crazy_cajun02

i don't need gps numbers i just want some areas to scout when i'm prefishing. or rather a direction to head to pre-fish. I will be targeting only red fish and preferably 25-27 inches. i only have one day to prefish so i gotta make it count.

sorry png my computer is usually set to caps for the computer program i run at work. so if you see caps i'm not yelling, just lazy...... I completely agree with you 643, i do think it's a joke that was the basis of the post. I definantly agree with the size limit adjustment to 13" though, I wish was in effect for the recreational side.

the limit is still 4 if your in STATE WATERS "less than 9 nautical miles" from the coast line, you mean.... I rarely fish less than 30 miles out unless i'm hunting down a big kingfish for the star tournament. I hope NMFS doesn't roll over either, but i won't hold my breath, they have to prove thereself before i trust anything they say. Making them a game fish would be good but it would only hold up in state waters, anything caught outside the state line would still be legal for them. I still think the best thing that can happen is to build the TGBR. (Texas Great Barrier Reef)

Any one have any reports? I haven't been fishing in a week and don't think i can make until friday night......I need to here some FISH STORY'S DANGIT!!!!!!

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I HAVE A TOURNEMENT COMING UP IN CORPUS (REDFISH) ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA?

DROPPING TO A 2 FISH A DAY LIMIT HAS INSPIRED ME TO FISH MORE WITH ARTIFICIALS THAN THE ACCUSTOMED SNAPPER SLAPPER TIPPED WITH SARDINE. I HAVE STARTED USING MY CALCUTTA 250 ON A ALLSTAR GAME FISH ROD LOADED WITH 17LB LINE, THEN A 30LB LEADER TO A KNIFE JIG. BOTH TIMES I'VE BEEN OUT SINCE SNAPPER OPEND THAT JIG DOESN'T MAKE IT MORE THAN 10 SECONDS BEFORE BEING HAMMERED. (CAPTAIN USES A CALCUTTA 400 WITH 30LB LINE, MAY BE A LITTLE SMARTER BUT I LIKE THE CHALLENGE) TACTICS: WE FIND THE FISH DEPTH ON THE SONAR THEN DROP TO THAT DEPTH AND BOUNCE THE JIG 2 OR 3 TIMES THEN HOLD ON. I'M WAITING FOR THE ILLUSTRIOUS LING TO FIND IT SO WE CAN SEE HOW ME AND CAPTAIN WORK TOGETHER IN A HEAVY FISH LIGHT TACKLE SITUATION.

YOU WOULD THINK IF THEY WOULD MAKE THE REGS TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE FIRST 4 FISH YOU CATCH REGARDLESS OF SIZE THE BY CATCH WOULD DROP TREMENDOUSLY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SNAPPER (RED SNAPPER) THAT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH TO CLEAN AND GET ENOUGH MEAT OFF OF TO EAT. I KNOW YOU CAN'T REGULATE THAT BUT A LOT MORE PEOLE WOULD BE INCLINED TO FOLLOW THAT RULE AND YOU BE PULLING UP 20 FISH THAT UNLESS PUNCTURED CORRECTLY ARE GONNA DIE ANYWAY. OF COURSE THIS APPLIES TO THE RECREATIONAL FISHERMAN. THEY DROPPED THE COMMERCIAL LIMIT TO 13" AND I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE. THE PROBLEM I THINK IS TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLING THE UNDER SIZED ONES AND KEEPING THE BREEDERS SO POPULATION CAN'T RECOOP. FAT CHANCE , BUT I REALLY HOPE THE TEXAS GREAT BARRIER REEF GETS BUILT.

THAT'S SWEET

Gulf Council mandates 74% bycatch reduction for shrimp fleet CCA Lawsuit Forces Reform, Sets Snapper on Road to Recovery NEW ORLEANS - The most significant bycatch reduction measures ever imposed on the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fleet were announced today, paving the way for a steady recovery of Gulf red snapper stocks. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted to put limitations on the shrimp industry despite its persistent position denying any responsibility for the current status of the red snapper fishery. In response to a lawsuit filed by CCA against the National Marine Fisheries Service last year, a federal judge ruled in March that NMFS violated the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by its continuing failure to take timely and appropriate steps to rebuild red snapper stocks in the Gulf of Mexico or to regulate the harm to red snapper caused by shrimp fishing. The judge's ruling overturned a 2005 rebuilding plan for red snapper because it failed to address and regulate the shrimp fishing industry. "We are very disappointed in the 'just say no' attitude of the shrimp industry," said Bob Hayes, general counsel for Coastal Conservation Association (CCA). "It's a shame we had to get a federal judge to force conservation measures on an industry that thinks it's immune from regulations." CCA President David Cummins noted, "There are measures in this management plan that will force significant reductions in the amount of shrimp trawl bycatch so that the sacrifices made by recreational anglers to recover Gulf red snapper will no longer be in vain. The action taken today by the Gulf Council will impact recreational anglers in the short term, but for the first time there is light at the end of the tunnel." Among other regulations approved for the red snapper fishery, the shrimp industry must reduce trawl bycatch mortality by 74 percent. The management plan also stipulates a two-fish bag limit and a 16-inch minimum size for recreational anglers during a 107-day season between June 1 and September 15. Additionally, the use of circle hooks and venting devices requested by CCA will be required for all reef fishing in the Gulf. The minimum size limit for the commercial fishery will be set at 13 inches in an effort to reduce the near-100 percent bycatch mortality in that sector. However, the Council refused requests by CCA to physically separate the commercial and recreational sectors in anticipation of problems associated with the different minimum size limits. "We have fought NMFS on the issue of shrimp trawl bycatch for more than two decades," said Cummins. "Its refusal to address bycatch adequately at any point in the past has forced recreational anglers to accept tighter and tighter regulations while doing nothing to recover red snapper. With the successful conclusion of the lawsuit and the action taken by the Gulf Council, those days are hopefully over."

Venice is really turning hot on the swordfish, Capt. Eddie is probably the best sworfishing guide out of venice and really knows his stuff. I'm willing to bet it's just as good off the texas coast around the east breaks and dutra and similar structure not many people are that into it though, to develope some concrete texas tactic's. I intend to change that, as do some others in the state i'm sure.

.308 remington model 700 with a bull barrel. at least thats the rifle i prefer...... I shoot a model 700 .25-06 right now with leaupold(i'm sure it's spelled wrong) scope.

we made a trip out of POC last weekend(saturday and sunday), buoyweather was showing it to be 4-5 ft dropping as the night went on and through sunday. No such luck. We made the run to falcon with the expectations of calmer seas overnight and planned to troll to the east breaks at daylight. Shoot, we tried the fishing at falcon at night and never broke through sharks, as soon as daylight hit with the rough seas we just headed back in with 26 released sharks and a mangrove snapper caught closer in, to show for our efforts. we were hoping to get out past falcon towards dutra and drift for swordfish but it was just too rough.

"50# king, yuck" may not eat good but a king that size needs to be entered in the star tournement.

what happened to .308