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Looking forFish Florida and the Florida Fish & Wildlife

Citrus County Parks & Recreation,

Conservation Commission are teaming up to put on the 13th annual Kid's Fishing Clinic

on February 25, 2017 at Fort Island Trail Park (12073 W. Fort Island Trail)from 9 A.M. to

2 P.M. This popular event teaches children the basics of environmental stewardship, fishing

ethics, angling skills, and safety. Please consider giving your time by passing on valuable

fishing knowledge. Please consider one or both of the following ways to help: Rod and Reel

Assembly: We need volunteers to help us put together the rods and reels we receive from

Fish Florida on February 22, 2017 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. We will have complimentary cof-

fee & donuts available for everyone helping out. To confirm your volunteer participation in

the Rod and Reel Assembly and/or the Kid's Fishing Clinic Event or if you have any ques-

tions please call Parks & Recreation at 352-527-7540.

017 bay scallop season for season setofby FWC be

scallop Dixie County and parts Taylor County will

open from June 16 through Sept. 10 in all state waters from the Suwannee River through the

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Recreational bay scallop season for St. Joseph Bay in Gulf County was set at July

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25 through Sept. 10, including all waters in St. Joseph Bay and those west of St. Vincentl, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: d

Island in Franklin County, through the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County. In late 2015, ebsites: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.com · history.newscasterarchives.c

a prolonged red tide event 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.

All other portions of the bay scallop harvest zone will be open from July 1 through

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Sept. 24, in all state waters, from the Pasco-Hernando county line to the Suwannee River This week's featured photo is of Brain Albert, Chris and Marsha Jones and Johnny

Alligator Pass Daybeacon 4 in Levy County, and from north and west of Rock Island near Hammock of Inverness with their limit of Redfish and a couple Trout. They used live

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the mouth of the Fenholloway River in Taylor County through the westernmost point of St. shrimp on a Cajun Thunder. The fish were caught in several of the creeks north of

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Vincent Island in Franklin County.

Bag and vessel limits throughout the entire bay scallop harvest zone will be 2 gal-

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