Hunting over bait, catching oversized redfish among FWC incidents

MILTON — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission filed these cases between Oct. 20 and 26 in Santa Rosa County:

Officer Jernigan was patrolling in Blackwater Wildlife Management Area when he located a baited area. He returned to the area on the opening day of archery season and found a hunter hunting over the bait. He issued the man a notice to appear for hunting over bait in a WMA.
Officer Hutchinson was patrolling in Blackwater WMA when he observed a man parked near an area where a small food plot had been illegally planted. He located the hunter overlooking the small plot. The hunter admitted to planting the food plot and baiting that site as well as another site in Blackwater WMA. Officer Hutchinson issued the man a notice to appear for hunting over bait in a WMA.
Officer Hutchinson received information that a subject had caught an oversized redfish and kept it. He located the carcass and interviewed the suspect who admitted taking the 33-inch redfish. Officer Hutchinson issued the man a notice to appear for harvesting an oversized redfish.