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St. Lucie County Artificial Reef Program Feb. 2016 Update

The St. Lucie County Artificial Reef Program is helping with the restoration of Spoil Island SL 17, also known as Wesley’s Island. The island is in the middle of the Fort Pierce Inlet, just east of the turning basin.

FWC UPDATE: Atlantic Snook Season to Open Feb. 1, 2016

Atlantic Snook season reopens Feb 1 2016. FWC barracuda management workshop in Jupiter Feb 25.
Independence Island Reef

Independence Island Reef

Grand Isle’s Independence Island Reef Enhanced A 4-acre expansion of the Independence Island Reef, northeast of Grand Isle, La., began …
Gray FishTag Research

Gray FishTag Research Boasts Great Achievements During Its First Year of Operation

To imagine that the Gray FishTag Research program is under a year old and has already seen positive results and …

St. Lucie County Artificial Reef Program Update: January 2016

By: Jim Oppenborn, St. Lucie County Coastal Resources Supervisor Another year of artificial reefing in St. Lucie County is gearing …
Florida Forest Fire

Florida Winters are Fire Season

While much of the nation experiences four seasons through-out the year, here in Florida we have just two, Hurricane Season and Fire Season. Hurricane Season runs from June 1st through November 30th, the rest of the year is Fire Season. The peak of fire season are the months of January, February, and March.

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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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