Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

Chuck and Lori returned from a week’s vacation at Fort Myers Beach, Florida recently. They had near perfect weather the entire week, and enjoyed the beach and the sunshine.

really happy” if the Department of Commerce gives Florida its much-desired extension. “The people are there, they see the fish. I mean, they’re there,” he said in 2024. “So why don’t ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in collaboration with Wildlife Forever, has announced the winners of this year’s Florida State Fish Art Contest. The contest, open to ...

The swordfish barely fit on deck. When Capt. Charlie Kinman ran his 38-foot Luhr’s fishing boat through Jupiter Inlet in Southeast Florida on March 25, the weather was a little iffy. He and ...

Brock Horner, Florida boat captain who was seen in a heated argument with young fishermen in a viral video, was drunk and failed to catch any fish that evening Brock Horner, the Florida boat ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Freshwater fishing weekend returns as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) boasts family-friendly fun. On April 5 and 6, the FWC is inviting ...

Video screengrab A man who conned a UPS driver out of $20,000 in gold bars was boarding a plane out of the country when law enforcement caught up with him, Florida investigators say. The theft ...

A state environmental agency on Friday confirmed the presence of an algal bloom along a Homosassa River canal where the catfish die off was first reported in early March. The Florida Department of ...