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Another cold front
crossed the upper Texas Coast on Saturday, with cold north winds gusting
in excess of 20 knots. The sudden change in conditions forced
cancellation of Williams Party Boats’ overnight tuna safari as seas were expected to reach 7 feet in height.
Patrick Lemire, spokesperson for Williams, said their next overnight trip is scheduled for the last weekend of February.
Patrick Lemire, spokesperson for Williams, said their next overnight trip is scheduled for the last weekend of February.
With no fishing reports to pass on, this allows time to mention some questions readers have had recently.
Rod Burns of
Hitchcock asked for clarification on the game fish status of the big
three: trout, reds and flounder. Burns said that he understands that
game fish cannot be sold commercially and wonders how flounder seem to
make their way to the menus of restaurants.
Only speckled trout and red drum
are classified as game fish. While flounder do have size and bag limit
restrictions, they are not classified as game fish and can be taken and
resold by commercial fishermen.
Speaking of limits, Jerry White
of Texas City asked about limits on crabs. He was told by personnel at
an area bait camp that there is a limit of five per person.
There are no bag limits on crabs;
however, there is a minimum size, and along with the minimum size is an
exception for bait crab. I think the person mentioning the number five
may have been referring to the limitation on the number of crab traps an
individual may set out.
A related question came a while
back from a reader in Crystal Beach who asked if there are any crab
fishing tournaments. As far as a tournament limited to crabs only, I
know of none. Several of the large fishing tournaments have crabs as one
of the categories.
Crabs are one of the best baits for larger drum, and soon they will be in demand by anglers fishing the annual black drum run.
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