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Capt Mike Singleterry
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 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject: Padre Isles Development Snook |
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A friend of mine Larry Edwards caught this nice snook off his back bulkhead yesterday just before 6:00p on a white Bull minnow.
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I'm sick and going back to the recliner.
Mike
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mike d
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Shhhh Mike. There are no fish in the Development. That snook was obviously trying to find it's way back to Packery with all it's other snook, trout, and red friends. |
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Big John
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Nice!
What's your address again?
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Tyler
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, that one missed out on the freeze. I hope he let it go because that one's got good genes! |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Mike, I hope you get to feeling better.
Way to Go Larry!
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mikedehart
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats a sign of a healthy bay!!!! |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:03 am Post subject: |
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Wow!! That is great to see. Tks for the reprot.
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ltorna1
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Very cool. A nice one too! A friend of mine caught some mangrove snapper the other day, and I had one on the line a few nights ago fishing in the lights in my canal but he spit it as I was hoisting into the kayak. So...they were here in Novemeber, and here in late February/early March. I have heard some people say that the mangroves are just here in the warmer months, more or less migrants from southern populations that aren't around in the cooler months. So under that hypothesis, these little guys just took off for two months, and then came back??? Maybe they are here all winter long? Either way, good to see both of these warmer water species being caught so early in the year.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Nice Snook! Very happy to see more and more Common Snook being caught in the last few years!
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FoldCatOne
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| I hope he didn't let that snook go because it will have died. They did a study in Florida that showed that snook that were hung by the jaw had almost a 100% mortality rate. Hanging them by their jaw paralyzes some muscles in the fishes jaw and renders them unable to eat. They starve to death. I think the same thing happens to Specks. ALWAYS support your fish with a hand under their body to prevent this from happening. If not just take the fish home and eat it. At least then its not wasted. |
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cbroutfitters
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| FoldCatOne wrote: | | I hope he didn't let that snook go because it will have died. They did a study in Florida that showed that snook that were hung by the jaw had almost a 100% mortality rate. Hanging them by their jaw paralyzes some muscles in the fishes jaw and renders them unable to eat. They starve to death. I think the same thing happens to Specks. ALWAYS support your fish with a hand under their body to prevent this from happening. If not just take the fish home and eat it. At least then its not wasted. |
Very true, to an extent. There has been a lot of work done on the catch and release mortality rate of Tarpon, Bonefish and Snook in recent years The Boga-Grip is a major factor in those studies. A big part of the issue is the fish’s internal organs and the stress on the Jaw itself (ever hear the cracks and pops as you hold a large fish by the jaw…..not a good thing) A fish is not made to be held vertical; the organs can slide down and crush themselves. It is always best to keep a fish you plan to release as horizontal as possible to reduce stress on the internal organs as well as the jaw muscles. We have been using this principle with freshwater trout/salmon/steelhead in the catch and release fisheries for several years. I am fairly surprised it is just now being applied to the catch and release saltwater fisheries. It is always best to handle a fish you plan to release as little as possible (keep it in the water as much as possible out for a quick pic and back in). It truly makes me cringe when I see pics of people jaw gaffing big tarpon and dragging them into a boat, and keeping them out of the water extended time for pics.
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Stoner150
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: snook in the canals |
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boy is porky gonna be pi$$ed. he doesn't have the ultimate "snooker ed" title any longer
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Capt Mike Singleterry
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| ltorna1 wrote: | | Very cool. A nice one too! A friend of mine caught some mangrove snapper the other day, and I had one on the line a few nights ago fishing in the lights in my canal but he spit it as I was hoisting into the kayak. So...they were here in Novemeber, and here in late February/early March. I have heard some people say that the mangroves are just here in the warmer months, more or less migrants from southern populations that aren't around in the cooler months. So under that hypothesis, these little guys just took off for two months, and then came back??? Maybe they are here all winter long? Either way, good to see both of these warmer water species being caught so early in the year. |
Hey Luke......I believe the snook, mangrove and some other types of GOM
fish have moved in to the development canals and become residents.
As you said a friend of yours caught mangroves the other day. some of my clients as well as other guides clients have caught mangroves year-round since the Packery. There has also been spadefish and tripletails caught durning the winter months from back in the canals. That snook that Larry caught would have had to do alot of traveling and corner turning to get as far back in the canals as it was caught.
Another thing that makes me feel like the fish have become residents is
after the freezes both this year and last year there were dead snook, spadefish and some mangrove floating. It seems they would have moved out eariler as the water temps dropped if the migrate in and out.
By the way some of the mangroves that were caught durning later September were carring eggs, I have no idea what their spawning schedule is or for that matter alot about a mangrove but would think that if they have eggs they might spawn in the canals.
Mike
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Seabass
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:58 am Post subject: |
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September-November have been my best months fishing for mangroves along the Port A ferry landing area.
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topdog15
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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While there is evidence that hanging snook by the jaw is bad for them, there is nothing to suggest that the same is true for speckled trout.
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