re: Louisiana’s Redfish Population Has Collapsed

Something has to be done about the number of fish guide boats bring in each week.

Get rid of bow fishing

Adjust limits based on storms

I am currently watching the Matrix guy on Paradise Louisiana fishing redfish. He said that it has been a good year along the ICC, MRGO, and marsh areas around the Rigolets.

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Fair enough. Bad word composition on my part. But I'd say the demise of Delacroix / hopedale has certainly been because so many new bow fishing outfits run through those ponds. Most of that marsh can't be gated off, so to say. There are other issues, as well. Zero nighttime enforcement, and no way to know who's running through who's land / leases.

How excited would anyone be if they pulled up to their duck pond only to notice an airboat had been shooting redfish all night. No ducks will be there... and undersized reds will be afloat.

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if those areas have also seen an increase in salvinia(there is you real culprit) combine that with people prowling those shallow ponds and lagoons all day too

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Bunch of bitches here that don't know how to fish currents, tide, water conditions, etc They think if they leave at sun up, they should catch. We burning their arse around Vermillion Bay But, until you slow down commercial, none of this stuff yall are bringing up matters

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VBay and the west side of the state aren’t seeing the declines like the east. Don’t think there is a big pogie boat crew that the east side does not see all the bow fisherman

Can’t think of any bow fishing outfits on west side

Hopedale has a certain very popular charter captain who is incredibly consistent in his (and his team's) ability to pile up redfish on the cleaning table every.single.day.

From hottest day of July to the coldest in February, they produce mostly limits.

To think this is somehow not impactful would be pretty damn silly.

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Ida really changed the landscape of the marsh. 

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Friend of mine that lives in Westwego says the same thing. He would fish the Bayou Segnette, Pier 90 area a few evenings a week after work, and he stopped fishing that area, he says that it's still messed up from Ida, that Ida completely changed that whole area.

Part of the problem is that people don't give a shite about possession limits, only the daily bag limit. Not directed at anyone in particular, but I've seen people bitching but I know damn well their freezers at home are over the limit.

Those people piss me off more than guide boats putting their paying clients on a box of fish to take home. At least they're following the regulations.

Is the possession limit on reds 10 total per person? How many freezers bust that? In general, people like to pint fingers at regulations they don't like, but disregard the regulations themselves.

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There aren’t any bow fishing airboats tear assing around all night in V bay like there are in Leeville and grand isle. They need to outlaw them.

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I'm genuinely curious as to why your method should be preserved, while another man's should be outlawed.
I dont doubt that bowfishing takes some fish that a recreational angler might catch.
But if you're gonna let commercial vessels run around catching hundreds or thousands, why would you worry about a bowfishing operation that has to adhere to the same limits as you?
For every 1 bowfishing rig, there are 10-20 recreational boats. And probably 5 guide boats (maybe more)