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The best part is that they keep this experience extremely limited (make reservations far in advance). By that point, вЂњthe Irish were virtually the sole occupants of the southern half of the Avalon,вЂќ wrote John Mannion, a historical geographer who researched the Irish-Newfoundland experience on both sides of the Atlantic.ДЄfter ordering, youвЂ™re given a blanket and a flag so the server can bring the meal to your picnic spot of choice. Over the years, many who came for the fishing season stayed permanently, a migration that boomed during the early 19th century.

This areaвЂ™s Irish heritage dates back to the 1600s, when a fishing colony established by George Calvert (later Lord Baltimore) lured Irish servants and laborers. This stretch of Newfoundland shares many links with Ireland, beyond the striking green landscape. Over and over again, as we drove down the coast I found myself marveling, вЂњIt looks just like Ireland.вЂќ But I couldnвЂ™t stop comparing it to another, more earthly location. We were as east as you can get in North America (not counting Greenland), so the edge-of-the-world comparison was apt. It was the first of many leisurely breaks we would take on our slow road trip through NewfoundlandвЂ™s Avalon Peninsula. Our picnic blanket was spread out on a high cliff, with green-capped rock stretching alongside us, endless blue ocean in front. You can follow along with all of the lionfish hunts on the FWC Reef Rangers page.вЂњIt looks like the edge of the world out here,вЂќ my wife, Holly, mused, not disapprovingly. To find out more about the program, click here. вЂњWe canвЂ™t get comfortable, we canвЂ™t get complacent, we have to just get out there and keep doing it.вЂќДЇirst-place winners Bowman and Feeser received a lionfish trophy, $150 for SCUBA air fills, an HP 100 SCUBA cylinder, and will be featured in the 2021 Saltwater Regulations publication and in the FWC Lionfish Hall of Fame. вЂњWe canвЂ™t look at the drop in numbers and think ok, weвЂ™re done, letвЂ™ go hunt snapper or grouper now,вЂќ said Bowman. The exact reason has not been determined yet but it is a good thing for the environment.вЂќ Alex Fogg, Avid Lionfish Hunter ThereвЂ™s potentially disease, thereвЂ™s potential that humans are actually making a dent. вЂњThe lionfish population has seen a decline over the years, thereвЂ™s a lot of theories as to why that is. вЂњIn years past the winnerвЂ™s, the top three, would be well over 1,000 pounds usually 2,000 or 3,000 pounds during that summer season.вЂќ But in the whole scheme of things compared to the past itвЂ™s really not that much,вЂќ said Fogg. вЂњThis year I was able to land 657 pounds which sounds like a lot of fish. Bowman was more than 1,400.Д«oth divers say the fish population was lower this year than most. While commercial hunters are listed in pounds, Fogg says he counts each fish at half a pound or so, putting his total for the summer at more than 1,300 fish.

The State of Florida is giving us extra and added reasons to do something we all love.вЂќ вЂњWe would all still go scuba diving, we would all still hunt fish. вЂњWeвЂ™re so lucky the State of Florida is incentivizing us to do something we would all probably do anyways,вЂќ said Bowman. Pensacola man dies after losing control of Camaro on Nine Mile Road and striking a tree The FWC created the challenge in 2016 as an added incentive. вЂњThe analogy we use is they are going into the mall and getting the change out of the fountain, in the middle of the mall, and I am in the parking lot looking under cars.вЂќ Rachel Bowman, Frist Place Lionfish HunterДivers have been hunting the invasive species for years. She says a dive is about 30 to 45 minutes of searching the edge of a reef looking for fish. вЂњYou drop on a chicken coop or a tractor or an airplane, you get those fish and youвЂ™re done.вЂќД«owman lives at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary where the coral reefs are natural. вЂњUp in the panhandle when youвЂ™re hunting lionfish you are mostly on artificials,вЂќ said Bowman. Bowman spear fishes down in the Florida keys and says the hunt is different than at the Nortwhest Florida reefs. This was Rachel BowmanвЂ™s first time winning the yearly challenge in the commercial category.

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вЂњItвЂ™s free to enter, so you just have to go online, go to their website and enter a little bit about where you live and who you are and they provide more information about where you need to check in your fish and where you need to send trip tickets to enter the tournament.вЂќ Alex Fogg, Avid Lionfish hunter Okaloosa County diver Alex Fogg says lionfish hunting is year-round, but the challenge starts right after the festival in Destin in May. Pfizer booster shot available for eligible Fort Walton Beach residents

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