LDWF/ Trout

it's coming....

It’s been a good one for sure.

You're likely right.

It was obvious to many that the freezes of '17 had more to do with the trout population, but they will use this to ruin what is left of my passion for the sport.

Driving 3 hours each way for another hour to and from on the water for 5-15 fish that may or may not reach the required length is going to be my tipping point.

As it is I only get to make 6-10 trips a year, and have to deal with water in the camp monthly now, so put those monies toward the golf club. They'll probably be doing me a huge favor.

The part that really bothers me is that anything the govt touches goes to shite, and they have their regulations on Big Lake and its results staring them in the face, along with the obvious this fall everywhere else (great numbers), but all that be damned.

And on the subject of Big Lake and its reduced limit, has that been beneficial to the population or size of the trout since its implementation?

Who could answer yes to that with a serious face?

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wahoocs

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You bring up the same bs every time a thread pops up about the discussion of speckled trout limits. Just go ahead and switch to golf full time. You will probably be happier and your golf game much better.

It's obvious that JBE's WLF is pushing this but this past Saturday Rispone was on the More Outdoors Show on 3WL out of New Orleans. The question was ...... Mr. Rispone what do you see as the most pressing issue facing the WLF department? Mr. Rispone opened with he could not believe that we were still at 25 on speckled trout, that we have not gone to 10 or 15 like the others around us.
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Now later in the show he talked several times about he's been drinking from a firehose and would rely on experts that he placed in various positions but his initial response worries me as much as JBE's group.

I'm not getting into the population debate, but my concern is how much the spawn was affected by the longer season of high river water. Those trout eggs don't float real well on brackish water.I figured the fish would still spawn, but how much of a success rate as to years in the past.

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Mr. Rispone opened with he could not believe that we were still at 25 on speckled trout, that we have not gone to 10 or 15 like the others around us.

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I didn’t think a trout limit was such a high priority for our state Gubment

Going to 15 would be fine with me, IF studies show it’ll help our fisheries... I’m a pretty terrible fisherman so catching 15 is a solid day for me.

I think having a blanket limit throughout the year and almost across the state (calc being exception) doesn't really fit. The fish are very vulnerable at certain times and spots.

so ya'll don't trust what the biologists think?

2006 La Sportsman Thread

I find it funny that we are here 13 years later having the same conversation