here is my position on this issue...
the limit now is 5 fish per day at 12' to the fork.
many people are idiots and dont know what "to the fork" means and take fish that are 12" total...this can be a hog as short as 9'
manypeople who are idiots, also think that they are above the law and they shoot fish below the 12" mark, which they are already wrong about.
I would like to see people not take any fish smaller than 14" I feel that ONE way to accomplish this would be to raise the size to 18". this would ensure that even the dumbest poaching-est Ahole has a 14" fish. I do not support this plan...I do not want to limit myself, an honest shooter wit ha good eye for fish size, just because of stupid people and poachers.
we need better enforcement of the current regs and better education of the fishermen before we start increasing the sizes.
DO NOT be too quick to give up your rights.....they will nto be given back
I see the hogfish doing quite well off miami. I saw about 100 of them on a single dive in 50' off key biscayne a few weeks ago...they looked like little gorgonians growing out of the sand until they started swiming away.
I have seen a lot less off the beachs of Ft lauderdale...I have seen a lot less fish in general off those beaches.
i would fully support an increase to 14" because it would come with more flyers that show dumbasses how to measure to the fork.