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I'm thinking the circle hook rule is going to be enforced about as hard as the treble hook laws are pushed inshore. Have any of y'all ever had an FWC officer check to see if you are fishing with treble hooks and live bait inshore? I know I have not ever had one check my hooks.

sorry ive been known to bend a few rules but I also dont chastize someone for bending other rules.

sorry if I upset anyone

its just how I feel

The regulations pertaining to redfish make since because they are a viable candidate for catch and release. Red snapper are not.

The new rules also require fishers on all vessels in the Gulf reef fish fishery to possess and use certain gear, including non-stainless steel circle hooks that must be possessed aboard a vessel and used to harvest any Gulf reef fish when natural baits are used.  A circle hook is a fishing hook designed and manufactured so that the point is turned perpendicularly back to the shank to form a generally circular or oval shape.

At least one dehooking device is required as well and must be used to remove hooks embedded in Gulf reef fish with minimum damage.  The dehooking device must be constructed to allow the hook to be secured and the barb shielded without re-engaging during the removal process.  It must be blunt and all edges rounded, and it must be of a size appropriate to secure the range of hook sizes and styles used in the Gulf reef fish fishery.

At least one venting tool is also required and must be used to deflate the swimbladders of Gulf reef fish to help release the fish with minimum damage.  This tool must be a sharpened, hollow instrument, such as a hypodermic syringe with the plunger removed or a 16-gauge needle fixed to a hollow wooden dowel.  A tool such as a knife or an ice-pick may not be used.  The venting tool must be inserted into the fish at a 45-degree angle approximately 1 to 2 inches from the base of the pectoral fin and be inserted just deep enough to release the gases so that the fish may be released with minimum damage.

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How do you shield the barb on the hook so as not let it re-engage in the removal process. Anyone out there have a picture of such a de-hooking device? I'm trying to picture such a device but can't.

Also how do you know when a reef fish is going to take the bait vrs a non reef fish.

http://www.dehooker4arc.com/instructions.cfm

 

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It sounds like they have madated we fish with hooks that aren't being manufactured and a dehooking device that theoretically may exist. I wonder if flipping sticks are going to be illegal? That would make deckhanding a bitch.

Looks like the flipping stick and the Baker release I normally use are both not legal.

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I'm a Sagittarius...If you don't want to hear the truth then don't ask my opinion!
Then again I'm a "Vacuous Asshat"  

Political Correctness:
A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. 

“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell who you are.”

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Gosh I hope that comes with instrutions cause according to some ass hat who commented on rec fisherman in the PNJ 75% of us don't know how to vent a snapper. Not that we catch very many of them cause thier so few around anymore 

Please don't throw the word "ASSHAT" around so freely. I'm the proud recipient of it.

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I'm a Sagittarius...If you don't want to hear the truth then don't ask my opinion!
Then again I'm a "Vacuous Asshat"  

Political Correctness:
A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. 

“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell who you are.”

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http://www.myfwc.com/whatsnew/08/statewide/News_08_X_SnapperRegs.htm

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I'm a Sagittarius...If you don't want to hear the truth then don't ask my opinion!
Then again I'm a "Vacuous Asshat"  

Political Correctness:
A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. 

“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell who you are.”

 Century 25' Mirada 350/260HP "ISLAND LADY" >>>> Calera, Alabama    My Pictures

96 Sunbird Neptune 230 walkaround with 200 Johnson Ocean Runner

I'm not 100% that the circle hooks I use (Eagle Claw, Mustad) aren't stainless, but one use in saltwater, they are quite rusty if not cleaned. I do have some stainless J hooks, the box was marked as such, and they were quite expensive.

I wonder if the FWC is going to spend the bucks to prove  if a given hook is stainless. Some stainless will stick to a magnet, some will not. What will be the test?

Is a circle hook that has been altered (made into a J hook) legal? Lots of anglers open circle hooks for a larger bite.

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If you set the hook when you get a bite with J-hooks you also hook the fish in the corner of the mouth.

Stainless steel is non-magnetic....... I went through my tackle box and  the silver looking hooks, that I thought were stainless, were not.....

I found very few stainless hooks........

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