The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be celebrating a saltwater license-free fishing day June 1 and a freshwater license-free fishing day June 8 by partaking in several events the first week of June. License-free fishing days are a great opportunity for Florida’s residents and visitors to cast a line into the water […]
On June 12, in the morning of their meeting in Lakeland, FL, the members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will take their final vote on the proposed regulations to make tarpon and bonefish catch and release in the state of Florida. Although that seems like a no-brainer to many, a positive outcome […]
Craig Pittman writes in the Tampa Bay Times about restoration efforts in Everglades National Park. “Eighty-five years ago, work crews built a dam across the Everglades and called it the Tamiami Trail. The two-lane highway, completed in 1928, blocked most of the flow of the River of Grass just as it began trickling into what […]
For Immediate Release May 16th, 2013 Contact: Alex Lovett-Woodsum; alex@bonefishtarpontrust.org 617.872.4807 BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST STUDY FINDS ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FLORIDA KEYS FLATS FISHERY TO BE OVER $460 MILLION Commissioned by Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Dr. Tony Fedler has conducted the first study exploring the impact of the Florida Keys Flats Fishery on the […]
With changes to Everglades National Park management on the horizon, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust has been working collaboratively with Everglades National Park and the greater angling community (including the Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association and Sandy Moret) to serve as a median of information for proposed adjustments to the Everglades National Park General Management Plan. […]
Thousands of people inside the park right now don’t know it exists, according to rangers. It is the national park with no name. A new pilot study from Florida International University in Miami found fewer than one in five residents of South Florida were aware of Biscayne National Park. When asked to name it, recognition […]
Jack Otter writes about bonefishing, and the solitude of Parrot Cay for Barron’s. Parrot Cay’s solitude extended to my fishing trip. I did not see a single boat. From Cape Cod to Key West, I’ve never experienced such a thing. Then Capt. Gray surprised me again. “I’m not really watching the clock, man,” he said.
John Brownlee writes about fishing in Florida Bay and Everglades National Park. “At the extreme southern tip of mainland Florida, Everglades National Park spreads out across the state in an array of divergent habitats covering almost 1.5 million acres. Most people think of the vast sawgrass marshes made famous in Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ seminal 1947 […]
The International Game Fish Association and Columbia University have partnered to develop a new application – called IGFACatchLog – that will allow anglers to contribute to fisheries data collection efforts using Apple’s iPhone. As they near completion of a pilot version of the App, the IGFA is offering anglers to opportunity to test it out […]
Andrew Bennett and the crew from Deneki Outdoors in South Andros offers some tips for determing what matters most when it comes to bonefish fly selection.
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