Snook Season.....

pl99 · #1 01-17-2010, 09:25 PM

I heard thru the Saltvine.. Snook season might possibly closed statewide due to fish kill.....

Has anyone else heard this from your respectful neighbor Fwc officers...

Glad I stocked up...

copout · #2 01-17-2010, 09:29 PM

Snukes, bones & poons all closed till sept. Not sure why close the last two if theres no harvest to begin with. Just our fine gov @ work!

pl99 · #3 01-17-2010, 10:41 PM

Hey ryan Where ya been I sent you a pm about a sword trip also invited rainmaker... I guess im not good enough to fish with.. LOL Yeah I heard from from a friend of mine.. He was hiding in the bushes waiting for people to come in so he could check the guys coming in....
I thought he was pullling my leg.. Well I never really paid much attention to those seasons........

Hey

Fr. Frank · #4 01-18-2010, 11:34 AM

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Snukes, bones & poons all closed till sept. Not sure why close the last two if theres no harvest to begin with. Just our fine gov @ work!

Yeah, I was told the same.

McGillicuddy · #5 01-18-2010, 12:36 PM

At least other species seasons remain open...Way out here where government credit gets less than junk bond status from Wall St., they don't muck around. They just close entire fishing areas. Never mind re-considering bag or size, or seasonal limits - they just shut it down...never mind the economic impact...Arnold "the governator" and his wife's super eco cronies hav become a sportsman's nightmare as he begs Pres. Obama for Fed dollars... sorry to change the

#6 01-18-2010, 07:22 PM

Actually red snapper is closed for 6 months and all "shallow water" grouper are closed until the end of April. So we can fiddle with junkie bottom fish or stay inshore and look for scarce redfish and frozen seatrout. What I thought the Magneson Stevens Act would do for us has backfired.

copout · #7 01-18-2010, 08:23 PM

Shallow water grouper will soon be joined with anything from the bottom caught in 240' on out out! Start purchasing lotsa books about fish cause looking @ photos is about all were gonna be able to do! Which reminds me, I need to get a grille for my boat!

Chris, been crazy around here. Let me know when you want to put a trip together. Haven't fished since Oct & it's killing me (&my wife).

#8 01-18-2010, 08:45 PM

What I have seen said no bottom fishing for anything from 90 feet out to 240 feet. They reason that you "might" catch a grouper or snapper and release mortality is high from 90 feet and deeper. Releasing shallower than that has a greater survival rate. At any rate - to save the grouper and snapper they are just going to shut all of it down from North Carolina to the Florida Keys. Good old SAFMC - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Ready shoot, aim...

copout · #9 01-18-2010, 09:33 PM

From what I've read 17b they are trying to attach a closure from 240' on out to "save" the warsaw, snowies, tiles, yellow eye's, queens, vermee's (already closed) till March & all other bottom dwellers. The part about 240' on out means that even if caught in bahamian waters they are still illegal to posess.

Ryank · #10 01-19-2010, 12:33 AM

The new rule for Spanish/ Key west grunts goes into effect Feb 1st
Slot limit is minimum length 12.25" Maximum length 12.910"
4 fish per boat limit.
No fishing for grunt using dead or live bait, artificial baits only.
All female Grunts must be immediately released after properly being dehooked with a state approved dehooking device.
No fishing for Grunts on a full moon or incoming tide. Grunts caught using a left handed reel will be exempt from above rules as they are considered "Left handed Grunts"

Its just a matter of time.

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