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by John21:6
March 23rd, 2024, 3:44 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Carrabelle Offshore On March 20
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Re: Carrabelle Offshore On March 20

When we spear a fish in the brain or spine, the fish gets floppy ….. interestingly, it never firms up, even when iced… makes it harder to clean… I’ve tried to read as much as I can about the ike jime process and why and how it is supposed to improve the taste and texture of fish. The floppiness of ...
by John21:6
March 21st, 2024, 3:44 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Carrabelle Offshore On March 20
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Carrabelle Offshore On March 20

I went offshore fishing yesterday out of Carrabelle with three goals--put my friends on red grouper, figure out how to use my new ike jime tools, and take underwater videos. We accomplished the first goal. My friends put a few nice red grouper in the cooler and we released a few large red snapper, t...
by John21:6
March 21st, 2024, 3:17 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Steinhatchee sheep hunt 3/14
Replies: 5
Views: 743

Re: Steinhatchee sheep hunt 3/14

I've never seen cats playing with a fiddler crab before. Great picture.
by John21:6
February 20th, 2024, 3:18 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: So following up on the Gag discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 4375

Re: So following up on the Gag discussion

Great analysis.

Please see if you can forward your analysis to FWC staff or their elected superiors who might care more than FWC staff.
by John21:6
February 7th, 2024, 6:17 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: This ain’t good..
Replies: 18
Views: 2600

Re: This ain’t good..

I spoke with my friend who attends these meetings. He said the Fed's are recalculating and reassessing their catch data as it is obviously flawed on the recreational side. The commercial side is within their catch quota and won't be affected. So.....what that means to the 2024 season......to be det...
by John21:6
February 3rd, 2024, 8:21 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: This ain’t good..
Replies: 18
Views: 2600

Re: This ain’t good..

It’s not surprising. The regulators have a habit underestimating fish in the water and overestimating fish catch rates.


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by John21:6
December 24th, 2023, 2:13 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Eating Bonito, not a joke
Replies: 3
Views: 1036

Re: Eating Bonito, not a joke

This is a great post, but I’m still not ready to try a bonito.


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by John21:6
December 21st, 2023, 10:16 am
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler
Replies: 8
Views: 3698

Re: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler

boomhauer wrote:For better size and numbers of sea bass, there can’t be any big gags around…. Or really any gag grouper.
We dive and see it over and over…. Look for hard bottom areas with no more than 1 ft relief
Thanks for the tip.


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by John21:6
December 9th, 2023, 9:22 am
Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Since it's dead in here, cedar key 12-5
Replies: 7
Views: 2099

Re: Since it's dead in here, cedar key 12-5

That’s a very gaudy pile of fish. Great report.
by John21:6
December 7th, 2023, 3:37 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler
Replies: 8
Views: 3698

Re: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler

Good pulls even if the grouper were out of season, I ran off shore to dog Ballard out of ecofina last weekend looking for grunts and some good black seabass to be disappointed with short black seabass and a bunch of sand perch. Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk It’s always satisfying to catch...
by John21:6
December 1st, 2023, 1:26 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler
Replies: 8
Views: 3698

Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler

Nice report. It looks like you had a great day on the water. You must have found them in fairly shallow water, no evidence of barotrauma in those pics. :thumbup: :thumbup: Thanks for reading and for the feedback. We were fishing in depths between 85 and 95 feet, but most of our fish were caught in ...
by John21:6
November 29th, 2023, 9:33 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler
Replies: 8
Views: 3698

Red Grouper to the Right, Gag Grouper to the Left, and a Few Red Snapper for the Cooler

Friday was the last day of the Florida Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season with nice weather. So we picked up the boat from Martin Marine in Carrabelle and headed out. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231130/bf6ba5a1227888681dd64257497aeb9a.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231130/...
by John21:6
November 16th, 2023, 4:01 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Limited Out on Red Snapper in November
Replies: 2
Views: 895

Limited Out on Red Snapper in November

That's really cool. Great report and great pix. What kind of underwater camera do you use? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231116/f70a0b1067a7ddda25792c7448a925d3.jpg I use a $40 knock-off GoPro camera from Amazon. The advertisement for the camera indicates that it is waterproof to 40 meters or ...
by John21:6
November 16th, 2023, 2:34 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Limited Out on Red Snapper in November
Replies: 2
Views: 895

Limited Out on Red Snapper in November

Last Friday, the four of us on the boat needed to limit out on red snapper when we fished out of Carrabelle. My freezer at home was empty of fish. Because the seasons had been so limited in the past, I wasn’t really sure where the fish would be in November, but I figured the fish would be in shallow...
by John21:6
November 16th, 2023, 12:04 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Feedback for legitimate recommendation to FWC (reef fish)
Replies: 11
Views: 2678

Re: Feedback for legitimate recommendation to FWC (reef fish)

I don't think sensible fishing regulations can exist if NOAA Fisheries is underestimating fish populations and overestimating catch rates. See Bob McNally, OutdoorLife, NOAA Says It Has Been Overestimating Recreational Saltwater Catch By 30 to 40 Percent (Sept. 14, 2023), https://www.outdoorlife.com...