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Re: NFC: Redbreast Sunfish ?



Thanks for the infor Doug. I guess il get soem catch
and release hooks. 

Dave


--- Doug Dame <dameda at shands_ufl.edu> wrote:
> 
> Bill Hoppe wrote (in part):
> 
> >>   If you are refering to the redbreast sunfish i
> >>   have no experience with it but i have yet to
> see a
> >>   young sunfish that could resist a minnow trap .
> Put
> >>  2 or 3 traps in where they are and you should
> get some.
> >>  Sunfish like to hang out in traps . Dont even
> need
> >>  bait.
> 
> 
> And Wally Billingham wrote: 
> 
> >>  If they are big ones that you want hook and line
> is very 
> >>  effective. Use a catch and release hook like
> they sell 
> >>  for trout. Very thin wire and barbless. A few
> worms 
> >>  under a bobber should work great for you. Try
> and set
> >>  the hook as soon as they hit. You will miss a
> bunch but 
> >>  should have no problems getting some for your
> tank 
> >>  and the ones you get will be lip hooked. The
> small 
> >>  wound will heal up very fast.
> 
> 
> And on its web-site * , under "Method of Taking
> Freshwater Fish", the Florida Fish and Wildlife
> Conservation Commission says: 
> 
>    (1) Game fish .... may be taken with pole and
> line, or rod and reel. 
> 
>    (2) Game Fish - black bass, black crappie ...
> redbreast sunfish ....[rest of list snipped.]
> 
> 
> So ... the only lawful way to capture redbreast
> sunfish in Florida is by hook and line. 
> 
> Always pays to check the local regs to find out the
> home rules.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Doug Dame
> Interlachen FL
> -----------------------------
> It could be worse, we could be in
> California (with sympathy to you
> wannabe "fish samplers" out there 
> who are so situated.) 
> 
> 
> 
> * this is a strange link, I'm not sure it will work
> 
> http://floridafisheries.com/rules.html#METHODS OF
> TAKING FRESHWATER FISH
> 


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