Kingfish Season Kicks Off in Key West

December 24th, 2009 |

Tournament anglers are sharpening their hooks as they get ready for the spring kingfish season to get underway once again next month.   Wait a minute. . …

New Grouper Regulations in Atlantic

December 24th, 2009 |

Offshore anglers on Florida’s East Coast should make note of new regulations that cover one of the state’s most popular deep-water species, grouper.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently approved rules that encoruage anglers to help protect reef fish by promoting catch and release. Biologists say that anglers are catching too many gag, red and black grouper, and, as a result, the bag limits must be lowered or the stocks will collapse. …

Boaters Boon to Florida Economy

December 20th, 2009 |

Florida has good reason to call it self the boating capital of the United States.  For starters, Florida has more registered boats than any other state in the nation. Now a recent study by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has shown that boaters also pour more than $8. …