Thank you S Lewis and the rest of you redhead dudes.....Maybe one day I'll see one back in the marsh, you never know!
Redhead bag limit expansion?
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Vince Pagliaroli
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Last season when the Redheads came through, it was the largest hen to drake ratio that I have seen in my lifetime. It was very impressive. I expect them to show up in larger numbers any day now that we have good migration weather.
Greg - Do not despair. From very small farm ponds, to large bodies of water. You never know when Redheads will show up. If the light is just right, you will remember Appleheads!
Greg - Do not despair. From very small farm ponds, to large bodies of water. You never know when Redheads will show up. If the light is just right, you will remember Appleheads!
Carl that's why I asked that question. We saw about 80:20, drakes to hens. I "learnt", from Harold Prince's course, that nest parasitism was a strategy to diminish on-nest predation mortality. Two years ago we timed our trip east well, too, and saw a much elevated hen component with about the same total numbers on this river segment. They tend to concentrate in southern Lake Nicolet, Lake George, and the Potogannising Bay area, as well as Hessel.
Carl, our boat/blinds are a TDB-17' Classic and a Bankes 19' Crusader for just that reason. Most of the off-shipping channel open water areas are relatively shallow and subject to seiche activity on frontal passage. When I was working over there under contract with USFWS/USACE on the Winter Navigation EIS, we often ran through open areas on the leeward side of freighters when it was really kicking-up.
Steve did an excellent job of setting-up the Crusader over the summer. He even had a three-step dive ladder installed via a custom bracket the nests on the transom that he designed;very nice after market set-up for any Bankes owner that did not have the Garelick pull-out boarding ladder installed in the transom. It handled rough water well, yielding a significantly drier ride than my TDB would have in those winds.
Steve did an excellent job of setting-up the Crusader over the summer. He even had a three-step dive ladder installed via a custom bracket the nests on the transom that he designed;very nice after market set-up for any Bankes owner that did not have the Garelick pull-out boarding ladder installed in the transom. It handled rough water well, yielding a significantly drier ride than my TDB would have in those winds.
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Much different water than where they winter down here on the Gulf, most of the area is sheltered lagoons and bays from FL Big Bend to Brownsville.
Given the predominant northern wind during winter, even on windy days its not bad.
And shallow here too, I've seen them feed by tipping rather than diving on low tides!
Given the predominant northern wind during winter, even on windy days its not bad.
And shallow here too, I've seen them feed by tipping rather than diving on low tides!