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Post by Mackerelman on Jan 16, 2020 16:07:12 GMT -5
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Post by Flatsrunner on Jan 16, 2020 16:23:39 GMT -5
Just what we need another survey to result in another fish closure.
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Post by parkpass on Jan 16, 2020 16:31:06 GMT -5
Spearfishing for Cobia is legal, slap a ban on that first
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Post by beerfishin on Jan 16, 2020 18:01:47 GMT -5
I think it’s dumb you can’t spearfish any species, as long as size and bag limits are followed are followed, what’s the difference
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Post by carlf on Jan 16, 2020 19:10:29 GMT -5
Most everyone I’ve talked to has seen a gradual downward trend in the number of Cobia caught over the last 20 years.
Back when I first got to the gulf coast in 1997, the spring run of cobia was a big event. Lots of fish seen and caught off the Gulf piers. The last 5 years on the northern gulf it was almost a non- event. Maybe one or two caught of the Gulf State Park pier each spring where it used to be one to two or more caught each day during the run. . So something is going on with the cobia population
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Post by seabird on Jan 16, 2020 19:38:39 GMT -5
Just what we need another survey to result in another fish closure. Catfish survey next? LOL. |
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Post by Flatsrunner on Jan 16, 2020 19:57:14 GMT -5
Just what we need another survey to result in another fish closure. Catfish survey next? LOL. I wouldnt complain about a closure on those critters but i dont think the catfish would participate.  |
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Post by SkyJay on Jan 16, 2020 20:01:05 GMT -5
unicorn fish from another dimension
before the mayan calendar ran out
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Post by sigeptrooper02 on Jan 16, 2020 20:03:47 GMT -5
Definitely a shortage of catfish out there, FWC should definitely close the season on them before they go extinct.....
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Post by Flatsrunner on Jan 16, 2020 20:43:49 GMT -5
Definitely a shortage of catfish out there, FWC should definitely close the season on them before they go extinct..... must be all those people doing catch n cook.. |
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Post by tears143 on Jan 16, 2020 23:00:56 GMT -5
I think it’s dumb you can’t spearfish any species, as long as size and bag limits are followed are followed, what’s the difference Good luck eyeballing snook. 5" different underwater. |
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Post by Flatsrunner on Jan 17, 2020 9:54:18 GMT -5
I think it’s dumb you can’t spearfish any species, as long as size and bag limits are followed are followed, what’s the difference Good luck eyeballing snook. 5" different underwater. I have talked to FWC before and there was a problem with people spearing under sized cobia around the skyway along with illegal gill netting around the flats,that would contribute to the lack of fish numbers in that area (pre red tide days) |
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Post by tears143 on Jan 17, 2020 11:29:46 GMT -5
Good luck eyeballing snook. 5" different underwater. I have talked to FWC before and there was a problem with people spearing under sized cobia around the skyway along with illegal gill netting around the flats,that would contribute to the lack of fish numbers in that area (pre red tide days) Cobia or snook? Seen plenty of baby snook that people spear at skyway. Report them every time. They usually hide them in the rocks until they are ready to take off. |
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Post by Flatsrunner on Jan 17, 2020 11:48:38 GMT -5
The officer told me at the time the cobia were the issue.the gill netting was being done on the flats,we have found abandoned nets several years ago loaded full of dead fish,took awhile for them to get caught,all they got was a fine.  |
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Post by phishead on Jan 17, 2020 12:04:23 GMT -5
I have talked to FWC before and there was a problem with people spearing under sized cobia around the skyway along with illegal gill netting around the flats,that would contribute to the lack of fish numbers in that area (pre red tide days) Cobia or snook? Seen plenty of baby snook that people spear at skyway. Report them every time. They usually hide them in the rocks until they are ready to take off. Seen it too. Too teenage kids tried to wrap the snook in a towel as I drive by. NP by the entrance. |
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Post by parkpass on Jan 17, 2020 12:25:14 GMT -5
Back when I bowfished a lot I had lots of opportunities to shoot Cobia but never did as I was on the old Skyway road and figured I would never get them anyway with all those pilings around, plus it's hard to judge how long they are. I just shot monster Sheepshead instead
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Post by beerfishin on Jan 17, 2020 19:11:11 GMT -5
I have talked to FWC before and there was a problem with people spearing under sized cobia around the skyway along with illegal gill netting around the flats,that would contribute to the lack of fish numbers in that area (pre red tide days) Cobia or snook? Seen plenty of baby snook that people spear at skyway. Report them every time. They usually hide them in the rocks until they are ready to take off. Should report them for spearfishing at the skyway not supposed to be with 100 yds of a fishing pier. |
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Post by tears143 on Jan 17, 2020 20:23:25 GMT -5
Cobia or snook? Seen plenty of baby snook that people spear at skyway. Report them every time. They usually hide them in the rocks until they are ready to take off. Should report them for spearfishing at the skyway not supposed to be with 100 yds of a fishing pier. FWC just tell them to leave. Sometime they don't even care. |
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Post by alaskaguy on Jan 18, 2020 20:00:04 GMT -5
Most everyone I’ve talked to has seen a gradual downward trend in the number of Cobia caught over the last 20 years. Back when I first got to the gulf coast in 1997, the spring run of cobia was a big event. Lots of fish seen and caught off the Gulf piers. The last 5 years on the northern gulf it was almost a non- event. Maybe one or two caught of the Gulf State Park pier each spring where it used to be one to two or more caught each day during the run. . So something is going on with the cobia population with 22 million people in the state we are lucky to have pinfish, my home of 50 yrs has the largest fishery in the world with 750,000 people and we have over fishing problems, just to many people in the world, and Florida is the #1 place to be in the winter |
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