re: Louisiana’s Redfish Population Has Collapsed

The arguments that the amount of redfish taken by bowfishing and that the boats destroy fish habitat is just ridiculous. I would love to see the LDWF do research (like they do HIP registration when buying duck stamps) as to what method the buyer has taken redfish in the previous year, that will never happen because anyone with just a little common sense and fishing knowledge knows that traditional fishing method will be astronomically higher. And as to the marsh/habitat destruction (tell me you know nothing about bowfishing without telling me you know nothing about bowfishing?????) we may shoot the edges of vegetation, you can’t see fish in marsh grass and submerged vegetation no matter how many lights you have. I have a single 35hp GatorTail on my bowfishing boat, I very rarely use the throttle when we are in the shallow water bowfishing, you control your speed with the trim of the motor not the throttle. If you don’t like bowfishing that’s your opinion and that’s fine, you’re entitled to that but that doesn’t give you the right to take it away from someone else that enjoys the sport. What’s next, take away bow hunting for deer because they have a longer season and you don’t think that’s fair to you