Im hearing that the limit may be going down to 2. Its way overdue. 10 was absurd. Id rather it be 3. A six fish day on the water is plenty. 4 seems a bit slim, but Id rather see it 2 than 10.
Im hearing that the limit may be going down to 2. Its way overdue. 10 was absurd. Id rather it be 3. A six fish day on the water is plenty. 4 seems a bit slim, but Id rather see it 2 than 10.
Last edited by GMAC; 01-20-2021 at 08:26 AM.
They have been studying this population for awhile now. Look for a regional trend of new regulations to come through as its not just SCDNR working on this.
NC has been closed,
When gigging, I see lots of flounder and 85% of them are undersized.
3 would be perfect. Maybe we will see some growth in the population in about 5 years? My dad and I were having the “I miss how it used to be” talk the other day and we were talking about how it’s a cycle. Deer, doves, fish... For example deer come up and he said “there was a few years we had some good ones down there, then a couple bad years, last two years they come back”. Hope this cycle theory holds up... If not we all gone know how the injuns felt when there wasn’t no more Buffalo.
Last edited by SpottailSpecialist; 01-20-2021 at 09:58 AM.
A fish bites 2 times a day, right before I get to the water, and as soon as my boat gets back on the trailer.
Hasn't it been stated that they do not believe gigging has contributed to the decline? I don't see how this can be.
I don’t know what they said, but if I get to the ramp and I see a certain feller loading his boat up I won’t even bother with the flounder that day. He’ll clean the creek out in a minute. No hard feelings towards the guy, just know you’re pissin in the wind fishing for flounder after he spent the night on the water.
A fish bites 2 times a day, right before I get to the water, and as soon as my boat gets back on the trailer.
Atrazine? Birth control infused pee? Pesticides?
The rivers are full of it all. The white bass may have been the canary in the coal mine, but their population collapse went largely unnoticed...
All species go through population cycles by design. We certainly have an influence for sure as you alluded to regarding bison. However sustained, static and growing populations are a goal and product of human influence and management. And I'm a big fan of it. but Earth is gonna Earth whether we want it to or not. I like flounder and hope any efforts we put forth keep em around.
Yup...
Gigging used to be something you needed a mentor to ever get started. There just weren't many people doing it. I can remember gigging one scorching, steamy hot night in Charleston Harbor in my tighty whiteys. There was never anyone on the water at night. We had it all to ourselves any night we went. I have since been out on nights where it seemed like a boat rigged with stadium lighting every few hundred yards on every bank you checked.
I loved hearing my grandfather talk about putting pitch pine knots in a candle lantern to go striking at Pawleys. When the water cleared in the fall he said the black folk would walk the south Pawleys creek in a line during the daytime and strike them.
DILLIGAF
Last edited by Calibogue; 01-20-2021 at 12:24 PM.
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
Sounds like the Mosquito Fleet Scott.
DILLIGAF
Most of the flounder I catch are 14 7/8 inches long. As soon as they hit 15, they're outta the water and in a cooler.
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