Anyone impacted by this: Red Snapper Season Reduced
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I think the final vote is tomorrow. I assume it'll be set then. I also assume it probably wouldn't go into place for another year or two, but just my speculation.
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Plus, they get pissed if you decided to go fishing in a different place that is willing to let you fish for snapper there.
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It's stupid because charters will go out for "Vermillion" and throw back the reds after catching, thus killing them.
It's stupid because charters will go out for "Vermillion" and throw back the reds after catching, thus killing them.
Hell yeah it affects me and I'm 17in pissed. You wouldn't believe the amount of snapper out there if you haven't been. There's going to be so may boats out of the rigs and wrecks those 11 days that it won't even be worth going. I've dive out at the rigs a couple times when it's not snapped season and there's so many of them that you have nearly push through them. These selfish commercial bitches really piss me the hell off. There's more snapper in the gulf then there's ever been, if anything there should be a longer season. If we didn't blow up so many rigs after they've been used there would be even more. I've read where divers have went down after a rig has been destroyed and said you could stand waist deep in dead snapper as far as you could see. Other than AJ's that is really the only fish that you can find an abundance at the rigs that's worth keeping. and now with this ****** season it's not even worth it. Rant over for now.
If you use a deflater and get them back in the water safely, not just dropping them in, they have a very good chance of living. But you're right, I doubt any charter uses this practice, and by law you have to carry and use a deflater, and will kill 90% of the snapper they release.
your rant needs to continue .... the guy is right about nothing changing until congress makes it change ... then who knows what that would be .... I mostly fish the gulf, but I believe the Atlantic side doesn't even have a season right now and haven't had one for a few years ..... whoever those fools are that are making this call should go fishing with me for a few days .... the government gets very few things right
They had a ruling a couple of weeks ago that basically took the commercial guys side vs the Rec fisherman. There has been a lot of talk about donating to the recreational fisherman lobby on the pensacola fishing forum, because right now the commercial guys outspend us. Also for those that don't know commercial doesn't mean, charter boats, although they can operate as a commercial vessel.
The ones who make those calls are the ones whose pockets are getting fatter from commercial fisherman. If they were so concerned with the species then they should make it a game fish so commercial people can't over fish them, not the other way around. It's also going to have a pretty big impact on other species of fish that hang around our wrecks, rigs and reefs. Snapper numbers are soooo healthy right now, maybe more so than ever, and anyone who fishes the area could tell you so. It's so healthy that they dominate the food chain in those areas. Snapper are someone of the more aggressive feeders and you will start seeing a dwindling number of sport fish that people go for in the areas. Stupid dirty 17in commercial bitches. I hope they all get snakes in their trash cans.
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It's all about the lobby dollars. I've been on several trips that last couple years where we would have to leave some reefs because snapper were hitting our rigs before they even got to the bottom and there was no chance in hell of catching anything but a red snapper. The problem isn't over fishing, it's the bought and paid for bureaucrats that wouldn't even know how to tie on a hook making the decisions. There is about to be a movement in congress to return regulation to the states and for the sake of anyone who fishes I hope it is successful
If they extended our state waters further like other coastal states we would be in good shape. However when our state waters extend just around the barrier islands where the waters are 20ft in its deepest spots it doesn't affect the the fish species that we are having problems with.
They shouldn't be bitching... It'll save them (and me money). It's 17'n ridiculous the amount of money is costs to catch a limit of two (2) damn fish...
That's why you fill the boat up with kids and women. We'll go with 5-6 people and only me and one other are the only ones who fish. This wouldn't work though if you were doing a charter.
A guy in LA just lost an appeal where he was ticketed by the Feds while in state claimed waters for red snapper. http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=6426
This whole situation pisses me off to no end. Complete gov't bs. The guys I really feel for are all the offshore charter guys.
This whole situation pisses me off to no end. Complete gov't bs. The guys I really feel for are all the offshore charter guys.