Show off your fish

I caught a dose of sellers remorse. I sold my yak and all my gear in preparation for moving next month…

I sold the whole bundle to the first buyer within hours of posting, looking out at old big blue I may have sold it too early…

 

F’ing hate those things, every time my dog needs to go pee I have to go out with a flashlight and escort him so he doesn’t eat one!

 

i remember back in the early 60's, dem dam things was splatted all over the highway, every day, school bus drivers just drove right over em, this was on Oahu by the way..

 

Lucky you can keep em, down here the season has been terribly reduced.

 

What is the season in NC, 2 weeks in August?

 

1-14 Sep. Year before last it was open all year. Last year, six weeks in the fall.

Still 4 fish/day, guess we’re fortunate that wasn’t reduced to a bag limit of 1 per day. That was under consideration.

 

I fish New Jersey, the summer fluke season is 4 months, go into Delaware the fluke season is 12 months…. Go figure?!?

 

I don’t know what data the NC fisheries authorities have that’s triggering these reductions but apparently flounder has been a concern for years. It’s a complicated issue here because we have three species and they’re in different situations. Supposedly at least one species has a population in good condition, but hard to differentiate especially under the point of a gig. Here we have two major issues impacting the overall population: inshore netting, and bycatch from shrimping operations.

The recommendation for last couple of years has been severe restrictions for several years to allow the overall population to recover.

 

Nice snook and flounder down here in Boca Grande

 

They put restrictions on recreational fisherman who are not the problem. I am allowed ZERO bycatch as a recreational angler yet the commercial company’s are allowed TONS of bycatch…
We have the same issues in the northern waters as well

 

It’s absolutely a commercial fishing problem. But it’s complicated, no easy solution. Well, the netting, that’s easy, needs to be banned. Absolutely murders fish, lots of fish that will never go to market either.

 

I should at least contribute some fish pics…

 

Nice! That's an absolute slab of a speck.

 

Thanks! Was a grey, but yeah, citation. Hit a bottom rig with a lizard fish tail on it, because I’d given up on everything else…

 

Grey sea trout? Not familiar, we have speckled and white sea trout here. Anyway, awesome catch

 

Grey trout down here are also known as weakfish. Slightly different species than speckled. Coloring is similar but when you see the fish up close and personal they’re easier to tell apart. Both beautiful fish.

Grey on top, speckled on the bottom:

 

very nice indeed....

 

Had another good day with some friends last Sunday @ a local lake. Those perch were damn good. Didn't eat the smallie.

 

Nice, must’ve been a good fight. Love those old Penn spinners.