Saddle Creek Park Fishing Meeting Sept. 9
The issue of allowing commercial fishing at Polk County’s Saddle Creek Park will be the topic of a public meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the park office, 3715 Morgan Combee Road. The meeting will be held...
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When many people think of fishing regulations, they think only of species that anglers typically pose next to in photos posted in the fishing reports. But Audubon Florida is pressing state wildlife...
View ArticleSaddle Creek Park Commercial Fishing Regs, Fees In Place, But No Takers
Polk County officials have opened applications for commercial fishing permits for Saddle Creek Park. The deadline is Feb. 28. The permits cost $3,0000. They’re good for a year. Ten permits will be...
View ArticleDeadline Extended For Saddle Creek Commercial Fishing Permits After No One...
Commercial fishermen asked for a chance to fish Saddle Creek Park legally, but so far none had stepped forward by Friday’s deadline. County parks officials have extended the deadline and plan to drop...
View ArticleOnly One Applies For Saddle Creek Commercial Fishing License
After probably a year of meetings, focus groups and an extended application period, only one person has actually signed up for a permit to do commercial fishing at Saddle Creek Park. According to...
View ArticleExpect Fishing Enforcement At Saddle Creek
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission law enforcement officers have been called in to deal with problems with commercial fishing at the U.S. 92 bridge at Saddle Creek Park. Polk County, in...
View ArticleKissimmee Chain Hydrilla Plan Topic Of Thursday Meeting
Hydrilla treatment in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes will be the topic of a public meeting Thursday at 6 p.m, in the Osceola County Commission chambers in downtown Kissimmee. The meeting will be...
View ArticleTapping Kissimmee River Gets Pushback
There may be water to spare sometimes in the Kissimmee River to pipe to slake the growth machine’s thirst, but during a meeting today in Kissimmee over water reservations, the environmental community...
View ArticlePolk Again Offering Commercial Fishing Permits At Saddle Creek Park
Polk officials are again offering commercial fishing permits at Saddle Creek Park. The permits were first offered last year, but reportedly had few takers. The permits, which cost $3,000 and require a...
View ArticleLake Howard Park Spraying Was Necessary, City Says
There’s been a little buzz, at least from a couple of residents, about aquatic plant spraying that occurred last week at Lake Howard Nature Park in Winter Haven. The spraying was primarily intended to...
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