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		<title>Keeping our fishery healthy the focus of new film</title>
		<description>Discuss Keeping our fishery healthy the focus of new film</description>
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			<title>Capt. Troy P. Sapp says:</title>
			<link>http://bocabeacon.com/news/featured-news/4374-keeping-our-fishery-healthy-the-focus-of-new-film#comment-78</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a big difference between snagging and Foul hooking a fish. I would suggest you research foul hooking rates in all forms of fishing. Lots of data out there peer reviewed. ;-) Foul hooking is what happened in 2002 when we won the catch the King tournament. Hooked in the pectoral fin while fishing with a crab. That fish counted. In today's tournaments they are Disqualified. J hooks are also not permitted to reduce the chance of foul or deep hooking. You may have still been in Jersey at that time. Still awaiting the relationship to habitat concerns that everyone keeps referencing. Also would like to see some footage of the thousands of boats and Jet Skis running the beaches in 10 feet of water along the tarpons main migration path. You know, the main place they daisy chain and frolic pre-spawn. Seems like a select few only worry about their sand box. Never have seen any of these guys at fishery meetings for anything other than their tarpon.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Capt. Troy P. Sapp</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:14:32 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>James Hoffa says:</title>
			<link>http://bocabeacon.com/news/featured-news/4374-keeping-our-fishery-healthy-the-focus-of-new-film#comment-76</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Mr. Volpe, How about responding to my questions or commenting on the links? I'm sure you have plenty of footage. Great. Now respond to the question & the articles. We're talking Aransas, not Boca Grande.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>James Hoffa</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:43:04 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Rich Volpe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Correction, sorry Capt.Troy. I am wrong you did not snag the fish during 2009 PTTS. That was somebody else. Please excuse my mistake.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rich Volpe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:12:49 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Rich Volpe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[:lol: Troy do you remember the 2009 PTTS championship when your team snagged a Tarpon inside its gill, did that one count towards the tournament? I left that clip out of the film, I have way better footage to show anyway. You ain't fooling me buddy! Social issue only lol. What evidence do you have? Come see my evidence March 21st and I would love to hear what you have to say then. James Hoffa what team are you on for the PTTS, I want to see if I have any good clips of you. :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rich Volpe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:20:19 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>James Hoffa says:</title>
			<link>http://bocabeacon.com/news/featured-news/4374-keeping-our-fishery-healthy-the-focus-of-new-film#comment-69</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can't wait to see the flick. Is there any mention of the Deepwater Horizon Spill and it's effects on the Tarpon population and/or the "Boca Grande Habitat"? Surely that's more impactful than a few hundred recreational anglers. With all due respect to Mrs. Shortuse, a simple and quick google search on this issue queries numerous sources ALL who come to a different opinions and conclusions than Mr. Joiner as to the demise of Tarpon in Aransas. Where's your unbias independent research Ma'am? The two links below accurately describe the decline of the Tarpon population in Port Aransas, Texas. BOTH point to the damming of rivers in Texas and the massive injection of pollutants in the ecosystem as the cause for the estuary destruction, and list commercial harvest of Tarpon in Mexico as the population killer. If Recreational fishing had any effect on the population and destruction of the estuary, it was by far the least impactful. One of the articles happens to be penned by a BGFGA member, 4th generation guide, & Boca Grande area native, Capt. Steve Futch. http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2011/jun/ed_2/index.phtml http://www.catchtheking.com/report2.html]]></description>
			<dc:creator>James Hoffa</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:16:23 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Capt. Troy P. Sapp says:</title>
			<link>http://bocabeacon.com/news/featured-news/4374-keeping-our-fishery-healthy-the-focus-of-new-film#comment-68</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Joiner, as well as many other local fishing guides whose families have fished local waters for generations, worries that Boca Grande Pass could become another Port Aransas, Texas." That's an interesting comparison. Considering the collapse of the fishery there in Texas had nothing to do with recreational fishing. How about the fact that the petrochemical boom and that tarpon were damned and dynamited to be turned into fertilizer is what led to the demise of that fishery. I notice there is also mention of the break away jig. Break away gear has been prohibited for many years now. That means that the traditional live bait gear that has been used for a hundred years is also prohibited. Yep, the breakaway leads used on the live bait gear that have been dropped into that pass for ever. When is this dooms day going to occur? Why didn't it occur back in the day when all those Tarpon were being hung up to rot every day for years. Why hasn't it happened after 20 plus years of tournaments with less restrictive rules to protect Tarpon? Habitat concerns? What about the beach re-nourishment that has caused sand and silt that has filled in the pass in some areas. The rocks that were covered that harbored forage along the beaches. How about the health of the Charlotte harbor estuary? If tarpon were indeed in trouble I think one should be more concerned about the big picture rather than 50 boats running around. Please remember there is mortality in all forms of fishing. There is a known rate for the catch and release tarpon fishery. The more you catch the more will die. Admittedly, the very ones raising these concerns have a higher catch ratio per effort than the ones that are being complained about. One simply needs to do the math to figure out the implication. This a social issue, nothing more.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Capt. Troy P. Sapp</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:11:35 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Tom Pellegrini says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have been a regular visitor to the "Pass" for the twelve years. I fish with the same guide each time. I have seen all of the aforementioned problems transpire over the years. I have written letters to the Governor and the FWC in support of the BGFGA on going fight to preserve the fishery, and it MUST be preserved. If possible I would like to obtain a copy of the film. Thank you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tom Pellegrini</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:52:36 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Skip Clement says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I sincerely hope that the Boca Grande Pass habitat can be saved. Real anglers wouldn't go near the "Pass" during the disgusting assemblage that gathers there now to show-off their ignorance.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Skip Clement</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:49:55 --500</pubDate>
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