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Not that I would...
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 8:51 am
by vetoe
I never checked up on this, but do the same saltwater regulations apply to snook caught in freshwater/ brackish canals? Mind you I won't eat poop out the canals here in South Dade. I just always wonedered and never got a good response on this one.
Re: Not that I would...
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 12:38 pm
by vetoe
jettypark28 wrote:Ahhhhh Yes...
if you don't intend on keeping a snook and are fishing
for LM with a freshwater license... then you don't have to worry about it...
But if FWC walks up to you and ask you what you are fishing for and you tell him
snook... well you are on your own... and the reason I say that is because there
are a lot of Green horn FWC out there right now...
I saw a Female FWC officer at the cape and she was intend on giving someone a ticket
for anything
Thanks I get what you are saying, but I was focusing more on people who keep what they catch. I saw a guy years ago catch one down here in the Cutler Drain Canal pretty far inland and sure enough he kept it. It was close to call if it was slot, but I don't remember if it was in season to begin with. Nevertheless he kept it and I wondered if the same rules/season apply if you catch them inland...and have both fresh and saltwater license.
Re: Not that I would...
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 12:42 pm
by swordfish
Same rules apply for harvesting, it is a saltwater species, even though its habitat stretches far upriver. You need to have the snook stamp to keep one, regardless of where caught, and of course it needs to be within regulation as far as size, as well as within open season.
-swordfish
Re: Not that I would...
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 1:08 pm
by vetoe
swordfish wrote:Same rules apply for harvesting, it is a saltwater species, even though its habitat stretches far upriver. You need to have the snook stamp to keep one, regardless of where caught, and of course it needs to be within regulation as far as size, as well as within open season.
-swordfish
Thanks. Yeah I figured as much...The guy high tailed it out there so I never got a chance to ask, but I'm guessing he had neither license or stamp. It was a nice snook for the location, but nevertheless I still wouldn't eat one out of there even if it was legally caught. Thanks again guys for clearing that up.