Captain Favorite's Weekend Fishing Forecast: Jan. 21, 2016

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:00 am

Merab Favorite

BRADENTON – More dangerous conditions are coming our way over the weekend. A new permit allows mackerel tournaments to donate their catch to charity. Gag grouper recreational harvest closed earlier this month.

New permit allows mackerel tournaments to donate catch to benefit charity

With just a no-cost permit, mackerel tournament directors can donate tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel to a licensed wholesale dealer in exchange for a donation to the charity of the tournament's choice.

While this activity has traditionally occurred at mackerel tournaments in Florida, recent federal regulation changes prohibited the activity unless a state permit was issued.

In addition to helping tournaments raise funds for charity, this permit will help minimize waste of tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel that otherwise may not have been eaten.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved the creation of this permit at its June 2015 meeting in Sarasota.

Gag grouper recreational harvest closes in most Gulf waters in early December

Gag grouper will close for recreational harvest in most Gulf of Mexico state waters Dec. 4, with the last day of harvest being Dec. 3. All Gulf federal waters will close Dec. 3, with the last day of harvest being Dec. 2.

State waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties were open from April 1 through June 30 and were not open during the July 1 through Dec. 3 season. Monroe County is also excluded from the July 1 through Dec. 3 season because it follows Atlantic rules for gag grouper.

Fishing Forecast

Southeast winds will increase Friday with stronger wind gusts expected Friday night and into Saturday as a sting cold front moves south through the waters. Advisory level winds are likely on Friday with Gale Force winds expected Friday night and Saturday. These increasing winds will help to build seas rapidly with some very dangerous conditions developing. Improving conditions are expected on Sunday.

Thursday

Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Thursday night will bring southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to around 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Bay and inland waters choppy.

2016/01/21 Thu 05:49 AM -0.65 L

2016/01/21 Thu 12:43 PM 1.09 H

2016/01/21 Thu 04:17 PM 0.9 L

2016/01/21 Thu 10:11 PM 2.07 H

Friday

South winds around 20 knots then becoming southwest and increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Seas building to 4 to 6 feet. Bay and inland waters becoming rough. Scattered thunderstorms. Friday night will bring west winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to around 40 knots. Seas building to 10 to 14 feet. Bay and inland waters rough. A chance of showers.

2016/01/22 Fri 06:33 AM -0.69 L

2016/01/22 Fri 01:17 PM 1.11 H

2016/01/22 Fri 05:09 PM 0.86 L

2016/01/22 Fri 10:57 PM 2.07 H

Saturday

Northwest winds around 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Seas 14 to 18 feet. Bay and inland waters very rough. A slight chance of showers. Saturday night will bring northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to around 20 knots after midnight. Seas 12 to 16 feet. Bay and inland waters rough.

2016/01/23 Sat 07:10 AM -0.67 L

2016/01/23 Sat 01:44 PM 1.12 H

2016/01/23 Sat 05:57 PM 0.79 L

2016/01/23 Sat 11:39 PM 2.03 H

Sunday

Northwest winds around 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Sunday night will brig north winds around 5 knots then becoming northeast around 5 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters smooth.

2016/01/24 Sun 07:43 AM -0.6 L

2016/01/24 Sun 02:06 PM 1.15 H

2016/01/24 Sun 06:43 PM 0.71 L

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