Action Alert - Tell the FWC to Ban the Boca Grande Jig

An important call to action from Bonefish Tarpon Trust.

At their upcoming meeting on September 5th - 6th in Pensacola, Florida, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will have a final vote on proposed new rules that would ban the use of the "Boca Grande Jig" and others with similar construction in Boca Grande Pass.

Under the proposed gear restrictions for Boca Grande Pass, a bottom weighted hook such as this would be illegal.

We are requesting that BTT members and other concerned anglers contact the Commissioners to express support for this new regulation, and urge them to vote "yes" on September 5. 

  

To contact the Commissioners you may email them, call the Commission office at (850)-488-4676, or write to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 620 S. Meridian St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600.

Read BTT's letter to the Commissioners.

Protest in the Pass

Things are going to be heating up in the pass.

Join Save the Tarpon and its supporters on May 19th at 6:45 am for “Protest in the Pass.”  They are showing up by water to protest the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series (PTTS) as it begins its 2013 season events.

LINK

Boycott Reactor Watches

Tell Reactor to stop supporting the PTTS.

PTTS Tarpon Dying on Beach of Boca Grande

Further proof the PTTS is killing tarpon.

A tarpon is seen dying after it was "revived and released" by the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series Tires Plus Release Team during the final event of the 2012 season. This is part one of a two part series of events illustrating the destructive practices of the PTTS.

(via: Save the Tarpon)