Shrimping 2010 to 2022 Reports

[snapperfanatic18]

wait til tomorrow. might not be alot, but u might get a lil run of the big boys.. i get the bigger shrimps during cold nights, but the big runs come from strong NE OR SE winds.. you'll never know unless u go.. so if u do, good luck bro...

[joshfishboy1819]

checked hillsbaro inlet last night....nutting tide was coming in no wind at all so a bunch of poons tho

[krash]

We went the following night (Sunday) off the wall (west side behind AA arena was fenced off so we went to the east side). Got 11 between 6:30 and 8:30 PM on the outgoing tide. Not 11 dozen. Just 11! Is that spot not so good? Are we better off in a boat? Where do you anchor?

Nope thats just shrimping.. a few weeks back we got 22, shrimp not dozen, so thats 11 each.

When we were out last week we cruised that seawall, always do, although dipping whil moving is not exactly legal so we was just looking with the q-beam.. there is a spot maybe 10x1 concrete square that sticks out of the seawall, no idea what it was for, looks like it would be a perfect spot, but there is a homeless dude with a tent setup on it.. maybe you could cut adeal with the homeless dude to let you shrimp there for a couple buds' . Looks like the homeless dudes have pulled back the fence along side the bridge, West end to get there. There were also a couple sleeping under the bridge.

For sure I'd say you are better off in a boat, but without one I'd say your odds would be much better from the Rickenbacker bridge. Thye have done a very good job over the years of shutting down any possible place where us fishermen and shrimpers can have a good time.
The best place is anywhere the water is funneled or changes direction or boils.

The wing netters are always cruising that seawall.

[gruntking]

siting at dania tonight i counted around thirty while i was trying to jig for bait

[joshfishboy1819]

thanks for the report!!!!!

[krash]

GruntKing, curuious.. when you see Shrimp which general direction are the moving and are you seeing them from the pier ?

[BoatlessFisherman]

Gov cut --- Shrimp flowing last night and tonight, I know of one person that from a marinas Dock that got a half a bucket tonight in 2 hours.

They have moved early in the evening just after the sun sets until they slowed at 11pm

[gruntking]

GruntKing, curuious.. when you see Shrimp which general direction are the moving and are you seeing them from the pier ?

they are heading north an yes im seeing them from the pier

[krash]

Thanks.. that makes sense..

Any reports from Anglins (Tommy ?) fishermen seeing them up that way.

[s1smokeone]

I was out on the sea legs last night , fishing wasn't good but damn did i see a dirt load of jumbo shrimp rolling by. Wish i had a dip net instead of a pole last night, easily could have filled a 5 gallon bucket.

[krash]

I was in whorelando for the weekend so my buddy went without me and did about 3.5 gallons, said they ran hard for a while then just stopped like last time, next moon should be good.

[BoatlessFisherman]

It is rumored that sea cockroaches are on the surface of the ocean everywhere.

Thats all I am saying

[hellion090]

went To Hillsboro Inlet just to fish for a bit. It was mobbed with shrimpers. had to be over a dozen guys with nets, lights all over, and maybe 4 boats in the bay shrimping away. wasn't really checking to see how much they were bringing in but they all stayed busy. coincidentally there wasnt a single fish to be found. no a bite or nibble. same bait for 1 1/2 hrs. which sucked. tried hitting pilings and casting out. nothing. think maybe the drunks in the boats and the yelling people running back and forth on the dock might have contributed to that.

[s1smokeone]

coincidentally there wasnt a single fish to be found. no a bite or nibble. same bait for 1 1/2 hrs. which sucked. tried hitting pilings and casting out. nothing. think maybe the drunks in the boats and the yelling people running back and forth on the dock might have contributed to that.

or the free buffet of shrimp the fish have seen for a couple of day lol

[hellion090]

you may have a point.

[BoatlessFisherman]

I have not seen to many in the water the last two day, next good hard SE wind we should see some, I hope.

[krash]

A few days before the next full moon should be golden

[PhishingPhanatic]

Article from the Herald today about the bad shrimp season so far...


Most years, the mid-winter weeks are high times for the commercial food shrimpers who trawl Biscayne Bay. They train their nets night after night on the plump crustaceans, which ‘‘run’’ out of the estuary through the passes and channels to the Atlantic when the water cools.

Most years, veteran shrimper Jeff Hald of Fort Lauderdale says, a good night’s catch is a couple thousand pounds of mostly pink shrimp in a night of wing-netting, which he does mainly from the Venetian Causeway to Bear Cut in his 17-footer, “Money’s Tight.’’

