ISLAMORADA, Fla. – A Texas man landed in jail when deputies in the Florida Keys caught him poaching lobsters on the day before the start of spiny lobster miniseason.The annual lobster miniseason began Wednesday morning and runs through Thursday night, while the regular 8-month commercial season begins on Aug.
6.Yuliver Rodriguez-Tejeda, 43, got a head start on Tuesday and was arrested on 14 counts of possession of out-of-season lobsters, 14 counts of possession of wrung lobster tails on the water, 10 counts of possession of undersized lobster, possessing over-the-bag limit lobsters, and tampering with evidence, Monroe County Sheriff's spokesman Adam Linhardt said in a news release.The mini-season typically draws thousands of people to hunt.