re: My input/observation on LA Redfish

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I would agree with this. Back to a point I made earlier tho, is any fishing, rod and reel or bow, good for the population?

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Sportfishing is very beneficial to fish and wildlife because the more taxpayers there are involved in an activity the more funds that activity will receive. I am not familiar with inshore fishing on the Louisiana coast as I have not done much of it but the inshore and offshore fishing on both coasts of Florida is as good right now as it has been in probably 40+ years because sportfishing is intensely managed by the state due to the amount of revenue sportfishing drives. It is a PAIN IN THE arse to fish inshore or offshore in Florida because of this but the fishing is spectacular. When I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s I knew people who had fished around Tampa their whole lives who had never caught a snook, for example. Anyone who can chunk a live bait fish in the surf can catch a snook that would have been a PB for almost anyone in the 50s and usually catch several a day when they are on the beaches. Sportfishing is very beneficial to fish populations.