One lucky grouper
Here in the Florida Keys we are now into our third month of the four month grouper take ban still enjoy fishing for these powerful and hard fighting fish but they all have to go back till the first of May. The ban started last year when the gag grouper became a bit under pressure in Gulf waters the only problem the gag and our black grouper look alike so to help the gag to have to include the black and to make it a no brainer include the red as well. May be a bit over kill but we all noticed a big increase in fish numbers last year so helping fish does work as they show in the US many times. Last week we fished one of my top grouper spots and yes we had what would have been a keeper red but it went back to fight an other day.
If you like eating fish as I do and a lot of guys on fishing holidays do all you have to do is take the fresh fillets into any of our many restaurants and they will cook it for you any way you want. Talking to local guides a few tarpon have been seen but yet an other cold front is coming and this one has strong NW winds which will drop water temps yet again. Great to keep our winter fish the mackerel and blue fish but I think there are a lot of people who are just waiting for our silver darlings to arrive on mass. At Fish the Dream we have always had our first tarpon during March so when next weeks guys get here we will have at least one early on seven mile bridge.