SBAF Outdoors

08/23/2025

Join the School Fishing Program to support your students on their fishing journey!

This program was developed to encourage students be effective, conservation minded anglers by teaching them about ethical angling, Florida's aquatic habitats, basic fishing gear, and general fishing concepts to help create confident and responsible anglers.

Don’t know how to start your school fishing club? Complete the participation request to receive the instructor’s manual, packed full of resources, activities, and curriculum, everything you need to teach your students! The first 50 schools to complete the form will receive a set of printed educational material including fresh and saltwater fishing regulations and other fishing publications. The request form will open Wednesday, August 27 at 8:00 AM EST.

Participating schools can also join the Fishing & Conservation Challenge for a chance to win awesome prizes! The FWC Fishing & Conservation Challenge is a friendly competition among Florida’s student anglers participating in their school’s fishing club or team, in a pre-determined list of fishing and aquatic conservation centered activities.

If you want to participate in the program but do not need the educational material, please still complete the request form to let us know you will have an active fishing club/team this year.

More information about the program, the Fishing & Conservation Challenge, and the request form can be found on the website: bit.ly/SchoolFishingClub_FWC

We are excited for this year and to see all of the fish you catch and conservation activities you complete!

08/23/2025

One of the best CCW courses in Polk County, FL.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is conducting a Fi****ms Safety Course/Concealed Weapons Class on Saturday, August 23rd, from 8:00 am - Noon. If registration for the class fills up, a second afternoon class will be added for 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW for AUGUST 23RD - CALL 863-298-6242.

Cost of the class is $70; with a portion of the proceeds to go to Polk Sheriff's Charities, Inc., and the cost is non-refundable. An additional $12.50 will be charged to those who don't bring their own ammunition.

This class fulfills the requirements by the FL Department of Agriculture need to obtain a concealed weapons permit. Even though permitless-carry in Florida went into effect in 2023, there are still benefits to having a permit (reciprocity in states which don't allow for concealed carry without a permit, and permit holders are exempt from the 3-day waiting period when purchasing new fi****ms).

Any questions about the CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, please call Sergeant Bennett or Sergeant Caratsole at the PCSO Training Section at 863-534-7200, during normal office hours.

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YOU MUST CALL 863-298-6242, during normal business hours (Mon-Fri, 8-5) to reserve your seat. When you call, you will be given further instruction about where to go for the training.
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*we will have handguns available for the hands-on portion of the course, but we prefer you bring your own if possible.

08/23/2025

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