some people dont have any common sense today

[diggin4grouper]

its people like this that give fishing a bad name .

while we were fishing at sebastian inlet this guy started fishing for jewfish and i had no problem with that , but when he brought the fish on the pier and started kicking and stomping on it , is when i got pissed and called the fwc which never showed up , while i was on the phone the guy came up to me and asked why i was reporting him , and i told him that it was illeagel to bring the fish out of the water and kicking him wasnt right either . his reply to that was the rule for bring them out of the water only applyied to boats and that i need to shut up , well i hate people like this and since the fwc didnt show up im posting his face all over so people who see him can inform him what the rules are ad maybe the fwc can contact him, his name is Nick from what im told .......

[SkyJay]

Big Man....
Little Fish.

I've caught Blacks Bigger'n that! LMFAO

What a Jerk.

[goredwings]

What a d##### bag! Maybe he should read this a learn a little something.

myfwc.com/marine/grouper/goliath_grouper/catch_release.htm

[havetofish]

Man that pisses me off. Thanks for reporting him. Look at the rig he was using. Even if he cut him off, it would have left at least 6' of cable attached to him. So what happened to the fish? Did he throw him back? Probably wouldn't have survived anyway.

[Tommy]

Good for you diggin and they do reflect on all of us. The media/general public only remember the "BAD" things. I posted this over at Florida Sportsman's site in the "Ask the Law!" forum, Allan Coker is a special agent with NOAA's Office for Fishery Law Enforcement has been working the Gulf of Mexico for the last 17 years. If anybody can get something done it's him.

[inshorebasher]

yeah law is law! but as i heard from fellow fwc enforcer's as long as the Goliath Grouper is not to big and you can safely remove the hook and release the fish unharmed, it is perfered. please no bashing here just what they told me. and again "not to big" is your own judgement and call but stomping is out of the quesiton.

[havetofish]

Your right Basher...quote from the above link.
"Removing smaller goliath groupers from the water to remove hooks is not necessarily a bad practice, but this process must be done with care, using proper fish handling techniques, and as expeditiously as possible."

But from what Diggin said I don't think he was handled with care

[grouperscooper]

That fish is a baby!

Small enough in my opinion that it shouldn't have even touched the concrete.And yes,that rig is overkill for jew fishin.Shark fishin... jewfishin....


Mighty prouda dat der fishy i recon he is

[jamesk]

What a big man there hope FWC finds out who he is they have all the evidence they need right there

[Look'n4Tuna]

Seeing that really burns my fuse. I throw stuff back all the time if I'm not 100% sure about something. But to blatantly do something like that really get to me. Someone should have shoved that rod where the sun don't shine and ask him how he likes it??

[blackdrum26]

im just curious....are they eva gon take the goliaths off the endagered list

[festeroo031985]

it was talked about at one point and time but with jerks like this why would they theyll make more money by putting this asswhole in jail and fining him a bunch of money then they would by selling tags per fish,.

[bcc]

I find that just sicking to just about any fish. I will admit that i treated the lowly salt water cat pretty bad when i was young but even when i was young and dumb i treated a majestic fish like with the up most respect and care to insure a healthy release. This was a grown man that probably deals with ever body and everthing in his life the same way. What a punk. I say somebody should have accidental knock his baby GG killer rod n reel over The side !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jab]

have you ever seen the video on youtube with the kids that brought up a 100 pound jewfish then threw it off the pier. i left a nasty comment. in that picture i have that rod and reel combo except m pole is yellow purple and light green.

[tylerdurden]

just curious why was he kicking and stomping it?

[jab]

he had nothing better to do.

[Tommy]

diggin4grouper, have a look at this thread>>>http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/post?cmd=tshow&id=822385

853 views says alot

[havetofish]

Many of you will remember this from the old Skyway board. This guy listed the video on youtube. At the time there was concern about the foul language in the video and asked that it be edited without the sound, because of the young kids that read the board. I edited it to save it before he pulled it from youtube, but not before it was sent to the FWC. Nothing ever happened that I know of, but just goes to show you this is nothing new.

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Photo of the guy