Florida Fishing License News
- Specialty license tags a holiday gift idea Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 12:21PMThe Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is offering gift certificates for any specialty tag in Florida.
- King yields throne Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 12:44AMCaptain Scott Reynolds palms the wheel on his new boat and aims the Majesty a little south of east. The Mayport Inlet shrinks against the horizon off the stern. The twin throttles are pushing 1650 rpms in perfect synchronization. There's very little sound. The sharp hull cheats the 3-foot seas out of their kinetic payload. Up in the wheelhouse, you feel like you're making maybe 10 knots. But the ...
- Shopping ideas fit for outdoor enthusiasts Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 3:00AMIf you are reading this you apparently survived the Black Friday shopping onslaught. Ive never understood this desire ...
- Everglades Wildlife Management Areas Reopen Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 9:52AMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Officials have reopened Everglades and Francis S. Taylor wildlife management areas west of Fort Lauderdale to public access.
- Dave Richey: Collecting patches can be fun Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 9:47AMThey are just bits of colored cloth and thread, but Department Of Natural Resources Successful Hunter or Management Cooperator patches for bear, deer and wild turkey are fun to collect but some can be costly and difficult to find. My personal passion is buying and collecting old hardcover books on fishing and hunting, but patch collecting is fun as well and prices remain reasonably steady for ...
- Father Of Three Missing Since Sunday Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 7:33AMBREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Rescue crews continued their search Wednesday for a missing fisherman in Brevard County. Father of three, Shawn Waters hasn't been seen or heard from since Sunday.
- Local News : Bruce H. Ellison - Frontiersman Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 7:13AMWasilla resident, Bruce H. Ellison, 83, died Saturday, Nov. 17 from complications of pneumonia at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. A celebration of Bruce’s life will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday at the Silverfox Inn, Mile 50 Parks Highway in Wasilla.
- Excerpts from editorials in Florida newspapers Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 2:56PMHere are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida:
- Police: Man posed as doctor for 30 years Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 6:03PMPolice in Japan's Chiba prefecture said they have arrested a man who allegedly posed as a medical doctor for about 30 years.Yukio Hasegawa, 65, was arrested on suspicion of practicing medicine without a license under the assumed name of a real doctor, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday.Police said Hasegawa is believed to have treated at least 3,000 people in the past five years and none of the ...
- Anthony Tarracino dies at 92; colorful saloonkeeper was mayor of Key West Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 3:23AMAnthony Tarracino, known to one and all as Capt. Tony, spent two years as mayor of Key West, Fla., and 60 years as one of the most colorful characters in an island city full of them. During his 92 years, he was a bootlegger, gambler, gunrunner, saloonkeeper, fishing boat captain, ladies' man and peerless raconteur. He died Nov. 1 of heart and lung ailments at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key ...
- Grandparents lose $33,000, urge caution of new scam Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 9:46PMBy Susan K. Treutler | It started with a phone call from someone they thought was their teenage grandson. Before it was over, the elderly couple had wired $33,000 of their life savings to Canada, money they don't expect to ever see again, victims of "the grandparent scam." • Read the story
- South Side Neighborhood Watch Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 9:07AMCOVENTRY: A Chenoweth Drive woman reported Nov. 9 suspects stole $550 from her home.
- Illegal hunter gets 4-year ban Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 3:15AMA South Carolina man received a three-year suspended sentence and must pay more than $10,000 in fines and restitution for one felony and nine misdemeanors in an illegal hunting operation in Sweet Grass County that was busted last year.
- Local News : Bruce H. Ellison - Frontiersman Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:34AMWasilla resident, Bruce H. Ellison, 83, died Saturday, Nov. 17 from complications of pneumonia at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. A celebration of Bruce’s life will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday at the Silverfox Inn, Mile 50 Parks Highway in Wasilla.
- Anthony Tarracino; colorful Key West character; 92 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:15AMAnthony Tarracino, known to one and all as Capt. Tony, spent two years as mayor of Key West, Fla., and 60 years as one of the most colorful characters in an island city full of them. During his 92 years, he was a bootlegger, gambler, gunrunner, saloonkeeper, fishing boat captain, ladies'man and peerless raconteur.
