re: proposed speck and redfish changes

My cousin had a camp on that canal as well. Don’t forget the reds in bay round.

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Fly Guides really put it on em in support for the decrease in redfish harvest. Took some shots to the bowfishing guides, which we knew was coming.

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Of course. Fly guides would probably be in favor of 1 fish trout limits with catch and release reds only and make live bait illegal also

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Of course. Fly guides would probably be in favor of 1 fish trout limits with catch and release reds only and make live bait illegal also

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That's pretty dramatic. They just make their living off of redfish and see the decline of the numbers in the fishery (whatever the cause) firsthand more than any other guides do.

My personal opinion is that recreational harvest isn’t a major part of the problem, but it’s not helping anything. If you remove bowfishing and its effects on the actual physical location of redfish, I think the effects are even more minor.

That being said, I’ve watched the significant decline in the quality of the fishery over the last 7-10 years and I’m at the point where I think that anything that isn’t helping is hurting. So, if the science suggests that a decrease in recreational limits will help remedy the problem, which it does, then I’m all for it until the population recovers. I think the primary culprits for the decline in redfish numbers are pogie fishermen and decline in habitat and it’s infuriating to me that the state isn’t taking a more aggressive stance against the pogie industry.

I also understand why some take issue with the regulation because of governmental overreach and frustration with the government failing to address the problem as a whole. I share those sentiments to an extent, but like I mentioned earlier in this thread (I think), failing to address one issue is not a good excuse for failing to address another.

Excellent points but our rapidly declining habitat is probably the single biggest issue , the barararia estuary is a shell of what it was 10,20,30, 40 and 50 years ago(I can only go back 50 years??). As a kid I can remember filling an ice chest from the bank behind Freeport Sulphur with - big specks reds sheep’s and flounder - now that would take a week plus of non stop fishing

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without the gov regulations the recreational fishermen would destroy the fishery in a few years.

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Without current government regs or proposed regs? I see more dead redfish from pogey boats than I do people catching.
Sooooo, recs might not be the problem

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to change the red drum harvest regulations in the following ways:
? Change the red drum size limit from a 16-inch minimum size limit and a 27-inch maximum size limit to an 18-inch minimum size limit total length and a 24-inch maximum size limit total length.
?Red drum's daily take and possession limit will be reduced from five fish per day to three fish per day
? The retention of any red drum above the maximum size limit of 24 inches total length will be prohibited
? The retention of red drum by captain and crew on charter or head boats will be prohibited. Charter guides and crew will still be allowed to engage in fishing on charter trips to demonstrate how to catch red drum, but will not be allowed to retain red drum toward any limit on the vessel.

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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to change the red drum harvest regulations in the following ways:

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I thought any changes were tabled?

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Sorry for the facebook link, but this is the problem yet they pass the blame on receiving guys and cut our limits.
And yall applaud this nonsense