2017 Bay Scallop Season in Dixie/Taylor Counties in Florida are Now Set
NEWS RELEASE-Forwarded by AmericanPressTravelNews.com–The 2017 bay scallop season for Dixie County and parts of Taylor County will be open from June 16 through Sept. 10. This includes all state waters from the Suwannee River through the Fenholloway River. These changes are for 2017 only and are an opportunity to explore regionally-specific bay scallop seasons. These changes were discussed at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) meeting on Feb. 8, where staff was directed to work with local community leaders on selecting potential 2017 season dates and to adopt changes by executive order.
At the Feb. 8 meeting, staff also updated the Commission on the status of bay scallops in St. Joseph Bay in Gulf County, and set a July 25 through Sept. 10 recreational bay scallop season off Gulf County, including all waters in St. Joseph Bay and those west of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County, through the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County.
A prolonged red tide event in late 2015 negatively impacted the scallop population in St. Joseph Bay, which led to modified local scallop regulations for 2016 that included a shortened season and reduced bag limits. FWC researchers conducted a scallop restoration project last year within St. Joseph Bay to help speed the recovery of the scallop population. These efforts have been going well and the scallop population has shown signs of improvement. Staff will conduct similar restoration efforts in 2017.
All other portions of the bay scallop harvest zone will be open from July 1 through Sept. 24. This includes all state waters from the Pasco-Hernando county line to the Suwannee River Alligator Pass Daybeacon 4 in Levy County and from north and west of Rock Island near the mouth of the Fenholloway River in Taylor County through the westernmost point of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County.
Bag and vessel limits throughout the entire bay scallop harvest zone will be 2 gallons whole bay scallops in shell or 1 pint of bay scallop meat per person, with a maximum of 10 gallons of whole bay scallops in shell or 1/2 gallon bay scallop meat per vessel.
At the December 2017 Commission meeting, staff will review public feedback on these changes and make a recommendation for future management. To submit your feedback on bay scallop regulations, visit MyFWC.com/SaltwaterComments.
For more information on these changes, visit MyFWC.com/Commission and select “Commission Meetings,” then click on the link below “Next Meeting.”
For information on bay scallop regulations, visit MyFWC.com/Fishing and click on “Saltwater Fishing,” “Recreational Regulations” and “Bay Scallops.”
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The ground hog has told us, six more weeks of winter. This means six more weeks of big panfish, pike, and drag pulling trout through the ice! Even with the warm winter we have had, many days have been spent on the ice targeting panfish, pike, and lake Michigan trout. Ice conditions are holding steady on most of our lakes and harbors in Wisconsin. There is still time to give us a call and get in on some of the action we have had all winter.
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March 8th-12th Wolf Pack will have a booth at the sport show in Milwaukee. Keep an eye out for any show specials we might have. Captain Tyler Chisholm will be giving a seminar on Mississippi River duck hunting on the 8th at 4:30pm and another seminar about field duck and goose hunting on the 11th at 7:30pm. Come check it out, its going to be a good show.
Blackhawk Lake Kids Event
In recent weeks we helped host 27 kids on Blackhawk Lake near Highland, WI. Each kid was taken through our program including ice safety, species identification, tip-up fishing, panfishing, electronics, and shelters. At the end the event each kid was given a bag of product from our sponsors at Frabill, Custom Jigs and Spins, and Jiffy. Outdoor Wisconsin, Ultimate Outdoors Radio, and Outdoor Junkies where there as well covering the event for TV and radio.
If you have an event that you would consider us hosting, whether on the ice or on the water. Our team would love to help. Give us a call at (920)-207-1212 for more information.
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Food Glorious Food, Be it Seafood or Land Food That’s What We “Run” On!
AmericanPressTravelNews-February 9th, Bob & Barb On the Road Again in the Keys and also Virginia Beach. Its been heartening to know that many new entrepreneurs are going into the fish farming business. The demand for several fish species as well as “bottom crawlers” such as crab, Conch, lobster, shrimp is overwhelming today! Imagine, cobia farms, pompano farms, snapper, etc. Yes, these are setting up and a few ongoing already! See Florida Trend Magazine October 2016!!!!!!!
