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

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You're so wrong about this.

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there are numerous scientific studies and they all say speck populations are not just healthy but thriving and could sustain increased limits, not reducing them.

they prove short term conditions like freezes hurt certain year classes but not recruitment numbers of the surviving hatches so there will always be up and down years with the numbers of fish landings completely unrelated to creel limits and based solely on temporary weather conditions.

but im sure yoiu know more then scientists who do this shite for a living and have PHDs in fish data collection

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It's just very wasteful and unnecessary to have a 25 fish limit per person each day. Nobody needs that much fish.

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Not wasteful at all when you consider the weather limitations and the simple fact that it’s not like many people are catching 25 fish per man per trip. I could easily catch the perfect conditions and catch 50-100 specks in a given weekend. The bait move, the fish move and then boom you still have the same amount of caught fish over a couple month span. Y’all are blinded by the number when in fact it’s plain as day how hard it is to catch a limit of trout in south Louisiana for 3/4 of the year unless you’re a guide.

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You're so wrong about this. Not hating at all about people who cant catch their limits. It's just very wasteful and unnecessary to have a 25 fish limit per person each day. Nobody needs that much fish.

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But let’s be realistic. How many people are actually catching 25 fish per day on a regular basis and what determines a regular basis? Every Saturday? How many times a year does the average person spec fish and of those times how many does he actually catch a limit.

I’ve been spec fishing for 45 years and while I’ve had many glorious meat hauls I’ve had an equal amount of mediocre to disappointing trips.

And as a guy that takes pride in being able to provide, Ive fed many family members and friends over the years that love fish yet have no way to participate other than the grocery store. Same as giving away my tomatoes. I make a lot of friends.

I’d like to be able to keep a couple more Redfish myself.