Trout anglers, guides get reprieve

Posted on May 3, 2019

After listening to pleas from charter captains and tourism representatives during its meeting Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) delayed a decision on a series of proposed changes to spotted seatrout regulations that many speakers said would dramatically hurt the Big Bend coastal economy.

It was the second consecutive FWC meeting in which a strong showing from the Taylor County area seemed to sway the commissioners, after a large contingent of residents from Steinhatchee successfully campaigned to maintain an earlier start to the annual scallop season.

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