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Ruby Red Lip
 
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Death From Above (8/21/2008)
Reducing recreational flounder bag limits and size minimums is useless as long was we have commercial shrimp boats sweeping up and killing billions of juvenile flounders as by-catch.Amen! And as bad as I hate to disagree with anyone, I cannot agree with lowering the creel limit or size limit on flounder. I think we are currently maintaining a healthy flounder population and if the weather would cooperate I'd start putting a little bigger dent in it!
"When the sun drops, the BS stops."
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| I think we need to take a vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ha!! Ha!!! Ha!!! 
Does anyone pay attention to where they POST anymore!!!! I Beleive This Is INSHORE REPORTS - NOT General Chit Chat What Is this FORUM Coming TOOOOOOO I almost hate posting because all of the bull shitttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ONLY MY OPINION AND THIS IS AMERICA!!!!!! SO WEAR THE HATTTTT!!!!
Ken... Tammy... Sean SEE YA AT THE FISHING HOLE!!!!!!!!! 
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When I said a flounder limit is a hell of alot harder to come by I did not mean they are being wiped out. If gigging for them you have weather, wind, water clarity and the fact that the fish can hide pretty damn good against you as well. Show me some numbers that say the flounder stock is decreasing, This is why I referred to the red snapper.
Joel Murphy Pace, FL.
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| Well here's my two cents worth (and we all know what pennies are worth these days): 1. The most important thing is to maintain a viable fishery. I'd hate to see it degrade. I'd also hate to see a knee jerk reaction that is unnecessary! 2.With all due respect (truly!), it's not a decision to be made based on what someone has spent to get into the sport, or how big one's family is. 3. If they banned shrimp boats tomorrow, I'd not lose any sleep over it (understatement). 4. None of us (that I know of!) are PHD marine biologists who have studied the issue. I'd love to hear the WFU experts take on the issue, but I bet they'd have to do a lot of research. Us deciding what is right for the fishery is sort of like us deciding if the Navarre Pass is environmentally sound or not. 5. They freeze and thaw out great (I use milk instead of water). 6. I also believe the pressure is increasing on the fishery, and is only going to get worse. Notice the increase in posts lately about people just getting into the sport? 7. I also voluntarily (usually) pass on the smaller fish. 8. I hope (either way) we are still sticking (or catching) and eating flounder many years from now! 
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Ruby Red Lip
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| It's just plain stupidity to think that there are just as many flounder out there now as in years past. When we would go giggin' out on Lighthouse Beach and Ft. Pickens when I was a kid (70's), you might see 4 or 5 other people out doing the same thing. Today, it would be a miracle to see less than 15-20 boats out giggin' during the fall run. I personally won't gig anything less than 16-18" - it's a personal choice and one that I feel may make some tiny difference. If we could all collectively have some sort of personal conservation creed, a difference could be made. But by reading some of the replies to this post, I can see that many aren't willing to make any sacrifices and act as though they'll starve unless they bring home any fish. Do any of you natives remember the acre sized schools of mullet that you could see coming down the beach a half mile away? That's something I can only describe to my kids nowadays. We can all sit here bitchin' and complaining about the limit on this and that, but there is a damn good reason for them. If we truly care for our resources and our sport, then we should be prepared to deal with some sacrifices. Flame away Gig
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Ruby Red Lip
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to put my two cents in, i've been fishing inshore pensacola bay for over 25 years, nd this year i've caught more flounder than ever. maybe its just luck of the draw, but i dont ever target flounder and its what i've caught the most of this year. sometimes keeping less doesnt mean there will always be more fish, it is a management process, ask anyone who has managed a big bass lake.
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johnboatjosh (8/21/2008)
Death From Above (8/21/2008)
Reducing recreational flounder bag limits and size minimums is useless as long was we have commercial shrimp boats sweeping up and killing billions of juvenile flounders as by-catch.Amen! And as bad as I hate to disagree with anyone, I cannot agree with lowering the creel limit or size limit on flounder. I think we are currently maintaining a healthy flounder population and if the weather would cooperate I'd start putting a little bigger dent in it! I second the motion about the shrimp boats as well. The amount of fish taken recreationally is only a drop in the bucket compared to the amount that are taken as by catch. For those of you that say that you are seeing reduced amounts of fish,have you ever considered that you may fishing in the wrong spot(s). I have gotten more flounder collectively over the past 3 years than I have in the past 10 combined and I have been floundering since I was old enough to hold a gig so I am not new to this sport. With all do respect to the hook and line fisherman it is not as easy as putting a light in the water and gigging a fish. There are more variables involved in gigging than with a hook & line such as water clarity, wind, tide proper type of bottom and many more. As some of my fellow giggers will probably agree I challenge anyone to go out and just simply stick a light in the water and gig a fish. Try it, maybe you'll gain a little more respect for our sport as well as the limits that we have to abide by now!!! As for changing the limits I am completely against it, the goverment pushes us around enough already!!! 
"SHARP GIGS AND TIGHT RIGS"
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