looks like a push to change the limit on spcks in LA is coming or....

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my guess is 14 " and 15 fish

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That is plenty of meat.

It's coming, I'm sure

I will become a full time golfer when it does

Too much investment of time and money to be done in an hour.

Big reason I don't fish redfish

The guides will love it. Less work.

But, but, but ...science.

I’m all for change, IF there’s science to back it up. How often do 2 people go out and catch 50 specks? Not often and I fish more than most on here. If the current limit is already nearly unattainable for most people in most circumstances, than I see no reason to change it.

They just lowered us to 5 trout on the Texas side of sabine starting September 1. Cca and trophy fishermen are pushing it. I always put in across the bridge so it doesn't bother me.. but Texas is chicken shite when it comes to game laws..

All I hear from the people pushing it are "I cant catch a full limit".
Yall are using the same argument Democrats use for everything. "Ph I dont like it so no one else should do it, either"

I am a retired marine biologist and would like to offer some input on this discussion concerning the status of spotted seatrout in Louisiana based upon the recent State stock assessment. First, declines in spawning stock biomass and total numbers can be partially attributed to the loss of mid- and upper-estuary protected shallow water ponds which provide optimum nursery habitat for early juvenile spotted seatrout and other estuarine dependent species. This conclusion was predicted many years ago by scientists studying the potential loss of inshore nursery habitat in Louisiana on estuarine-dependent species. Second, spotted seatrout populations have always rebounded sharply from massive documented cold weather mortalities in 1983-84 and 1989, etc. Third, reducing creel limits to 10 or 15 fish will probably minimally reduce overall harvest because a high percentage of fishing trips as documented by statewide or local creel surveys indicate that only a low percentage of fishing trips result in limits or over 15 fish. Finally, after the BP oil spill, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries changed their fish sampling protocol from fixed stations in optimum habitats in three inshore-offshore zones within each of the coastal study areas to a randomized selection of stations, which resulted in many stations being in unproductive local habitats. While randomized sampling would probably result in an excellent data base to depict trends in marine fish populations, comparison of data from fixed stations to random-selected stations may not be comparable.

I am also an enthusiastic fisherman in upper marsh areas, and I acknowledge that recent spotted seatrout catches may been very low for various reasons such as potential fish kills in Jan 2017 and high rainfall and Mississippi River discharges in the late 2018 and 2019 which resulted in low salinities and temporary displacement of marine fish such as spotted seatrout.

I am cautiously optimistic that spotted seatrout populations could rebound temporarily without additional harvest restrictions, but at the same time recognize that in the future fishermen could expect additional restrictions.