Everywhere I looked, commercial netters continued to haul in hundreds of pounds of Spanish mackerel while recreational hook-and-line fishers came up with one at a time, if that. In fact, there was not a bent rod in sight among the predominately commercial fleet. Since an amendment to the Florida Constitution banned gill nets from state waters in the mid '90s, you'd think Spanish mackerel would get more of a break these days. Not necessarily. ...
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