Fished a great homemade FAD off Destin years ago. When I started coming back to the Keys several years back, I've wondered why folks don't set them out down here. Looked up some old posts and saw a passing mention they were illegal. Being a former lawyer and judge I looked everywhere and came up with nothing other than some Federal regs that only apply to commercial purse seiners. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
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If you want to put out a floating fad and follow it you can but leave it there and you may be violating USCG trash regulations.
As I posted elsewhere on this subject, with all the research I did over the years, the best option is deep water outside of state waters. Then you put out a FAD that flies like a wing in the current. It will last a few months if you use strong but thin line to anchor it and use a heavy old anchor to hold it in place. Put it down 50' or so under the surface but remember is will pull down in a strong current and fly higher in a weak current.
Combine floatation with a wing design so it flies.
Oh and don't give out your coordinates to ANYONE.
When you troll by it, no one knows why you are catching fish and they aren't.