- OBITUARIES Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 9:33AMFlorence S. Wald,pioneer ofhospice careFlorence S. Wald, the former dean of the Yale University School of Nursing who brought hospice to the United States and in the process revolutionized the care of the terminally ill, died of natural causes Saturday at her home in Branford, Conn. She was 91.
- Colorful Key West former mayor, 'Capt. Tony' Tarracino, dies Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 6:12AMAnthony Tarracino, known to one and all as "Capt. Tony," spent two years as mayor of Key West, Fla. — and 60 years as one of the most colorful characters in an island city full of them. During his 92 years, he was a bootlegger, gambler, gunrunner, saloonkeeper, fishing boat captain, ladies' man and peerless raconteur. He died Nov. 1 of heart and lung ailments at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key ...
- Tax collector in slow lane on issuing driver licenses Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 6:29AMAs Rotary President Bob Garner looks on, Columbia County Tax Collector Ronnie Brannon tells Lake City Rotary Club members and guests Thursday afternoon why he does not want to provide driver license services.
- Bone, Possibly Human, Found Inside Shark Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 11:51AMPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- A fishing boat charter captain made a gruesome discovery while gutting a 9-foot long shark: a bone inside the predator's belly.
- Rights group to rally Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 12:46AMGay rights advocates plan to hold an event Saturday in Charleston as part of a nationwide protest of California voters' decision Nov. 4 to end gay marriage in that state. The Charleston event begins at 1:15 p.m. at Liberty Square, the park next to the South Carolina Aquarium at Concord and Calhoun streets. The plan is to march to Broad and Meeting streets by 1:30 p.m., organizers said.
- Probe nets illegal fishing suspects Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 6:10PMA six-month undercover investigation revealed eight Bay Area men selling protected sharks, bay scallops, sea horses, and peppermint shrimp without the proper license, officials say.
- Golden Gate Estates man gets probation for alligator poaching Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 2:19PMA Golden Gate Estates man received three years probation Monday for alligator poaching, after the prosecutor and judge agreed his sentence should be in line with that of his co-defendant, who was sentenced in August.
- John L. Ferreir Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 1:59PMJohn L. Ferreira, 81, of Falmouth, a longtime Falmouth police chief, died at Falmouth Hospital on November 8 after 2 1/2 years battling heart problems among other ailments.
- For the record Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 9:42AMAn East Spring Street resident reported theft of a Sirius Radio receiver and the adapter from a vehicle on Nov. 1. A College Corner Pike resident reported domestic violence on Nov. 1.
- Having to fight homelessness too common among veterans Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:41AMAs a U.S. Navy sailor, he worked in a small-boat security unit patrolling the harbors of Puerto Rico in the early 1990s. Today, he is one of the nearly 500,000 veterans around the nation each year who slip in and out of homelessness or are on the verge having no home each year.
- Norwich City Clerk Announces Retirement Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:05AM Norwich - City Clerk Dee Ann Brennan has announced her retirement, effective Dec. 19 and will run her final City Council meeting Dec. 1. Brennan,
- Man Struck, Killed By Train While Fishing Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 8:06AMMILTON, Fla. -- Authorities said a train struck and killed a 28-year-old man while he was fishing off a train tressel. Santa Rosa County Sheriff's deputies said Thomas Kevin Halls was fishing Sunday with two other people when an eastbound train approached at 36 miles per hour.
- 17th crane festival canceled Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 12:14AMThe most popular wildlife viewing event in East Tennessee may have grown too big for its own good.
- At the Legal Limit Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 5:03PMShould the drinking age be lowered to 18' Looking for answers at the University of Florida, dubbed the nations top party school.
- Plane crash near airport kills 3 people Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 6:11AMA Key West man was being flown to Gainesville for a kidney transplant at Shands at the University of Florida.
- Flight for kidney transplant ends in tragedy Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 10:10PMThe aircraft involved in the crash was a 1983 Parntenavia P.68 registered to Robert Valle of St. Croix.
- 'Let Us Vote' home-rule amendment to county charter appears headed to passage Tuesday, November 4, 2008 @ 10:35PMWith a small percentage of ballots counted, Palm Beach County voters appeared poised to pass a charter amendment giving cities and towns the power to opt out of future county charter amendments.
