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Gag reopens on the 1st of July:

Reminder: Recreational Harvest of Gag to Open July 1 in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council reminds anglers that the recreational harvest of gag opens in the Gulf of Mexico federal waters July 1, 2012 and closes October 31, 2012.

And amberjack reopens on the 31st of July

Full info can be found here: http://www.gulfcouncil.org/fishing_regulations/regulations_matrix/Site/Regulations_Matrix.html

NaTon D · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject:

Cool _ I would love to learn how to actually catch gag grouper off the tx coast. We've caught mainly red snapper and ling while fishing weighted rigs. We usually pic our snapper up suspended anyways so never too much true 'bottom fishing'.... I take it you have to really be down presenting in the structure for the grouper?

CastnBlast · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:53 am Post subject:

Find structure. I catch them off PINS every year on some structure out there.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:29 am Post subject:

Gags aren't necessarily deep water fish either. They and Black Grouper tend to hang out in shallower water than most of the other grouper species.
Lots of folks go right over them and never think twice because they believe the water to be "too shallow"!!! Shocked

A few years back my BIL and sister were trolling in the bay not far inside Destin pass and he caught two nice gag or black grouper (he couldn't tell the difference). He was trolling a large "Rattle Trap" type of bait and not on bottom, but then again and just as importantly, the bay isn't "deep".
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NaTon D · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject:

I was in the Lower Keys a few months ago and I caught Black Grouper almost every cast fishing under the bridges with live perch. They were all about 20 in so not legal, but all awesome fish. I could see the gags/other grouper really stacking up here off Tx if we could reach a "critical mass" of structure within state waters. Grouper Hotels if you will. Gags really seem like the kind of fish that have to have something to hold to-I mean a lot of structure, not just a wreck here and rockpile there, but real acreage of structure. I'm 100% behind the Texas Great Barrier Reef Project.

"If you build it they will come. "

a quote from Tom Hilton of Hilton Navigator:

"Properly placed and managed artificial reefs programs have proven to be extremely beneficial to indigenous marine resources. They have been shown to enhance spawning, nursery, refuge, and feeding areas among other important aspects of essential fish habitat as defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Currently, several finfish species in Texas waters have lost important habitat through the loss of gas and oil rigs and are in a depressed state of abundance. This project will mitigate this loss of essential fish habitat and likely ensure the maintenance of no less than 6 species at sustainable levels."

awesum · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:35 am Post subject:

They just announced extending the Red Snapper season until July 17, 12:o1 AM

Mr. Green

kweber · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:01 am Post subject:

Aug1 thru Sept 30 makes better sense for the Tx Gulf, but the Fed is severly lacking on the common sense dpmt.
most folks inshore go for snapper once a yr and June is Not the best month off the coast of Tx
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NaTon D · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:51 am Post subject:

Yea, Sept thru Aug would be much better. Did any of you all hear they're extending the Tx state water boundries? Something to do with the definition of a 'leauge' and what ole Sam Houston deeded for us Texans.