Same sh@t different state!

[Capt Sal]

In Florida we have no Red Snapper at all! Went out sunday caught some big Mahi then tried bottom fishing. Red Snapper after Red Snapper as fast as you could get down in 120'. They come up with there bladder sticking out of there mouth and you have to vent them. Whei vent them and stick the tool in them the air gushes out. It is sickening to me!I left the area and went back on the troll. I don't like seeing a beautiful fish like that vented and that is how i feel.The Gulf side gets a whooping three day season! There are so many Red Snappers now it is amazing but we can't keep any. What is the mortality rate when venting and releasing???Same as trying to get porgies off shore in Jersey and coming up with big Sea Bass.Crying shame. Point i am trying to make is this is nation wide and we are all getting screwed!Grouper is closed all winter here also.
If we are getting screwed nation wide we need one nation wide organization to fight for us.There are millions of recreational fishermen in the us as there are hunters and gun owners.The NRA does get things done and we fishermen keep loosing every year.Small clubs protesting will never get it done! Marching on Washington was a bust!.One organization and one only,highly funded and well reresented.I have donated moneyfrom seminars,asked my customers for money,attended countless meetings,marched and protested.Shoveling shit against the tide!Money in the proper place or we are all wasting our time.