Jew Fish.....

[flyinghuntster]

Have you ever seen a 50 lbs Jewfish? You would almost think that they start out 200 Lbs or greater but you don't see large 100 Lbs eggs just laying around anywhere.

 

[mempilot]

Come dive down here. You'll see why it's illegal right now to harvest jew fish.

 

[Walter]

I wish we could give you some of ours. It's common to see 15 - 20 on one site.

 

[mempilot]

Maybe ours are getting speared after all!? 20 on one site, be gosh! Send em over. I saw 3 on one site once over here. Most of the ones I see are on wrecks in the 120 and deeper depths.

 

[Walter]

Come dive the Gulf, we have more than our share.

 

[ReefGuy]

I'll second Walter. Anytime you spear a fish, you've got to fight a jewfish for it. You don't see them on just deep dives, either. They're common from 30' on.

 

[mempilot]

Sounds like they need to lift the ban on the Gulf side.

 

[CBulla]

I echo walter on that. There are a number of sites that are so loaded with jews that its basically all you see... aside from smaller fish.

Check out this:
http://www.lee-county.com/naturalresources/database.asp

Do a search for Goliath.. pay attention to the ARC listings.. if you want a map of that site go to, click on the red dot next to ARC, and a page describing the site comes up.. you can open a map from there. The map is a scale, so you can get an idea of the site:
http://www.lee-county.com/naturalresources/artreef.htm

 

[TropicalDiver]

Maybe on the East Coast the bull sharks get them before they get big???

I haven't seen a jewfish on the East Coast, but they are doing quite well on the West coast! The West coast does also have a good amount of gag groupers - most commercial fish caught for sale nationally are out of the Gulf - maybe they are where their favorite food is more plentiful???

 

[flyinghuntster]

That Lee County Fish counting web site is a real good tool! As well as the Site Map. Your County show be praised for setting up that site.