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FWC Update: Geocaching Challenge and Feedback Needed

Explore Florida’s Wildlife Management Areas with FWC’s Geocaching Challenge! Grab your smartphone or GPS unit and go looking for geocaches …

Tell Congress – It’s time to stand up for recreational fishing.

There’s nothing like the adventure of saltwater fishing. The adrenaline rush of hooking into a billfish, a big striper, or …

License-free freshwater fishing days in Florida this weekend

The annual license-free freshwater fishing event will occur this year on April 1 and 2. The two-day event will allow both Floridians and state visitors to fish out of freshwater areas without a recreational fishing license.

The Changing Face of the Indian River Lagoon Estuary

Improving conditions in our estuaries are nothing more than Nature giving us a few minutes to catch our breath before the inevitable round ahead.

April 10th has been officially declared Gopher Tortoise Day

In Florida, gopher tortoises are a threatened species, found in all 67 counties and frequently encountered in many of the state’s private and public lands.

Will Florida Allow Goliath Grouper Harvest?

There are reports that goliath grouper might soon be fair game. The topic spurred some heated discussion at the February FWC meeting in Crystal River.

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Florida’s Chain Pickerel

In the northern parts of our great country, anglers enjoy chasing down enormous pike and elusive musky. We Floridians don’t usually give a second thought, but they are in Florida!

LABAN WINS 34TH BASTILLE DAY KINGFISH TOURNAMENT WITH 26.90-POUND KINGFISH

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.

The Art of Kicking Fish

When the fish gets in the strike zone of the dolphins tail, you can see the dolphin looking at the fish and lining up the kick. It's a difficult technique to learn, and not all dolphins know how to do it. However, once learned, it provides an obvious advantage over simply chasing a fish and catching it with the mouth. A quick, precise flip of the tail and dinner is served, versus chasing a fish down and catching it with the mouth which can often take a few minutes and require a lot of energy.

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Fished all around Lake Toho, but just before we went in…

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