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fishinpox 02-01-2012 12:39 PM
Snapper season
 
Looks like its gonna only be open for 40 days :(

Mako19 02-01-2012 12:40 PM
Dates?

southern151 02-01-2012 12:48 PM
Isn't that all it was open last year?

Did they at least leave the limit at a whopping TWO fish?

fishinpox 02-01-2012 12:55 PM
Last year was 49 days I think ... Not sure on dates but usually opens June 1

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 01:58 PM
Hey Pox what kind of setups did you buy? I'm thinking about getting a couple for this season.

flounder_smacker 02-01-2012 07:18 PM
snapper regs are a joke. its like saying the limit on specs on big lake should be only 2 because they population is down. some rigs we fish you cant get bit by anything else they are so thick.

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by flounder_smacker (Post 385866)
snapper regs are a joke. its like saying the limit on specs on big lake should be only 2 because they population is down. some rigs we fish you cant get bit by anything else they are so thick.
The problem isn't the quantity of fish it is the age of the fish. Snapper live to be over 50 years old. Right now there's a lot of 15 year old fish they're just waiting for the population to get older and then they will increase the limit.

Top Dawg 02-01-2012 07:48 PM
Limit is 4 this year for as many days as you want!

Montauk17 02-01-2012 07:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Top Dawg (Post 385881)
Limit is 4 this year for as many days as you want!
It's only illegal if you get caught.....hide them under the cocaine!

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 07:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Top Dawg (Post 385881)
Limit is 4 this year for as many days as you want!
Wanna know the best place to hide all the snapper over the limit?



Under the cocaine lol

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 385886)
It's only illegal if you get caught.....hide them under the cocaine!
Beat me to it lol

Montauk17 02-01-2012 08:11 PM
LOL did you read that thread someone started on the hull truth about the best place to hide snapper? Classic

Top Dawg 02-01-2012 08:18 PM
Lol. I did hear the limit was gonna be 4 this year

Montauk17 02-01-2012 08:23 PM
Limit is 2 in the 2012 WLF book opens June 1st....closing date says to be determined

Top Dawg 02-01-2012 08:25 PM
Well there u have it

bluewing 02-01-2012 08:43 PM
snapper
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by meaux fishing (Post 385876)
The problem isn't the quantity of fish it is the age of the fish. Snapper live to be over 50 years old. Right now there's a lot of 15 year old fish they're just waiting for the population to get older and then they will increase the limit.

Really dont' think so. 15 years ago the limit and season was double of what it is now.

PUREBAY2200 02-01-2012 08:53 PM
The reason for the limit is size and age ( mainly age)
That's from the research scientist.

So meaux is correct in his statement.

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 09:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewing (Post 385926)
Really dont' think so. 15 years ago the limit and season was double of what it is now.
My uncle is the head finfish biologist for the state and that's what he told me

Montauk17 02-01-2012 09:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by meaux fishing (Post 385963)
My uncle is the head finfish biologist for the state and that's what he told me
Boom :work: I never knew they lived to be that old.....how long do tuna live?

meaux fishing 02-01-2012 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 385965)
Boom :work: I never knew they lived to be that old.....how long do tuna live?
Not sure...I never asked

Montauk17 02-01-2012 09:37 PM
Made me look it up....http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/faqs...er/biology.htm

As recently as 20 years ago, red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were thought to live only about 10-15 years; we now know them to be significantly long-lived compared to many familiar marine fishes. Spotted seatrout (specks) in Louisiana seldom survive past age 5, tunas are old at age 12, and redfish may live about 40 years at the maximum. The oldest red snapper reported in the scientific literature is an individual sampled in February 1991. This specimen, a female 53.6 years of age at time of capture, was actually hatched before World War II and survived to “see” the dawn of the atomic age, the first man on the moon, and the technological boom of the late 20th century.

bluewing 02-01-2012 11:53 PM
10, 15, 20 years old fish it doesn't matter, they have an over population. You can't drop a line in the gulf and not catch one.

meaux fishing 02-02-2012 12:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewing (Post 386117)
10, 15, 20 years old fish it doesn't matter, they have an over population. You can't drop a line in the gulf and not catch one.
that is what I asked him about but he said that although the snapper population is recovering it is not back to where it needs to be to sustain an increase in the limit. Mainly because the a certain percentage of the population needs to be over a certain age to produce enough offspring to sustain the population

bluewing 02-02-2012 01:41 AM
got ya. makes sense

Ratdog 02-02-2012 08:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 385993)
Made me look it up....http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/faqs...er/biology.htm

As recently as 20 years ago, red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were thought to live only about 10-15 years; we now know them to be significantly long-lived compared to many familiar marine fishes. Spotted seatrout (specks) in Louisiana seldom survive past age 5, tunas are old at age 12, and redfish may live about 40 years at the maximum. The oldest red snapper reported in the scientific literature is
an individual sampled in February 1991. This specimen, a female 53.6 years of age at time of capture, was actually hatched before World War II and survived to “see” the dawn of the atomic age, the first man on the moon, and the technological boom of the late 20th century.
Nice.

YellowMouth7 02-02-2012 05:12 PM
Great educational post....Thanks


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