The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) TrophyCatch program received the 2016 Aquatic Education Outstanding Sport Fish Restoration Project of the Year award from the Fisheries Administration Section of the American Fisheries Society at the FWC Commission meeting on Nov. 17 in ...

The hogfish is a much loved catch for divers and anglers alike, especially in the Florida Keys where it's overfished. Since the hogfish is also economically important to the Keys, they both needs help in order to help the species survive. The FWC recently met to talk about conservation measures ...

Private land owners in the Blackwater Wildlife Management area in Florida's Panhandle are tired of deer-dog hunters going on their property. A lawsuit filed by retired U.S. Air Force pilot, William Daws, Jr., and his wife, Ouida Gershon, in November 2014 (which was backed twelve of their neighbors) ...

Captain's John Conway (Conway Charters) and Ross Gallagher (Intrepid Angler) are two anglers you want on your boat if you're searching for river monsters. Especially when those monsters happen to be the hard to find prehistoric sawfish. The duo teamed up with FWC to capture, tag and document the ...

Rescue crews in Crystal River worked to save six manatees after they were trapped in a pond for more than a week. The manatees were able to enter the pond after rising waters from Hurricane Hermine enabled them to enter the 200 yard long by 50 yard wide pond. FWC rescue workers were able to free ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission had to remind everyone at the end of July that you shouldn't paint turtle or tortoise shells - it's illegal. It seems obvious enough. Wild animal? Leave it alone. Apparently some burgeoning artists need to express their artistic creativity outside the ...

It's not often (if ever) an alligator is on the news for loving pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Then again, David Van Buren and his pet alligator, Gwendolyn, have a relationship more like an owner and a dog than a person and a gator. Van Buren, of Coconut Grove, Florida,  got Gwendolyn (which ...

A soon to be effective regulation change by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission increase limits on largemouth bass fishing on a statewide scale once current regulations expire at the end of June. The change was proposed and accepted with the hopes of preserving trophy fish, to ...

Steve Bargeron didn't know exactly what he was seeing when a fellow fisherman pulled out what looked like an absolute monster of a shrimp from the water in Fort Pierce. “Steve said the massive thing was about 18 inches long and striking its own tail, so he grabbed it by its back like a lobster,” ...

As rewarding as fishing is, it's not for everyone, apparently. Broke Yakin was legally fishing a spot he'd been to several times in the past, each visit with its share of harassment from a group of people that did everything they could to ensure he didn't enjoy his time. They same people are at it ...

Charles Patchen, 13, didn't want to go fishing with his mom and stepdad, Jeanette and Bryan Atwell, on Sunday afternoon. After catching a 63.8-pound flathead catfish - the previous record was 55.05 pounds - on the Chattahoochee River in Jackson County, Alabama, setting a new stare record, he's glad ...

Article via FWC: At its April 13 meeting in Jupiter, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a measure to lower the recreational red drum daily bag limit in the northwest red drum management zone (Escambia County through Fred Howard Park near Pasco County) from two fish ...

A woman's pet ‪alligator‬ could be taken away due to regulations from the Florida Wildlife Commission. The 125-pound reptile named Rambo wears clothes, rides on the back of a motorcycle and has a bedroom in Mary Thorn's home in Lakeland. According to Fox35: Mary Thorn's pet alligator, Rambo, is ...

We've all been in the situation where we accidentally hook a bird while fishing. We haven't all been taking care of it in the right way. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to teach you how. “The first thing to know is don’t cut the line,” said Kevin Oxenrider, a biologist ...