Salty Daze

We wont be out there! This is a good yard weekend, organize boat and fishing gear, fire up the smoker, and whatever else keeps me away from certain capsizing out there!

MillerTime

Does anyone else feel like their weekend is wasted a bit when they can get.out on the water?

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20simmons sea skiff

I went out this morning big swells 7 seconds apart, could see big waves out a few miles, big rollers, caught 1 king, too many weeds to troll, as much weeds as water on top. as it was getting rougher we came in and forgot the snapper, in 20 days got out once.

billin

We all need to go on a skeet shoot that's actually fun I the wind

PaulandBethB

I'LL chip in.... I was just at Walmart and seen they had shells and skeet onsale. Good practice for the duck hunting that starts Sept. 1

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DAWGONIT

+1 on tackle stuff, rigging etc., and an oil change on my new motors.

Outside9

D@mn a snapper!

GASeminole

10-12 on Sun!

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Fairwaterfishing

Ok wish I could take my on advice but with this derby season im taking 13 out tomorrow on a 8 hour. should be no big deal been fishing everyday this week and it hasn't been under 3 foot yet. Just going to start out banging my way to the east at a very speedy 7 knots and fish my way down to about 20 miles then turn that ole bitch around and ride it back. My old boat has seen way worse and is a well built machine, built in pensacola at commercial marine. I will take it easy and just make what I can.

markw4321

This thres by our resident Sector Separation supporter and charter captain "Fairwater Fishing (Tom) here on the PFF regarding the weather this weekend may seem like a "friendly" warning not to go fishing in the Gulf this weekend and when you to do go to be careful.

Could it be that perhaps he has another intent? You decide.

Note his use of the word DERBY in his post here
[ QUOTE=Fairwaterfishing;936153]Ok wish I could take my on advice but with this derby season im taking 13 out tomorrow on a 8 hour. should be no big deal been fishing everyday this week and it hasn't been under 3 foot yet. [/QUOTE]


and then read below article promoting "catch share" implementation based on safety.
Which will mean a fish tag lottery for you and I for snapper following the point that Toma and other charter captain's like him take their cut of the recreational reef fish poundage.

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Now my advice is don't go fishing until the weather calms down, but once it does start demanding that fishery regulators do their damn job and add back fishing days to the gulf snapper season for this long stint of bad weather.

Our country sent and returned a man to the moon in the late 1960"s, you would think our federal fishery regulators would have a computer model available to them that could add back days to the snapper fishing season based on bad weather days in 2012 if they wanted to.....




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Dangerous fishing derby a backdrop for latest South Atlantic Council meeting

By Eileen Dougherty | Bio | Published: December 15, 2010
Progress made toward catch shares, which will end derbies and provide year-round fishing
The latest South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) meeting resulted in several positive outcomes for fisheries and fishermen, notably the unanimous votes to add details to the snapper grouper and golden crab catch share programs and seek public input on them in early 2011.
Dangerous derby a reminder of need for catch shares
At the same time the Council met, a dangerous year-end black sea bass fishing derby kept many fishermen away from the meeting and served as a reminder of why improving management is urgently needed.
The black sea bass fishery was opened for a short end-of-year season Dec. 1-15. With vermillion snapper off limits, fishermen rushed to catch black sea bass, even in bad weather, to catch as many black sea bass as possible before the season closes. As these fish glut the market, prices stand to drop significantly.
Dangerous fishing derbies like this one are becoming more prevalent as fishing seasons are drastically shortened throughout the region.
Fishermen and communities are struggling as fishermen and fish dealers go out of business. Catch shares are a proven solution to rebuild prosperous fisheries and communities. Catch shares also eliminate destructive derby conditions.
The SAFMC should move aggressively to gather fishermen input on catch share design and feedback on the pending catch share amendments.
Catch shares improve the safety of fishing