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tyler
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Location: Corpus Christi
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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:34 am Post subject: For those fishing for Sharks this weekend a reminder |
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This rule is easy to forget but lots of the shark guys have been mentioning rigging horse mullet to use for bait. The big mullet are off limits now through January:
** May not take from public waters, or possess on board a boat, mullet over 12 inches during October, November, December, and January. No limits apply during other months.
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carlb
Finger Mullet
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Posts: 68
Location: Corpus at work, 5 Pts. at home, else PINS!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:46 am Post subject: And no game fish as bait. |
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I thought I saw a post, or maybe overheard a fish story, where someone was using spanish mackerel for bait. From the TPWD on-line regs:
Bait: Something used to lure any wildlife resource. It is unlawful to use game fish or any part thereof as bait.
Game Fish (includes hybrids or subspecies of fish on this list):
Bass: Guadalupe, largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, striped, white, yellow
Catfish: blue, channel, flathead
Cobia
Crappie: black, white
Mackerel: king, Spanish
Marlin: blue, white
Pickerel
Red drum
Sailfish
Sauger
Seatrout, spotted
Sharks
Snook
Spearfish, longbill
Swordfish, broadbill
Tarpon
Trout: brown, rainbow
Wahoo
Walleye
Regards,
Carl B.
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Oz
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Location: Padre Island, TX
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reminder Tyler.
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Old salt
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| So I can't run my longbill spearfish this weekend? I'm screwed now! |
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Oz
Live Pompano Bait Specialist
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Location: Padre Island, TX
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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I have a nice fat Paddlefish in my freezer
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mando5425
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| lol anyone wanna buy a tarpon? |
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kostya
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Location: Austin
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Does this rule apply only in Texas? I caught a bit of that Monster Shark tournament the other day, and I thought I heard them say that they use Bluefish and Mackerel for bait (and for chum). On a related note, last weekend driving up and down the beach, I did see an un-cast rod sitting in a holder, with a tail-section of a good-size smack rigged on the hook. Breaking the rules is one thing, but being that blatant about it?
kostya
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nate
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:23 am Post subject: |
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The rule differ when in international waters.
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RodBreaker
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Location: Austin, Texas
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| kostya wrote: | Does this rule apply only in Texas?
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Yes, what Carl B posted were specific regulations pertaining to Texas. The mackerel used in the tournament could have been Atlantic Mackerel which are commonly used for bait on the East and Gulf Coasts or Atlantic Bonito which are nicknamed "Boston Mackerel". Regulations can vary widely in each state and then there are the federal regulations that must be considered. |
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RodBreaker
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Location: Austin, Texas
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| kostya wrote: | Does this rule apply only in Texas?
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Yes, what Carl B posted were specific regulations pertaining to Texas. The mackerel used in the tournament could have been Atlantic Mackerel which are commonly used for bait on the East and Gulf Coasts or Atlantic Bonito which are nicknamed "Boston Mackerel". Regulations can vary widely in each state and then there are the federal regulations that must be considered. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| its only illegal if you get caught. |
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Vern
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Location: Edna, TX
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | its only illegal if you get caught. |
At some point you have to start listening to your concience. I would hate to see what the fishing would look like if it were still like the old pictures I have seen with hundreds of tarpon or other game fish nailed to a board |
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RttlTrap
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | its only illegal if you get caught. |
FWIW - Last weekend there was a Game Warden cruising down PINS. Don't know if he was checking people or not - each time I saw him I was driving. |
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Vern
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Joined: 11 Aug 2004
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Location: Edna, TX
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| I saw him come by our camp and he just waved. Maybe he was on a mission. |
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Kyle aka Kcon
Tarpon King
Joined: 12 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I've seen undersized spanish(not atlantic) mackeral for sale at the store by the swing bridge at gorda. They were frozen and they were SPANISH???.............Kyle |
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