Lobster time! Two-day mini-season set for July 26-27

One of Florida’s coastal traditions kicks off this week---official mini-lobster season!

Haven’t we waited long enough?

For years, various versions of the Sportsmen’s Act have made progress in Congress only to stall out. While many of …

Volunteers Build Oyster Reefs In Choctawhatchee Bay

After a year of effort, the 700-foot oyster reef—the largest the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) has ever constructed—was complete.

How Big is a Beaked Whale?

Now, perhaps the more important question is, who cares how big these whales are? Well, it would be the U.S. Navy, that’s who.

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2026 BASTILLE DAY KINGFISH TOURNAMENT SET FOR JULY 12

Stretching 500 miles across the northern side of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest in the Atlantic Ocean.

Bonefish 101

The bonefish, considered one of the most often sought after saltwater game fish, is elusive, spooky, and fast, a ghost like fish that poses a real challenge to fly fisherman. It makes its home in some of the most beautiful tropic locations worldwide.

Hot Action on Eight-Day Trip Aboard the American Angler

The anglers who headed out in mid-October aboard the 90-foot American Angler, out of Point Loma Sportfishing in San Diego, with Captain Ray Lopez at the helm, experienced multi-species Nirvana on an eight-day Penn Fishing University excursion. This October eight-day trip is known as the Fall Variety Special, and it more than lived up to its billing, with 27 different species of game fish caught.

Adventures South Of the Border: In Search of Monster Roosterfish

My son Charles and I are always looking for giant roosterfish— one of my favorite fish of all. It has a dorsal fin that kind of looks like the tail feathers of a rooster, thus giving it the name roosterfish. It is a member of the jack family and fights as hard as any jack does.

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