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Post by tropicbird on May 22, 2024 18:00:50 GMT -5
My friend just sent me this and I'm not surprised. www.instagram.com/baitmasters/Baitmasters reports this is the worst year for ballyhoo in the 30 years they've been in business, and I'm not surprised. After not getting a single ballyhoo on my last two trips to the reef, I called my contact on the Miami River to find out if the ballyhoo boats are getting any. He said they are having a lot of trouble putting a catch together. Not only does it make fishing tougher when you can't catch fresh bait, but the lack of ballyhoo on the edge impacts the fishing in general. No food for the bigger fish. Any thoughts on what's causing it? |
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Post by whitebacon on May 22, 2024 19:55:20 GMT -5
My friend just sent me this and I'm not surprised. www.instagram.com/baitmasters/Baitmasters reports this is the worst year for ballyhoo in the 30 years they've been in business, and I'm not surprised. After not getting a single ballyhoo on my last two trips to the reef, I called my contact on the Miami River to find out if the ballyhoo boats are getting any. He said they are having a lot of trouble putting a catch together. Not only does it make fishing tougher when you can't catch fresh bait, but the lack of ballyhoo on the edge impacts the fishing in general. No food for the bigger fish. Any thoughts on what's causing it? No idea. No clue. But I saw it a long time ago. |
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Post by Zif on May 23, 2024 12:03:19 GMT -5
Obviously fishing in general has been on a steady decline over the last few decades, but lately it's fallen off a damn cliff. Are the chickens coming home to roost from the gulf oil spill? Or could it be the thousand new Fl residents every day flushing their toilets? Hot water temps? Maybe a combination, who knows.
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Post by Captj on May 25, 2024 4:52:20 GMT -5
Fished Tampa Bay two weeks ago and there were all the Threadfins you could want. Pilchards were at the piers. Pinfish everywhere. The grouper bite in the bay was red hot. Here in the upper Keys ballyhoo just reappeared about two weeks ago. And not in any numbers. This was the first winter I didn't see any ballyhoo. Bait down here has been tough and fishing has been slow as well. The fish follow the bait.
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Post by conchydong on May 25, 2024 16:41:49 GMT -5
I have know a person that got into the ballyhoo netting business a few years ago and ended up selling the boat, nets and license because it wasn’t worth it to him. Like all commercial fishing the price drops when they are plentiful.
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Post by Zif on May 25, 2024 20:52:37 GMT -5
Funny how the price never drops to the end consumer.
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Post by Captj on Jun 8, 2024 16:03:15 GMT -5
They're back! Made one throw and got 4 doz.
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