SAY NO TO 10 day commercial closure fl

[4Seasons Seafood]

Everyone who is a comm needs to tell there senator no to the ten day ghost hunt.  

[R D]

Everyone who is a comm needs to tell there senator no to the ten day ghost hunt. 

No problem son,if you don't like what the crabbers across the state came up with the politicians in Tallahassee said that if we couldn't come up with a plan they would and the closed season would be the same as stone crab season so if thats what you want go right ahead and cry to your Senator but if you were to get it closed for the rest of us for that long by some chance,Montana would not be far enough away for you to move to,I don't know just where your from but it was a Senator from Sarasota with senority and power who was all for a summer closing.

[ACFISHERIES]

I picked up a few of them yellow/green ring traps last closure down around Salt River and Homosassa.

[R D]

I picked up a few of them yellow/green ring traps last closure down around Salt River and Homosassa.

Sounds like next year we might have to spend more time down there.

[Crabpot Man]

Ronnie, isn't this just 10 days a year to declare waters "pot free"?

[R D]

Ronnie, isn't this just 10 days a year to declare waters "pot free"?

Thats right,it's to get up all the pots that get abandoned,mostly rec pots was what most of us picked up,that and stuff that has been there for years.

[Crabpot Man]

Thats right,it's to get up all the pots that get abandoned,mostly rec pots was what most of us picked up,that and stuff that has been there for years.

Can't see why anyone would be against it. 

We do the same up here, luckily it's in February when there isn't much going on anyways.

[R D]

Can't see why anyone would be against it. 

We do the same up here, luckily it's in February when there isn't much going on anyways.

We do 3 regions in Jan,2 in July and one in Aug,2 weeks from now unless something changes most of the crabbers are going to be putting a big chunk of their gear on the hill anyway because sales are going to bottom out,always do this time of year.

[4Seasons Seafood]

 I dont think there is anything wrong with the closure.Its good to clean up old gear.I just wonder why they wouldnt do it in january.This site is a good resource i would like to join but i was hoping to make some friends. everyone seems confrontatonal so is signing up even worth it . My family has crabbed since the seventies .My dad used to build cypress blue crab traps in the sixties . so dont make me sound cheap. because i dont appreciate it. All ive ever done is fish .since i was a little kid catching silver mullet lobster stone crab in the keys . With my two older brothers mike ronny birren .I  truly love and respect the ocean.

[4Seasons Seafood]

I picked up a few of them yellow/green ring traps last closure down around Salt River and Homosassa.

?? was fwc on the boat jon jones perhaps or does everyone in homosassa just pick up someones traps and know who they are and not give them back. And just how many is a few? why wasnt i charged with a cleanup fee? THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM 

[R D]

While we might sound confrontational we are answering your questions and giving advice,as far as family history in the business,it wont buy a cup of coffee.

All trap retrieval trips have a FWC observer on board,most of the time it's staff from the marine division and never from LE,last year being as it was the first year was done at no charge to the crabber no matter how many were picked up,it will not be that way in the future.ALL traps picked up are required to be destroyed and disposed of in the dump.
 You really need to read  the statues and rules governing the fishery you are in before you go HHMMMMMM,there is a little more to blue crabbing in Fla in 2010 than putting out traps and catching a few when the crabbing is good.

[ACFISHERIES]

?? was fwc on the boat jon jones perhaps or does everyone in homosassa just pick up someones traps and know who they are and not give them back. And just how many is a few? why wasnt i charged with a cleanup fee? THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM 

John Jones is an instructer in Ocala now. He's only on the water on holidays. All the traps I picked up were recorded and disposed of in the Citrus Co. landfill including two of my own. Didn't have time to get south of Homosassa.  Just a question, I crab from around six am until two or three pm, I see your buoy's but never see you, do you crab all night?  HMMMMMM?

[R D]

I started my 2nd trip at 2 today does that count? 

[ACFISHERIES]

I started my 2nd trip at 2 today does that count? 

I don't pay no mind to y'all. Your part of Fl. does things bassackwards anyhow....

[4Seasons Seafood]

John Jones is an instructer in Ocala now. He's only on the water on holidays. All the traps I picked up were recorded and disposed of in the Citrus Co. landfill including two of my own. Didn't have time to get south of Homosassa.  Just a question, I crab from around six am until two or three pm, I see your buoy's but never see you, do you crab all night?  HMMMMMM?

No sure dont crab at night but i do go about three to four days a week. Now that you mention it that is kind of funny.We usualy crab all day to in the big brown boat with the white shade cant miss it

[4Seasons Seafood]

While we might sound confrontational we are answering your questions and giving advice,as far as family history in the business,it wont buy a cup of coffee.

All trap retrieval trips have a FWC observer on board,most of the time it's staff from the marine division and never from LE,last year being as it was the first year was done at no charge to the crabber no matter how many were picked up,it will not be that way in the future.ALL traps picked up are required to be destroyed and disposed of in the dump.
 You really need to read  the statues and rules governing the fishery you are in before you go HHMMMMMM,there is a little more to blue crabbing in Fla in 2010 than putting out traps and catching a few when the crabbing is good.

Me and my dad crab yeararound. even when it gets so hard to catch we can only go twice a week. and that seems to coincide with our mullet run and ladyfish season. so i end up fishing for them four days a week, and crabbing two church on sunday. crabbing and fishing is a way of life for my family doesent matter if its good or not.

[ACFISHERIES]

You see my buoy's in St. Martins and Fish Creek, orange/white or all white.  V1173 or V45.

[4Seasons Seafood]

Yeah we fish beside one another in quite a few places. Beautiful country up there and no gear loss or crab theft. That just makes it even better

[ACFISHERIES]

Yeah we fish beside one another in quite a few places. Beautiful country up there and no gear loss or crab theft. That just makes it even better

Yep, I like it like that.

[4Seasons Seafood]

 :smoking:I like no drama crabbing thats when i really start to enjoy my time .that has alot to do with my move up that way.fished a little over the winter in that area and really liked it.