05-09-2007, 09:48 AM
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I'M SPEECHLESS
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MOREHEAD CITY NC 28557
Posts: 15,303
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CIRCLE JERKLE
THIS NEWS BRIEF JUST CAME TO ME BY EMAIL FROM TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS NC
Subject: Circle Hook Suspended Rule Approved I just got word that the "Suspended Mandatory Circle Hook Rule" was approved and will be effective Friday. It will also be published in the Federal Register on Friday. The non-offset circle hook in natural baits rule will be back in place Jan. 2008. I got the call from Randy Blankinship with NMFS/HMS St. Petersburg at 5pm today. We now need to focus our efforts into making a better rule and supporting research on release mortality for billfish (esp. blue marlin) in our fishery. Just getting the word out for now - I will have more later! Good Fishing, Randy Gregory
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05-09-2007, 10:37 AM
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Master of all things wet
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The Plywood State
Posts: 11,822
Credits: 18,013.9
Boat: Several
Home Port: Palm Beach
Best Catch: Mrs Deep
Occupation: Killin Stuff
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Thank you for the update Box...
I just got a notice from NMFS but don't know how to copy and paste PDF adobe format stuff... It says suspended until 1/1/08 effective upon publication. The instrument was dated and signed the 7th by some one named Burger for Risenhoover... With that I'm gonna go to the store now and buy up a bunch of sneaky secret hooks to use with my secret sneaky baits so maybe I can get back to feeling good about the spread I'm dragging...
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05-09-2007, 10:41 AM
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I think Admin is going to let me have this space
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Myrtle Grove Sound, N.C.
Posts: 1,087
Credits: 1,609.2
Boat: 46 Egg Harbor/ 198 carolina skiff DLV
Home Port: Wrightsville Beach/ MHC N.C.
Best Catch: 3 Blue Marlin and a Sailfish one day out of MHC and 750+ Blue 17 Whites out of Pirates Cove
Occupation: Paying for my habit
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Box i had heard the same thing it just hadn't been made official last week.
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05-09-2007, 10:47 AM
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AKA Capten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bay Bridge Marina
Posts: 995
Credits: 5,148.1
Boat: 1983 46' Hatteras HP
Home Port: Annapolis, MD & Sunset Marina
Occupation: I sell stuff
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Atlantic Billfish Tournament Circle Hook Temporary Suspension Final Rule
Just got this from HMS News. I could only post one of the two attachments that were sent in the email.
"Please find attached the email notice and unofficial Federal Register notice for a final rule to temporarily suspend circle hook requirements for anglers participating in Atlantic billfish tournaments through December 31, 2007. Circle hook requirements will be reinstated on January 1, 2008. The official Federal Register notice will publish May 11, 2007, and is effective immediately on publication." |
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05-09-2007, 11:02 AM
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Got fish
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 193
Credits: 1,346.3
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Circle Hooks
I fished in Mexico this year with circle hooks. Once you got used to them they were great. I will continue to use them on the tournament circuit this summer.
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05-09-2007, 11:56 AM
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I caught a fish once :)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 50
Credits: 1,216.5
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OK, so now we go back to plan "A" for the Big Rock!
 If I could just remember plan A.
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