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Post by Crkr 23 on May 9, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -5
It appears that the ARS season begins June 1st thru July 31 with some weekend days for a fall season. It also appears that the recreational and charter seasons begin at the same time as it should IMO.
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Post by drgibby on May 16, 2024 7:40:19 GMT -5
Still won't put a dent in them.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 4, 2024 19:16:09 GMT -5
Our shallow water (70ft) ARS holes out of CK have about dried up, for us anyhow. Didn't catch many but they were good ones. Might have come close to a limit of it wasn't for sharks. The largest one was 35 inches Attachments:
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Post by Mango Man on Jun 20, 2024 20:20:09 GMT -5
Nice looking Feesh!! A couple of weeks ago we ran ~60 miles west and got some real pigs.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 21, 2024 9:56:06 GMT -5
A buddy dove a tournament in the northern Gulf. They won it with 3 fish that totaled 90 lbs, the largest being 35.5. Attachments:
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Post by drgibby on Jun 25, 2024 10:10:02 GMT -5
Ran to 130 feet yesterday west of Clearwater. Plenty of decent ARS. Ended up with 12 nice mangos and a few Red grouper and 6 ARS. Had a hard time staying away from the endangered gags.
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 26, 2024 18:45:59 GMT -5
View AttachmentRan to 130 feet yesterday west of Clearwater. Plenty of decent ARS. Ended up with 12 nice mangos and a few Red grouper and 6 ARS. Had a hard time staying away from the endangered gags. you do realize that it's the lack of males in the population? y'all are killing the females inshore before they get old enough to migrate offshore and morph into males, it's not a lack of fish per se, it's a lack of the right fish.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 26, 2024 19:09:03 GMT -5
A#1, are you referring to the gags or the ARS?
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Post by drgibby on Jun 27, 2024 6:24:56 GMT -5
View AttachmentRan to 130 feet yesterday west of Clearwater. Plenty of decent ARS. Ended up with 12 nice mangos and a few Red grouper and 6 ARS. Had a hard time staying away from the endangered gags. you do realize that it's the lack of males in the population? y'all are killing the females inshore before they get old enough to migrate offshore and morph into males, it's not a lack of fish per se, it's a lack of the right fish. YES. That is what they say. "They" also said we caught over 100k lbs of gags from shore last year. Sound science? Me thinks not! If that is truly the reason, then a slot limit would fix the problem. Zero retained gags over 34 inches. Problem solved. No more males killed. Yeah, I know, yada, yada, yada about release mortality................... Just because you are not seeing gags in your crab traps does not mean they are not there! Come with me one day, I will show you what is out there because I ACTUALLY fish on a regular basis. I do not rely on what others are telling me!
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 27, 2024 9:32:55 GMT -5
A#1, are you referring to the gags or the ARS? gags
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 27, 2024 9:33:53 GMT -5
A#1, are you referring to the gags or the ARS? gags
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 27, 2024 9:37:29 GMT -5
you do realize that it's the lack of males in the population? y'all are killing the females inshore before they get old enough to migrate offshore and morph into males, it's not a lack of fish per se, it's a lack of the right fish. YES. That is what they say. "They" also said we caught over 100k lbs of gags from shore last year. Sound science? Me thinks not! If that is truly the reason, then a slot limit would fix the problem. Zero retained gags over 34 inches. Problem solved. No more males killed. Yeah, I know, yada, yada, yada about release mortality................... Just because you are not seeing gags in your crab traps does not mean they are not there! Come with me one day, I will show you what is out there because I ACTUALLY fish on a regular basis. I do not rely on what others are telling me! I've caught more grouper in one summer than you'll catch in your lifetime.. slot may work in <50' but not deeper..
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Post by drgibby on Jun 27, 2024 12:26:10 GMT -5
^^^ Well now that certainly seems like a fair and equitable distribution of a public resource to me^^^^ One man taking more fish in a couple of trips than another man taking in his entire lifetime. How could anyone possibly argue with that equation? ??
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 29, 2024 19:31:37 GMT -5
Cedar Key 6/29 Attachments:
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 30, 2024 8:07:39 GMT -5
^^^ Well now that certainly seems like a fair and equitable distribution of a public resource to me^^^^ One man taking more fish in a couple of trips than another man taking in his entire lifetime. How could anyone possibly argue with that equation? ?? I'm just glad you're not my vet.
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