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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Traveling Angler- Out of State Reports => Topic started by: harbison on December 10, 2020, 09:55:32 PM
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Florida Fishing
For many natives and tourist Florida Fishing is more than a hobby; it's a way of life. Our FWC estimates that well over four millions men, women and children fish in Florida every year. The economic impact generated by fishing, over $9.2 billion dollars annually, is enormous. In addition, Florida fishing activities support over 88,000 jobs. Think Alaska holds more IGFA records that Florida? Think again! Alaska's current record count, 322, is not even close to Florida's 925.Florida's tropical climate is a twelve month wonderland. Just being on the water is a thrill in itself:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/1(112).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/d08cb3b5-7e6c-4487-8532-deaf0bca1af3)To a parent the greatest gift of all are our children.Just ask Mr. & Mrs. Dylan Hubbard:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/2(97).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/45139035-af42-4bba-956a-d562cb7835d5)Young Jack Wilson was born to fish, and he is not alone:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/3(88).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/d5837700-f4fa-4c3e-bcf4-6d677f423e5c)The family that fishes together stays together:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/4(78).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/9f146363-0010-4698-9eec-8a84ba5ddf11)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/5(73).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/17ab31d5-5123-4548-90fc-17fa37d610b4)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/6(71).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/17cf5832-353b-4cef-aeeb-7919adaea28a)Do drugs, get into trouble... NO WAY! I have too many fish to catch:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/7(67).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/e4ab6857-04cb-4d65-8bf0-45d616ad013a)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/8(62).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/b394d633-466c-4a4d-b5a8-553fed1fbc9c)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/9(56).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/c6d58278-0962-405f-94f2-45ef80c45ad1)Think the ladies don't fish?Think again!(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/10(54).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/7796237a-1c1a-4ca5-a369-d0ebea5030d5)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/11(51).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/0566b10d-90a4-4d34-acd4-616ab21cd2e9)Like to go Hog Hunting?Florida Fishing is the place to be:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/12(53).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/8a293970-1edb-4889-8fe8-75a02b3e9b9b)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/13(54).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/47581136-8884-43ae-b409-edc9a34321ea)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/14(45).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/f7843dc5-dc6b-4203-87a9-1f5e20d33618)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/15(42).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/7074fe08-3d7f-4fbb-a3c6-14d22ab8de47)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/16(43).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/ae2cbe87-2bae-4fd1-b7bf-1f31447d708d)Another Florida fun to catch, great to eat fish, the elusive:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/17(39).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/0a2d604e-5b47-4e69-8e62-40c9d7c26c64)The Mangrove Snapper is native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea. Mangrove (Mango) Snapper can be found offshore, close to shore, inshore, and even in brackish and fresh waters. Florida offshore Mangrove Snapper tend to run much larger than those found elsewhere:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/18(30).JPG?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/6a7004c1-6bed-4cb6-92e0-f721845802d0)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/19(29).JPG?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/28ffcda3-5019-4358-89e5-869ccf147de4)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/20(28).JPG?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/d01ac793-2b15-4b5a-ac52-ea3135a4202a)The family that fishes together stays together:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/21(23).JPG?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/b0d19c18-c694-4437-828f-fdd53116ae65)Captain Dylan Hubbard himself makes sure that every single legally caught fish is well taken care of:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/22(24).JPG?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/72c6bfac-be49-488a-93f9-6d8e2dfbe84b)What an honor welcoming the ladies to the Florida Fisherman ll:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/23(37).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/88622464-7c70-4a30-b68e-e7a22725e5b8)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/24(32).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/27cb31c8-2bb9-415f-aa1e-70252a886798)Captain, it looks like even the porgies are king-size out here:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/25(34).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/90382bca-9ad9-4c23-822b-f1a01857790e)One of the best of the best. The Florida...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/26(38).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/f5da175a-a3c2-405f-ac98-1985c0f760f8)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/27(27).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/85438e9f-6660-49fa-9f62-0485a26db1bd)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/28(30).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/c089e61f-717a-4a61-a95f-09792b44e883)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/29(20).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/19f02b69-8532-42cb-9afe-7bf5fd606a9d)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/30(23).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/2b9b8093-d3a5-483c-b70c-d27531881501)Another highly sought after member of the grouper family, the...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/31(19).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/a19f68af-3cc1-46da-a1b5-7a13196d7323)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/32(20).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/c879b9c3-3a5e-4d77-9f85-fafcc7517242)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/33(15).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/4b50375b-da1a-4d3e-8ed1-564c997283fe)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/34(15).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/4e175395-523c-4701-804e-d621cc0424a7)The mighty King:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/35(11).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/0aaf8b82-2090-4977-9c80-8fc7012f0537)One of America's best the...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/36(13).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/671fdd87-b10f-4eb7-8c53-61f51d0805bc)For many natives and tourist Florida Fishing is more than a hobby; it's a way of life.(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/37(12).jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/3320497c-5ac3-40f5-86f1-1e87f3a13734/p/b3a3798b-9a24-47b4-b4e3-85d13302a049)
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