Originally Posted by speck-chaser (Post 57911)

We harmed all 4 of them,they accidentally fell in the grease. Im sure not gonna tell my 11 year old son to throw back the biggest speck of his life back in to fight another day. Im not breaking the law or wasting these fish,besides I have a big family that loves fish so I give to them whenever I can. I figure these fish had a good three spawns this year already so their genetics are all over the place by now. You might want to check your regulations on specks over 25" too. You might want to head back to the other site with your opinions,none needed like that here. Like my mom used to tell me, If you cant say something nice about somebody,dont say anything at all.

Originally Posted by speck-chaser (Post 57631)

Well, I finally got my water problems fixed from last night and got my water back on,and my wifes happy again.:) My son and I took a quick afternoon trip yesterday to the bay. The weather was fine at home,but started getting uglier the closer we got to the landing. We left the landing with it sprinkling and fished our first spot for 10 minutes then the deluge came. Headed to our second spot,quit raining but still no fish(water still kinda dirty). Finally hit our third spot and after about 20 minutes caught our first nice speck. For about the next 30 minutes the action was good then it tailed off. Ended up with 5 nice specks,4 really nice specks and 1 red. We headed back in around 6,because the thunderstorms were piling back up and heading for us. It was a fantastic day for the two of us,especially to watch my son pull in his biggest speck ever of 5lbs.I was giggling and laughing like a nervous little school girl trying to net his fish. We had 1- 6lb.,1 -5.5 lb., and 2- 5lbs. We lost some more big ones at the boat,and I had one I never could get to the top and got off under the boat. We caught them all on chubs and rattle traps. Was thinking about going back again this afternoon,but it looks like its gonna stay pretty windy today. Dont want to be greedy,but I gots the fever worse now. Lol.

Originally Posted by boatdriver (Post 58385)

Seatrout, Spotted (Speckled Trout):12 inches minimum total length. 25 fish per person daily bag limit. EXCEPT: 15 fish daily take and possession limit, with no more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25 inches total length, regardless of where taken, in a defined area of Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes in southwestern Louisiana.


You wanna explain to ME what the limits of trout over 25" is? Please do. Like I said, NICE FISH. Just trying to put back what we take out. Good for your son and his biggest trout to date. Why are people so touchy on this site? One little comment about releasing bigger fish, and everyone jumps on the bandwagon of throwing a hissy fit. It was just an opinion. You keep keeping those big SOWS (not sals???), and I'll keep throwing them back for you to eat. Sounds good?

BD

Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 58529)

Dont worry about those comments bro,I would have kept them too!!The pictures of those SOW trout with your son will last a lifetime.

Originally Posted by jpeff31787 (Post 58537)

agreed.. Its your choice to release into the water or release into the grease :rotfl:... I try to release the big girls when we don't hurt them but so far i haven't released one yet. lol But seriously the last big one i caught when i got home and was about to clean her, i just felt kinda bad cuz it was such a beautiful fish so I think I'm going to release the next big one i catch unless its going on the wall. In your case I would of never released those fish. To a kid the most exciting thing about a fish is the story of how big that fish was lol He probably doesn't even care about how many just how big it was lol Thats how all my little cousin are when i bring them lol

Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 58544)

Yeah man thats what its all about....My youngest brother is almost old enough to bring out there.....I cant wait to see his face light up when he catches his first speck and red.