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JohnMckroidJr
03-03-2022, 11:30 AM
Fishing pressure has thinned out the SE Florida Grouper population. Luck crossed the Snowy Grouper off the list the first year in a Kayak. It was two more years before landing a keeper Black and five years before Landing a keeper Gag Grouper. Keepers are tough to get as many species have off-season windows and 20-24" minimum size limits. After seven years in the kayak, finally a keeper Scamp Grouper last month on a slow pitch :jig:

https://i.postimg.cc/8PZdq6fx/scamp6fsm2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Still not even halfway.......the Goliath, Nassau, Red, Yellowfin, and Warsaw Groupers are still pending.:reel:
FISH11
03-03-2022, 04:30 PM
Nice fish John. The weather looks great also. Thanks for sharing.
BenCantrell
03-04-2022, 06:51 AM
Very cool! Congrats John!
erinoo
03-04-2022, 09:12 AM
Nice..:luxhello:
daperrin
03-04-2022, 02:21 PM
Beautiful fish. Sad to see so many fish species continue to struggle.
Mahigeer
03-05-2022, 07:56 AM
Nice fishing there.
AlwaysFishing
03-05-2022, 08:36 AM
Congrats John. That's a cool looking fish.
JohnMckroidJr
03-06-2022, 10:27 AM
Nice fish John. The weather looks great also. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Mark, the weather made the trip.

Very cool! Congrats John!

Thanks, Ben, Finally a new species for my life list.

Nice..:luxhello:

Thanks Eric

Beautiful fish. Sad to see so many fish species continue to struggle.

Thanks, David. It is sad to see the diminishment. For what it's worth, I released that one. The preserve zones can help and Florida needs to have more of them. Water pollution is a big factor. The industrial runoff creates massive algae blooms that kill thousands of fish annually. Thanks to mercury, fish that would otherwise be good to eat are becoming fish to avoid.

Nice fishing there.

Thanks Hashim

Congrats John. That's a cool looking fish.

Thanks Quang
BenCantrell
03-07-2022, 07:13 AM
Thanks, Ben, Finally a new species for my life list.


Scamp is actually one I got long ago on a trip to the Keys. I had it misidentified on my list as a gag grouper for several years before I realized the mistake.

https://live.staticflickr.com/2805/33388110741_12cc33069f_c.jpg

Small point-and-shoot cameras have come a long ways in just a decade. I cringe when I look back at some of these old pics. It has great resolution and focus, but the auto light settings were lacking.
JohnMckroidJr
03-08-2022, 06:28 AM
Scamp is actually one I got long ago on a trip to the Keys. I had it misidentified on my list as a gag grouper for several years before I realized the mistake.

https://live.staticflickr.com/2805/33388110741_12cc33069f_c.jpg



Very cool, What is your total count number? I bet a large portion of it is from Florida.:reel: