Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

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**NEW** Gag and Red Grouper Commission Update:

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will discuss gag groupermanagement in Gulf of Mexico state waters at the upcoming Feb. 7-9 Commission meeting in Havana. View agenda.

At the November 2011 Commission meeting, the Commission voted to change how red grouper is managed in Gulf of Mexico state waters. They also decided to extend a gag grouper closure.

The following changes are in effect:

Gag grouper will remain closed in Gulf of Mexico state waters through March 31, 2012.

Patrick Field of Springfield, Ohio chartering with Capt. Jimmy Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team had great fun fishing for and catching  Gag Grouper last week.  

Gag in the Gulf of Mexico provide a really good fight for the angler, but REMEMBER catch and release ONLY.

Its important to the future of fishing that all anglers know and obey the fishing laws.