East Coast Report - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Salty Dog · 12-15-2011, 05:23 AM

What, no kayak gator hunting? I hear they're good eatings too!

mtnbykr2 · 12-15-2011, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Salty Dog

What, no kayak gator hunting? I hear they're good eatings too!

If you wanna try "gator" BPS usually has it in the restaraunt there, a good excuse to go to BPS...imo

RobFish · 12-15-2011, 08:13 AM

Looks like good fun and a nice fish Sharon.

bellcon · 12-15-2011, 08:57 AM

Very cook report Sharon

Keep those NON- Hali,wsb,yellow reports coming!

Eric and I really enjoy them!

PapaDave · 12-15-2011, 01:52 PM

Say, I grew up in Florida! Southern part, Miami down to the Keys. Looks like a nice haul on the Yellowtail, and is that a mutton snapper? Nice one. Used to do a LOT of scuba back then, spent my teenage years under the water. Jewfish are the eqivilent of our Black Seabass, they can reach 2000lbs.

There are areas in southern FLA that do have restrictions, and limits, and sizes. And from what my brother tells me, they have helped. When I was out there long ago I would watch many guys use a cast net to catch schooling baby mangrove snappers, and the mahi mahi were being decimated by folks that would fill several trash cans with babies. By the time I gat sent here (was in the Air Force) you couldn't find any snapper, and you were lucky if you found an adult mahi mahi, and forget the snook, people were harpooning them from the flood gates during the spawning season. The regulations implimented, and enforced, saved several species of fish from disappearing.

dorado50 · 12-15-2011, 06:00 PM

Nice report! I'm on the west side of Fla tonite and will hit Key West tomorrow late, come on down to Conch Marina and we'll catch some sailfish

and yea the winds have been brutal on the outside.

lterrero · 12-15-2011, 06:15 PM

Sharon, want to see you with a Amber Jack, I now you can catch theme in Florida, the fight is better than a Yellowtail enjoy the Atlantic & good luck

12-15-2011, 08:13 AM	#3
RobFish Massive Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 382	Looks like good fun and a nice fish Sharon. __________________

12-15-2011, 08:57 AM	#4
bellcon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Pedro Posts: 999	Very cook report Sharon Keep those NON- Hali,wsb,yellow reports coming! Eric and I really enjoy them! __________________

12-15-2011, 05:23 AM	#1
Salty Dog loves bacon Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Behind The Orange Curtain Posts: 110	What, no kayak gator hunting? I hear they're good eatings too!

12-15-2011, 01:52 PM	#5
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,474	Say, I grew up in Florida! Southern part, Miami down to the Keys. Looks like a nice haul on the Yellowtail, and is that a mutton snapper? Nice one. Used to do a LOT of scuba back then, spent my teenage years under the water. Jewfish are the eqivilent of our Black Seabass, they can reach 2000lbs. There are areas in southern FLA that do have restrictions, and limits, and sizes. And from what my brother tells me, they have helped. When I was out there long ago I would watch many guys use a cast net to catch schooling baby mangrove snappers, and the mahi mahi were being decimated by folks that would fill several trash cans with babies. By the time I gat sent here (was in the Air Force) you couldn't find any snapper, and you were lucky if you found an adult mahi mahi, and forget the snook, people were harpooning them from the flood gates during the spawning season. The regulations implimented, and enforced, saved several species of fish from disappearing.

12-15-2011, 06:00 PM	#6
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Nice report! I'm on the west side of Fla tonite and will hit Key West tomorrow late, come on down to Conch Marina and we'll catch some sailfish and yea the winds have been brutal on the outside.

12-15-2011, 06:15 PM	#7
lterrero Leo Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA Posts: 482	Sharon, want to see you with a Amber Jack, I now you can catch theme in Florida, the fight is better than a Yellowtail enjoy the Atlantic & good luck