Trout regulations back to square one

It's my understanding that 13.5" will never pass. Too many bait shops with live shrimp depend on the recreational fisherman that will come down for a weekend trip that are not searching out big trout.

1 fish over 19" will also not work. Live croakers are bait shops money makers and that will essentially shut that business down.

Most politicians in Louisiana are avid outdoorsmen. They're not gonna burn bridges. The main problem is nobody see a shortage of trout. It's only a few people with agendas that think there's an issue

No time for trout now, they have to go to work trying to do the same thing to redfish. The public surveys on sizes and creel limits are already out there.

Maybe they will go for a double.

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only a few people with agendas that think there's an issue

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Oh no, pogie boats are absolutely an issue.

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That is one fix for a lot of issues, from what I have seen. Those protein companies have way too much financial influence in Louisiana.

Make it 13 inches and 20 per day. If you whine about that, you suck as a person.

If you want to make a change, here is a suggestion.

On guided fishing trips, any fish the guide catches must be turned loose. Only allow one limit for each person that pays for the trip. No more allowing the guide to catch his limit plus a bunch more, so that the clients can take home there limit + the guides.

Most customers probably won't catch a limit, so this will have a big impact on the amount of trout each year.

The science says 14 inches is where you need to be to be at 100% SPR

As for most things in LA, “it’ll never be ready in time”.

Anecdotally, fish numbers have seemed to be greatly reduced in the past 5 years, but maybe I suck at fishing- probably both.

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Anecdotally, fish numbers have seemed to greatly reduced in the past 5 years

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I grew up fishing in the easy 12/25 limits of La. in the 80's but have been in the Hou/Galveston area since the early 90's.

It was 15" and 10 here forever until recently going to 15"/5 on the upper coast and a hugely controversial 15"/3 on the lower coast.

The fishery here is laughable when compared to Louisiana. Without hardly any marsh to speak of, less number of guided trips, and no pogey boats, its apples to airplanes. That said, fishing West Bay of Galveston exclusively, the number of 15" plus trout caught here has always been more plentiful than in my trips/reports from Louisiana. But, surprising to me, the number of significantly larger fish has increased exponentially since the lower bag limit. While it was rare to catch a 10 fish limit, it isn't rare at all to catch the 5 fish these days, and unheard of to not have at least one 20" fish when you do.

I have always believed a larger minimum length directly results in larger fish overall no matter which area being discussed, but I was a little surprised to see even larger fish with the even lower bag limit. Obviously this is anecdotal as well, and I do target larger fish as a rule, but I haven't heard any different from the dozens of people I know who consistently fish in this area.