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The more than 25,000 Floridians with recreational crab traps will soon have to make some changes.

A new Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission regulation, which went into effect March 1, requires crab traps to have a rigid opening no larger than six-by-two inches.

The purpose of this change is to help reduce the bycatch of diamondback terrapins in crab traps.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4833 hosted a fishing clinic sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…

PACE – This year’s Sportsmen Givin’ Back event was a huge success and was able to raise and donate funds to seven local charities and two young boys battling cancer.

Together, the 2019 recipients …

PACE — Stonebrook Golf Club’s July 27 dogfight results are as follows:

Pitbull of the Month: Rod Manning

Flight A

T1st
Jeff Shelph
+3

T1st
Ken Varisco
+3

3rd
Larry …

PACE — Stonebrook Golf Club’s June 22 dogfight results are as follows:

Flight A
 
1st    Don Trombley +7
2nd   Ivy Norton     +4 
3rd   Tom Couchman+1
T4th   Ralph Drexler               …

FWC Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Report

Sea turtles digging their nests to lay eggs on Florida’s beaches face a new 21st century hazard: someone snapping a flash photo with a cell phone.
 
March 1 is the official start of the sea turtl…

FWC Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Report

FWC Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Report

Some of my huntin’ buddies and I really live for being out in a wet patch of woods in the middle of a cool night and hearing the not-so-distant sounds of our coon hounds when they open up on a hot tr…