- At the Legal Limit Monday, November 3, 2008 @ 6:47PMShould the drinking age be lowered to 18' Looking for answers at the University of Florida, dubbed the nations top party school.
- Police reports - Northeast Suburban Life Friday, October 31, 2008 @ 6:14PMMark W. Lewis, 34, 11066 Centennial Ave., domestic violence (physical harm) at 11066 Centennial Ave., Oct. 22.
- Cedar Key chief exits highway for life in the slow lane Thursday, October 30, 2008 @ 6:10AMBefore taking over as Cedar Key police chief earlier this year, Virgil Sandlin spent decades as a Florida Highway Patrol trooper driving fast, powerful cruisers. His new ride is a remarkable change. Sandlin now tools around town in a golf cart.
- New Florida rule limits fishing of soft-shell turtles Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 9:27PMRule adopted to slow down catches while wildlife officials work on a plan for the state's native amphibians
- On I-95 in Florida, signs of divided state Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 1:03PMEDITOR'S NOTE - This story, part of an AP series taking the pulse of groups of voters, explores the varied denizens of Interstate 95 in battleground Florida.
- New rule places limits on those who fish for turtles in Florida, but some say softshell turtles in state not in danger Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 9:17AMWilliam Shockley and his teenage son are fishing for freshwater turtles the same way their family has done it for four generations in south-central Florida: deploying about a mile of nylon line on four sets of buoys holding 1,000 small hooks baited with bits of bacon in the clear, shallow waters of Lake Grassy.
- Outdoors report: Fair weather fine for fishing Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 4:10AMFishing activity on High Rock Lake has been moderate as fair weather provides great conditions for anglers. Crappie, white perch and largemouth bas ...
- FWC Division of Law Enforcement Field Operations Weekly Report Monday, October 27, 2008 @ 11:26AMOctober 17 - 23, 2008
- Turtle protection plan spurs debate in Florida Sunday, October 26, 2008 @ 4:28AMWilliam Shockley and his teenage son are fishing for freshwater turtles the same way their family has done it for four generations in south-central Florida: deploying about a mile of nylon line on four sets of buoys holding 1,000 small hooks baited with bits of bacon in the clear, shallow waters of Lake Grassy.
- Police reports from local municipalities Sunday, October 26, 2008 @ 3:59AMGOULDS PARK AREA A burglar grabbed a camera after breaking a window at a house in the 12000 block of Southwest 221st Street between 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 15. The camera was valued at $500. Damage was estimated at $200.
- Police reports from local municipalities Sunday, October 26, 2008 @ 3:19AMPINECREST A thief took off with a boat valued at $25,000 from the driveway of a house in the 6800 block of Southwest 129th Terrace at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 6.
- Park Memorializes Donnie Wayne Brake Friday, October 24, 2008 @ 3:33PMEverywhere, there were reminders. The #25 hot rod on the cake. The track for racing remote controlled cars. The family that held their loved one's memory close, four years after the terrible tragedy.
- Diane Tucker: Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape Thursday, October 23, 2008 @ 10:37AM"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reagan was illustrating just one of many...
- Commission recommends more openness in Florida Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @ 3:20AMFloridians would be able to see what information state agencies have gathered about them and ask for corrections under one of several recommendations finalized Tuesday by Florida's Commission on Open Government.
- Opportunity knocks for golfers Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @ 2:58AMWith very little local golf action to report on, I will throw something out that may be of interest to some of you.
- Fla. open government panel makes recommendations Tuesday, October 21, 2008 @ 6:02PM(AP:TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) Floridians would be able to see what information state agencies have gathered about them and ask for corrections under one of several recommendations finalized Tuesday by Florida's Commission on Open Government.
- DNR cuts anger local hunters Sunday, October 19, 2008 @ 1:11AMBRUNSWICK - Hunters and fishermen are up in arms over proposed Georgia Department of Natural Resources budget cuts to wildlife and fishery programs largely funded by fees paid by outdoor sportsmen.
- Calendar Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 2:41AMCape Fear Red*Trout Celebrity Classic, inshore waters, Wrightsville Beach: catch and release red drum, speckled trout; part of Redbone Red*Trout Series; grand champion qualifies for Rolex/IGFA Inshore Tournament of Champions, Florida Keys. Benefits C
