THANK YOU for your gun rights coverage in the Fish & Game Report during the election cycle. I appreciate that you didn’t endorse or even favor any candidate in coverage, but sort of let their own words and policies do the talking.
David Fairbain
HEY! Thanks for posting the article about the record number of anti-gun bills posted into the Texas legislature. That is something we gun owners need to know.
Larry Hines
I JUST wanted to say I am a big fan of Lou Marullo’s stories. I think he represents the working man out there trying to make a go of it hunting. I loved the story a few years ago about using the dummy as a decoy in the stand. And I always love his insight on fooling whitetails.
Jimmy Cavazo
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CHESTER, I have enjoyed your flounder work for a long time now. You have been the voice of the southern flounder when others wouldn’t pay attention to them. Kudos for that.
I have a question. Since it has been established that warming Gulf temperatures are causing problems with spawning of flounders, do you think we are experiencing a new wave of fisheries dawning? I never saw a mangrove snapper in Galveston until about 10 years ago. Now they are a fairly common catch. I always thought of them being in Lower Laguna Madre.
What are your thoughts?
Edward Martinez
“Tropicalization” of upper coastal waters could be responsible for increases in mangrove snapper, snook and other species populations in north Gulf areas such as Galveston—at the same time the flounder fishery suffers.
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Editor: Thanks so much for your kind words. Right now, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Foundation has funded research of what experts are calling “Tropicalization” along the western Florida Gulf Coast. They are seeing species they have never seen there. We are seeing more mangrove snappers and snook on the Upper Coast than ever. This is something I am researching, and if this is the case there are many implications. For flounders it likely would not be a good scenario, but maybe it would be an advantage for some species. Thanks for such a thoughtful question. Look for stories on this topic in the Fish & Game Report.
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