re: Louisiana’s Redfish Population Has Collapsed

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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.

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Enjoy the ‘sport’ all you want. Right now it’s your legal right.

It doesn’t grant you immunity from the ire of the fishing community as a whole. We’ve all seen the decline in redfish populations since bowfishing became popular. We’ve also all seen the dead fish floating in the marsh with holes in them.

As for the effects of your bowfishing on duck habitats, you simply have no argument there.

ETA: I’m not suggesting that redfish populations are down because of the number of fish you shoot. It’s because these night time activities and 24/7 pressure drive them out of the habitat. Same for ducks.