Big changes coming to South Carolina starting this July 1st. While I'm not a harvest guy for those that are then it's a big deal. The limit per angler goes from two down to one. And, the boat limit is two fish per boat per day. Now, while I'll about catch and release, having a two boat limit to me doesn't seem fair to the for-hire industry. Let's say you are a Captain running a guide service out of Hilton Head. Four guys on a bachelor weekend getaway hire you for the day. In the end you can only harvest two fish even though it's one fish per person, at least on foot? I think it's a little strict. I know that does remove the potential of boats including the Captain, mate, and infants from being the "angler" that is harvesting a fish.
They also went to the circle hook movement when bait fishing, which is a huge percentage of people who fish for redfish, and the other species down in South Carolina like jacks, tarpon, and cobia. They moved to make a minimum size hook a 4/0 circle, which is really good to protect those puppy drum. And while they can't be harvested charter Captain's do target them, they're relatively easy to catch, and they make clients happy, especially first timers and small children.
I'm not going to say anything just yet, but we made a move, well say say a perfect cast, we'll just see if they take a bite. I'm ready to set the hook on this one.