How big of a deal do y’all think this is?
Fingers crossed, still early to judge Shrimp populations…
“Hopefully enough shrimp were out off shore in deeper water that was a little warmer and managed to get through the winter and moved South and will come back in to spawn,” he says. But it likely won’t be an easy year for white shrimpers either way. "
But the fish/shrimp kill wasn’t significant according to some.
Many of the white shrimp move offshore during the winter where the water did not get as cold. That’s why a lot of shrimpers drag outside of the 3 mile limit and catch the large row shrimp. As long as trawling season stays closed late enough, there should be plenty of shrimp to spawn a good crop.
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Originally posted by Edisto82But the fish/shrimp kill wasn’t significant according to some.
who are the some that claim it wasn’t significant? Have not heard that one. What do you think? I think it was significant. Strike that, I know it was significant.
Edit… I think pretty much all people that fish regular and live on and around our coast know this was a powerful cold snap that has done a lot of damage. How much? I’m waiting on DNR’s report this spring. I’m sure it will be significant. Still on a positive note, fingers crossed it was not as bad as i believe it to be.
Thanks, in the grass. Good info, and a great report
I’ve heard that the white shrimp move in the winter to deeper water. I know there is still the tiny v
Creek ghost shrimp so hopefully that’s a good sign.
Post and Courier gets it right about 10% of the time. I put NO stock in anything they report.
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Originally posted by TheRibbonManPost and Courier gets it right about 10% of the time. I put NO stock in anything they report.
the article above is from the Charleston City Paper…the study and opinion was originally from SCDNR…I’m still hoping those 2% start making a lot of babies quickly!
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I have learned that the early season predictions of good/bad fall shrimp seasons are almost always wrong. I am no marine biologist, but I agree that there is a good chance a lot of roe shrimp survived offshore. If enough survived, they will replenish the white shrimp population in time for a good fall season. I don’t worry too much till September.
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Originally posted by specI have learned that the early season predictions of good/bad fall shrimp seasons are almost always wrong. I am no marine biologist, but I agree that there is a good chance a lot of roe shrimp survived offshore. If enough survived, they will replenish the white shrimp population in time for a good fall season. I don’t worry too much till September.
spec
1980 Skandia 21 w/ '93 JohnRude 150 gas drinker
I like the way you’re thinking here
Fishing Nerd
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The bait dealers probably do too!
spec
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The SCDNR is not wrong on this one unfortunately. This may be the worst year for shrimp in my lifetime. I have about 10 different locations to catch shrimp in the winter and spring months and I have caught a total of 1 since about mid January. I caught a bunch of the last living ones inshore about 3 days after the ice and snow melted and even then only half of them were alive… Our only hope is that some of the shrimp survived offshore…we will know in about 3 to 5 weeks…
Robert Olsen
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Originally posted by knot @ workThe SCDNR is not wrong on this one unfortunately. This may be the worst year for shrimp in my lifetime. I have about 10 different locations to catch shrimp in the winter and spring months and I have caught a total of 1 since about mid January. I caught a bunch of the last living ones inshore about 3 days after the ice and snow melted and even then only half of them were alive… Our only hope is that some of the shrimp survived offshore…we will know in about 3 to 5 weeks…
Robert Olsen
Glad you chimed in here, even though I don’t like what you confirmed. Thanks you sir!
Fishing Nerd
“skilled labor isn’t cheap, cheap labor isn’t skilled”
This just doesn’t see right to me. I know it was cold for an extended period of time, but when I was a kid in the 70’s we had real winters every year with snow and long cold spells. We have had three years in a row with virtually no winter. That was in York County. Now I know the low country is warmer on average than here, but it’s not Florida. I’m going to be very interested to see what the year holds.
A lot of our shrimp come from roe shrimp in the waters south of us. The drift is from south to north. Just because the inshore shrimp were harmed by the cold may not mean that the population in deeper offshore water are gone.
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Originally posted by TheRibbonManPost and Courier gets it right about 10% of the time. I put NO stock in anything they report.
Fake News!
Cognitive dissonance.
Practice catch and release shrimping. You can find safe handling practices at the SCDNR website under the tab “Sillyness” also can be found under “Preposterous and Ridiculous”
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