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I disagree that they only eat "crabs and rough fish". They eat
anything that will fit in their mouth.

Who are you disagreeing with? I never said that.

Excuse me, you said "Jewfish eat mostly crabs and rough fish".


Big difference between "most" and "only."
According to the chart 62% of their diet is crabs.
Last I heard, that alone qualifies as most. "Sport fish" doesn't add
up to a hill of beans in their eating. They're hardly speed demons.
If you're disagreeing with that, fine by me. Post your numbers.



If Harry wants to see a 326 pounder he can just drive down to
Scheible's in Ridge and look under the cash register in the glass
case. That was caught on a big jack that was originally caught by one
of his head boat customers. The Jewfish followed it up, Doug Scheible
hooked the jack up and tossed it back to the Jewfish..


hehe. A bait jack isn't a free jack.
Here.
http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/labs/ck/grouper-
ecology/goliath/vulnerability


The issue is that when you hook a sport fish, it becomes a bait fish
before you can get it in the boat.


I've done a whole lot of fishing. It's not an "issue" to me.
Every fisherman gets a kick out of a rare event.
Real "fish stories."
Hell, once it was a turtle trying to take my bass.
They're wild animals, not tame dogs.


We just need an impartial group of experts, not a group who had their
mind made up before the data was in.

I'll trust the FWC on this one. Who are your experts?