Mikel W. Hulon

The Lake Kissimmee roving creel survey, ongoing since 1974, was an excellent mechanism for determining annual harvest, effort, and success of tournament and non-tournament anglers fishing for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). On an annual basis, tournament anglers accounted for 34% to 37% of the total annual catch, which included released fish. Tournament bass fishermen exerted an estimated annual effort of 83,327, 66,639 and 74,077 man-hours in 1989, 1990, and 1991, respectively. Total success estimates for bass were significantly higher for tournament anglers than for non-...

Blue Tilapia (Tilapia aurea) were introduced to Florida in 1961. Subsequently they have become established throughout the central part of the state. Tilapia were first collected from Lake Tohopekaliga in 1976. Since that time a considerable expansion in both numbers and biomass has been documented. The juvenile tilapia population has increased by a rate of approximately 500% per year from 1979 to 1981. Blocknet samples taken in the fall of 1981 indicated that young of the year and adults of this species conservatively comprised 0.5% by number and 16% by weight of littoral zone fish...