Speckled trout fishing has been great!

Bay: Abundance of speckled trout being caught with light colored Zoom tiny flukes and light colored super flukes.  Some sheepshead being caught. Icy cold conditions in the bayous making it easy to snag mullet as they gather up.

Fresh: Mostly crappie along with some large stripers and some hybrids being caught near the mouth of the Choctawhatchee River.

Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by!

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Hunting: Early signs of deer rut, but nothing much. General gun season open through Feb. 20. Don’t forget you need a $5 deer license!

Zone D – Northwest Florida – Public lands
Deer:
Muzzleloading Gun Season: Dec. 4–10 and Feb. 21–27 – Antlered deer only by muzzleloader, crossbow or bow
General Gun Season: Dec. 11 – Feb. 20
Antlered deer entire season; antlerless deer may be taken Dec. 26 – Jan. 1 by all legal center fire rifles and pistols, shot guns, muzzleloaders, crossbows and bows

Fall Turkey (gobblers and bearded only):
Zone D (except Holmes County)
General Gun Season: Dec. 11 – Jan. 16 by all legal rifles, shot guns, muzzleloaders, crossbows, bows and pistols

Quail and gray squirrel:
General Gun: Nov. 13 – March 6 by all legal rifles, shot guns, muzzleloaders, crossbows, bows and pistols Click here for more information

Wildlife Management Areas: Each Wildlife Management Area has different season dates. Please refer to links below:
Choctawhatchee River WMA: Click here
Point Washington WMA: Click here
Lafayette Creek WMA: Click here
Pine Log WMA: Click here

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Copeland’s Gun Shop
17290 U.S. Hwy. 331 S
Freeport, Florida 32439
(850) 835-4277