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| Red Snapper from Hilton Head Boathouse |
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| Tres Hombres from Manatee Mac in Hilton Head |
August saltwater fishing included a special three-day season
on red snapper. Offshore bottom fishing enthusiasts had their chance after a two-year
ban on red snapper fishing that was lifted for only 72 hours. It
is becoming clear to anglers and observers that the ocean no longer holds a
limitless abundance of seafood for both commercial and recreational fishermen.
Scientists determined that red snapper were being overfished, and they acted at
the federal level to halt the harvest of red snapper. This closure was deemed
the first step to nurture a return to sustainability of these slow growing and
highly sought after gamefish. The
three-day mini season for recreational anglers was August 23, 24 and 25.
Typical August weather with sunshine, high temps and light winds created
favorable conditions for going offshore on the first two days of the season,
but a Northeast wind made for a rough ocean on the final day. The mini season
established a bag limit of one red snapper per angler with no minimum size limit. Anglers
were invited by SCDNR to participate in several ways to relay information from
their harvested red snapper, which might enhance the 2014 stock assessment for
this species. Anglers can drop off fish racks (carcasses) at
SCDNR freezers at
locations along the coast, or they can go online and take a
red snapper survey about where
their fishing occurred and relay size info regarding both harvested red snapper
and any other red snapper caught and released.
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Lady angler Karen Poots says that youth
Ben Freeman caught one larger than hers |
To view info on the recent S.C. gag grouper record click
Bass Pro.
To view the latest Lowcountry Saltwater Fishing Report click
here.
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| Beaufort Sportfisher Club had success |
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