But this year, three months into shrimp season, his boat’s got the right name. “This is becoming a dire situation,” Hald says, bemoaning the generally meager catch so far.

Prices shrimpers can get from seafood dealers are down by double-figures percentage points. Add in foreign competition, the rising cost of diesel fuel, and an unsubstantiated but nagging feeling that last year’s BP oil spill has something to do with the situation, and shrimpers are feeling anxious.

“I’m $10,000 behind from last year,” said Hald, 43, a single dad raising a 19-year-old son and running an auto and marine shop and lawn-care business by day to pay the bills. “They’re just not here. I don’t know why. Nobody does.”

Added Opa-locka seafood dealer Jorge Fundora: “We’ve seen very little shrimp compared to past years. We usually get a good December and January run, and we didn’t get it.”

ELUSIVE TIMING

Shrimpers can’t predict exactly at what point in the season most of the shellfish will make their move toward the ocean to spawn.

In typical seasons, shrimpers will enjoy a handful of bonanza nights and a few pulses. This year has seen no bonanza and barely a pulse.

So since November, they’ve been launching their boats just before dark and pushing all night long, hoping for action.

The typical boat, 20 to 40 feet long, is equipped with lights that shine down into the water and wing nets deployed on port and starboard sides. The nets are wide at the mouth, but they narrow to socks that scoop up crustaceans as they float along, midway between the bottom and the surface.

The fishermen take a team approach, talking to each other and to recreational anglers on cellphones, rewarding tipsters with free buckets full of their catch.

Hald says the best nights are cool, with muddy water and an outgoing tide that flows all night long on a full moon.

There have been plenty of nights just like that since the season opened. But catches have ranged from erratic to downright poor.

He and others are putting their hopes on the days around Feb. 18, when the next full moon arrives.

NO SATURDAYS

The bounty had better not happen on a Saturday night: About a decade ago, shrimp were deemed a restricted species in Florida, which means a special commercial permit is required to harvest them during a season that runs from Nov. 1 through May 31. To help conserve the resource, no commercial harvest is permitted in Biscayne Bay from 6 a.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday.

Since the rule was passed, the Biscayne Bay shrimp fleet has shrunk by about half.

In his years buying shrimp, Fundora says he has seen ups and downs but nothing too extreme. The shrimp catch has stayed relatively steady over the past several years, but what’s been shrinking is the price: In 2005, according to records kept by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, shrimpers statewide commanded an average price of $1.96 a pound for their 430,000-pound shrimp haul. The latest figures, for 2009, show an average price of $1.57 for a harvest of just over 500,000 pounds.

PRICES FALLING

This season, Fundora has been paying fishermen about $1.25 per pound. Competition from cheaper, farm-grown Asian shrimp has depressed prices, although Fundora and other local shrimpers say the wild, domestic crop has a shrimpier, deeper flavor, since it has lived without the preservatives or antibiotics typically used on farms.

We’re almost 10 months removed from the April 20, 2010, BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s just a feeling, but some of the fishermen are wondering out loud whether the gusher into the gulf is a factor in the failure of shrimp to show up miles away in Biscayne Bay.

“There’s a lot of concern over the oil spill, but we don’t have any indication that we’ve had those effects here,” said Ryan Gandy, a crustacean research scientist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg. “Most of the effects are in the upper Gulf.”

Nevertheless, the fishermen worry that the oil and dispersants used on the spill may have killed spawning shrimp and their larvae, decreasing the numbers here.

“You can only have so many Exxon Valdezes and BPs,” Hald said.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/08/2 ... z1DTKdd4V8

[krash]

Rumor is they is running pretty good the last couple nights. My buddy called and was going tonight, I could not make it unfortunately took oncall to cover for someone else at work.

Might be the big one, might be the last run of this year.

[mannyman]

Went out to the boca inlet about 10:30PM to see if there were any shrimp running and there were none. Nobody fishing either. Will check tomorrow night and report back.

[clarence2society]

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[clarence2society]

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[PhishingPhanatic]

The only place in Broward I know of people going are the inlets. If you dont mind driving to Miami, the Rickenbacker is usually a good spot.

[clarence2society]

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[mmcauliffe]

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[clarence2society]

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[mannyman]

Went out to the Boca Inlet for the last 25 minutes of the incoming tide and I saw about 6 shrimps. Not enough to make it worth your while but more than last night when I saw none. Tomorrow night will probably be better.

[clarence2society]

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[TheReelHangover]

Headin to the Rickenbacker tomorrow night... Any tips?