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Speckled trout season changes effective Feb. 1

Removal of all recreational spotted seatrout closures comes into effect for Northwest Florida Anglers, prepare your rods and reels; the recreational harvest season for spotted seatrout in southern Florida will reopen on Jan. 1. The opening rings in 2012, a recreational closure-free year that will include several spotted seatrout management changes effective Feb. 1. Recreational spotted seatrout management changes include: •  The removal of all recreational spotted seatrout closures, including the annual Feb. 1 closure that would have affected anglers...

Walton County fishing report for Dec. 21

Bass and trout out there Choctawhatchee Bay: Good trout fishing in the bay along with bass at the mouth of the river. Folks catching with soft plastic jerk bait. Creeks/river: Crappie fishing has picked back up again on the river. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for fishing forecast Bay and river report brought to you by Copeland’s. “Where the locals shop and the tourists are welcome.” Click...

Walton County fishing report for Dec. 14

Fishing is good for those that are getting out there! Choctawhatchee Bay: Good trout fishing in the bay and up the creek along with some stripers. Catching  5/1 on the small side. Folks reeling them in with #52 Mirrolures and grubs with 1/4″ heads. Creeks/river: Crappie fishing has picked back up again on the river. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for fishing forecast Bay and river report...

Walton County fishing report for Dec. 7

Fishing is good for those that are getting out there! Choctawhatchee Bay: Tons of bait fish in the bay. Sheepshead are back and being caught with just the right size shrimp we have in the shop!  Stripers are chasing mullet up the creek and competing with the trout. Lots of small redfish being caught. Oysters are good, yes, even from the Choctawhatchee Bay. Creeks/river: Crappie fishing has slowed a bit, and the river has come back down low again. Danny...

Walton County fishing report for Nov. 30

It’s all about speckled trout! Choctawhatchee Bay: Lots of trout being caught. One report of 75 specks reeled in, 15 of them keepers. Folks using #52 sinking Mirrolures along with tiny white flutes. Curly tail grubs are super hot. Some sheepshead being caught along the pilings. Creeks: Small mullet. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for fishing forecast Bay and river report brought to you by Copeland’s. “Where...

FWC changes red drum, spotted seatrout and shark regulations

Redfish, speckled trout bag limits raised By Stan Kirkland, FWC Meeting in Key Largo this week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes affecting red drum, spotted seatrout and several species of sharks. For red drum, which anglers sometimes refer to as redfish, there are now three management areas in the state – the Northwest, Northeast and South. Other changes included increasing the daily bag limit from one to two fish in the Northwest and Northeast areas,...

Walton County fishing report for Nov. 16

Fishing is great! Choctawhatchee Bay: Good bit of trout and a some redfish being caught along with some sheepshead. Folks have been catching them best fishing deep. Small shrimp and Canaday tiny flutes and Zoom tiny flutes. Folks have been reeling in bass as well. Huge mullet, so big you can’t even fry ’em, you can smoke them though. Big roe too! River: Crappie fishing has picked up. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is...