Posted: July 17th, 2007, 11:56 pm
awesome catch
Didn't we have a thread on here perty recently about how it's illegal to land or boat tarpon without a kill tag? Good thing you had one on ya!
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Posted: July 18th, 2007, 12:53 am
That's an awesome catch! I've been out at the Wakulla / St Marks intersection the last few days in a row and seen em flopping around in the evenings.
Didn't we have a thread on here perty recently about how it's illegal to land or boat tarpon without a kill tag? Good thing you had one on ya!
Didn't we have a thread on here perty recently about how it's illegal to land or boat tarpon without a kill tag? Good thing you had one on ya!
Posted: July 18th, 2007, 8:20 am
I spoke to an FWC officer about the kill tag and he said if the fish is out of the water just long enough to take a picture and then released unharmed, then it is perfectly fine to snap a couple of pictures. I am sure some treehuggers out there would disagree, but this fish swam away under his own power in good shape. 
Posted: July 18th, 2007, 8:25 am
Are you the new internet FWC / Coast Guard / Maritime navigation law enforcement representative?Mook! wrote:Didn't we have a thread on here perty recently about how it's illegal to land or boat tarpon without a kill tag? Good thing you had one on ya!
Posted: July 19th, 2007, 3:09 am
Well I didn't vote for meChalk wrote:Are you the new internet FWC / Coast Guard / Maritime navigation law enforcement representative?Mook! wrote:Didn't we have a thread on here perty recently about how it's illegal to land or boat tarpon without a kill tag? Good thing you had one on ya!
I just wanted to point that out since I'd never heard of it before that thread, and had illegally landed a tarpon myself about two weeks previous. Just trying to keep the fellow fisher-people from gettin a stiff fine (and by the way, according to the article linked in that thread, the FWC guy was wrong; it specifically mentioned removal for picture-taking as illegal).
Posted: July 19th, 2007, 3:24 am
OK here's the old thread Thread about tarpon and Jewfish
I guess the catch and release videos were something I found after reading that and doing some google work. The article does say that the July release of Fishing lines was supposed to have something to say about it; anyone have one? If so, what does or doesn't it say?
Looks like they're at least not enforcing it yet at this time.
I guess the catch and release videos were something I found after reading that and doing some google work. The article does say that the July release of Fishing lines was supposed to have something to say about it; anyone have one? If so, what does or doesn't it say?
Looks like they're at least not enforcing it yet at this time.
Posted: July 19th, 2007, 11:28 am
I guess they'll recommend geting a picture like this until someone loses a leg to a bull shark.
