Greetings All!

I am also going to post this in Help Section and "Other Parts Of Florida".

This is a post from Alexis. Alexis works for the Florida Depatment of Fishries and she collects legal, dead Snook carcases (What a job, eh?!?!) and she uses them for Snook research. I always get her end of year reports and if you donate your carcasses, you can get a report as well and find out some real interesting stuff about the fish you not only catch, but as well as all the Snook caught in general.

She is going to be setting something up for Lauderdale as well as other areas of the state but for now, if you do find yourself on the West Coast and you do catch one, try your best to leave the dead, cleaned fish at any of the locations listed.

By doing this, you are only helping out the species for everyone

TonyB

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In case you missed it, snook season opened yesterday. I'm usually very good about getting this post up in advanced, but have been a bit busy (I think I may actually be going crazy) preparing for our upcoming Snook Symposium. Better late then never though
The FL FWC/ FWRI is continuing our snook carcass intercept and donation program. If you catch and keep a snook this season, please donate your filleted carcasses at one of the participating Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee County bait and tackle stores. These carcasses will be sampled for length, sex, age, and genetics.

If you donate a carcass, please leave the internal organs intact and do not break the backbone.

The following stores are equipped to hold carcasses:
New Pass Bait and Grill - 1498 1/2 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota
King Fisher Fleet at Fisherman's Village - 1200 W Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda
Stump Pass Marina - 260 Maryland Ave, Englewood
Captain Ted's Tackle - 2733 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte
Lehr's Economy Tackle - 1366 N. Tamiami Trail, N. Ft. Myers
Angler's Outlet - 4404 Del Prado Blvd, Cape Coral
Shack Baits at Punta Rassa Boat Ramp - 18500 McGregor Blvd, Ft. Myers
The Bait Box - 1041 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island
Master Bait and Tackle - 4465 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Beach

If you see a girl sitting at a ramp, bridge, or pier with a clipboard and a hacksaw, that is most likely me. Stop by and say hi.

If you have any questions about this program or about snook in general, please feel free to contact me:
alexis.trotter@myfwc.com
office: 727-896-8626 x2218
cell: 727-235-3174

Hope the season is a great one for all.

Alexis

The FWRI has the same thing here in South Florida. There are quite a few drop sites around town. Kingsberry, 7 seas are a few to name. Lisa is in charge of it down here for moroe, dade and broward counties. bring em there and makes sure to fill out the slip and leave it in the fishes mouth. This past year fwri will release there most comprehensive report yet. I wish i could have made it to the snook symposium in feb., but i have another comitment. goodluck everyone.

Hey Jeff ...aka Bridgefisher, could you do me a big favor if you have Lisa's Email send it to me, I am going to edit the snook research posts and want to include all drop offs for our area also. I know you have dropped off many Snook and may have her Email.

I would like to see more people involved in this so I want to help promote and bring peoples awareness to it and I can use the forum to do so.

Thanks alot, Tom

Oh we have to catch up with each other soon, how's Ray and Bret ? tell em to stop by the forum.

Yeah i have it. i will pm it to you. Brett is doing as good as he can up in gainsville and ray is doing well. He just bought a 22 hydrasports bay boat. i have not seen him to much. I kind of like to fish alone these days. it is kinda peacefull. if i want to stay out even if the conditions are crappy i dont have to worry about another person wanting to go home. things are going well with me. I am just very buisy for these few weeks so i have not fished much at all. I hope to get out soon.

For those of you who are donating this year...THANK YOU. Every donation makes a huge difference. I personally like to filet my fish in the backyard, and found inconvient to donate, until; I kept the carcasses preserved in my freezer. I know that officers will patrol the piers to find carcasses near the beginning and end of seasons as well. (Newport)

I thought of it as a great idea to have a list of all the donations kept for posting at the end of season. It may encourage people to take the extra 5 minute drive to donate...

Tight Lines,

Brett

Any drop-off locations on the East-Central coast ?