Page 3 - Martin Downs Bulletin - April '22

Martin Downs, Page 3
Treasure Coast Outdoors

New Dolphin Regulations an issue. He said that if you catch your limit of 10 dolphin This includes gag grouper, red grouper, scamp and six
Are A Joke And Accomplish in federal waters, you should not then spend time fishing other lesser species.
My favorite method to fish for them is to troll artificial
in Florida state waters after that, but return to dock.
Nothing If that sounds confusing and unenforceable, it is. baits that don’t dive. I use a downrigger to keep my bait
I give Florida credit for trying, but it looks like we
about 4 feet off the bottom.
By Jim Weix have another one of those useless feel-good regulations. I’ve found that 80-pound braided line, with a 10-foot
Effective May 1, the That is too bad, because the dolphin catch has declined 50-pound fluorocarbon leader, works well. The braided
Florida recreational 68 percent since 2015 due to overfishing. line minimizes the bow in your line, so that when a
individual bag limit for I cringe whenever I see anglers proudly posting grouper hits, the line gets tight quickly and prevents
dolphin is reduced from 10 pictures of their “trophy” 20-inch sandwich-sized baby it from getting into its hidey hole. Then I can reel it in
to five. The vessel limit is dolphin. Dolphin are super-fast growing, but you have quickly before a shark grabs it.
also reduced from 60 fish to let them grow up. Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
to 30. However, this only Not long ago, a 15-pound dolphin was sometimes the conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
applies in state waters, smallest one in the cooler. Now many younger anglers Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
which extend out three actually think that is big. A tourist would be running off Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands
miles. Since most dolphin to a taxidermist with it. of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The
caught are beyond three To restore our dolphin population we need both Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941
miles, the new rule basically accomplishes nothing. realistic state and federal regulations. Bag limits should or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.
When I spoke with a person from the Florida Fish and be reduced and size limits should be increased.
Wildlife Commission about that, he admitted that it was The good news is that grouper season opens May 1.

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Photo by Jackie Holfelder Mulrooney in vintage Dusenberg (a ride in it was part of the silent auction)
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Alean Timm, Mary’s Home executive director, with vintage
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