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Major League Fishing (MLF) announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization. The Letter of Intent (LOI) sets in motion the most significant brand merger in competitive bass fishing history, linking a tour and original, award-winning programming featuring the top professional anglers in the world…
A partnership between the state Department of Driver Services (DDS) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is making it easier for boaters to show they have the required boater education. A boating indicator—a small anchor—may be added to the front of a driver’s license or ID card to eliminate the need to have a…
Georgians have been dealing with the impacts of non-native, invasive coyotes for decades. Then last week we learned about giant lizards from Argentina roaming the woods of Toombs County. Now, Georgia has a confirmed report of a snakehead, a tooth-filled fish that can live out of water for days, grow to 3 feet long and…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Python Action Team has now removed 900 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida, including a large 18-foot, 4-inch long female python—the largest ever captured by the team. FWC PAT members Cynthia Downer and Jonathan Lopez captured the large adult female python weighing 98 pounds, 10 ounces,…
If you fish on the Georgia or South Carolina coast, chances are you’re no stranger to the bonnethead shark. These small, unusual members of the hammerhead family are one of the most common shark species caught both on rod and reel and in trawl nets—but despite their familiarity to anglers, little is known about how…
Thursday, Sept. 26 started out like another typical day of bow season for Dave Johnson, of Waycross. Dave, 47, hunts as often as he can at Dixon Memorial WMA in Ware County. Little did he know that this hunt was going to be anything but typical. After sitting in the stand for a little while,…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering opening the Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge to hunting. The public is being invited to provide input that should be considered in the development of the hunt plan. Initial considerations of this proposal could include alligator hunting two weekends during the Georgia alligator hunting season, for a…
Approximately 26 short-finned pilot whales stranded on or near St. Catherines Island Wednesday, Sept. 25, leaving 15 dead in Georgia’s second mass stranding of these large marine mammals this year. Staff from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have also helped. Why the whales beached themselves isn’t known.…
If you’re out poking around the woods in Toombs or Tattnall counties this fall and happen to see a lizard that matches the description of an Argentine black and white tegu, get a picture if possible, and if you’re sure it’s a tegu, feel free to shoot it. State, federal and university ecologists would prefer…
Fishermen can honor our veterans and those on active duty while enjoying a day fishing on Lake Chatuge for big money and prizes. The Lake Chatuge ‘Reelin’ It In For Vets’ fishing tournament will be held Nov. 2. The team event entry fee is $200 per team, which includes tournament entry, Big Fish pot and…