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Florida Fishing News - Florida lake bacteria hits grandmother (Florida Today) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --


Florida lake bacteria hits grandmother (Florida Today)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An 86-year-old grandmother from Clay County caught a rare bacterial infection found in a northern Florida lake. Ethel Morris goes fishing every year in Doctor's Lake in Middleburg. This year, her leg became discolored and it had to be amputated. Her doctor says she caught vibrio vulnificus, an organism that lives in brackish and salt waters. It most likely entered an open

After good fishing, tournament upgrades Oneida Lake event (Syracuse.com)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society was so impressed with fishing on Oneida Lake during a recent competition that they have decided to hold one of pro fishing's most prestigious and lucrative tournaments there next year.

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