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did yall catch those out of MC? Nice haul

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Originally Posted by MathGeek (Post 676483)

My main gripes with Tx are the fishing isn't as good as LA, the food isn't as good as LA, and I think the invaders from across the border are likely to ruin it as last generation's anchor babies are this generation's voters. At some point the influx of illegals is gonna sink the ship. But it ain't sunk yet.

I think in the long term Tx will be in danger of being re-annexed to the nation from which it came. Not so with Louisiana.

I guess if you're fishing for gafftop, black drum, and sheepshead the fishing isn't as good as LA. I'll take Texas over la for trophy trout any day, but la does have more dinks than tx. The ship in Texas isn't sunk for sure, just ask the la Casinos.

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Originally Posted by OnePunchRex (Post 680699)

We've managed a few fish in the LA state record books, but we never really target trophies.

Our main target is usually redfish, but we take what a day is giving us and we're happy to fill the box with drum, gafftops, or sheepshead rather than wasting time and gas leaving a spot where the fish are biting for an different spot. If we have a limit of drum in the box, we will leave the drum biting and try and improve our odds for redfish.

Same deal in fresh water. We won't leave biting catfish to chase stripers or largemouth bass in a different spot.

Who cares really. There are great places for big trout in La and TX.
La got the reds down.
No one cares about gafttop

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Originally Posted by "W" (Post 676349)

What I don't understand is why we even have a limit on black drum..... I'm sure only about 3% who fish big lake even target them

Kill all them oyster eaten trashy things!!

because way back when the gill net ban and reducing limits because of overfishing bruhaha was going on they (GCCA) said drum had to be protected the same as redfish or the restuarants would quickly deplete the drum stocks as well by selling them as "blackened redfish" in all the restuarants. you cant tell the difference after its cooked.

they also said at that time the redfish limits would be doubled and the drum limits removed once the redfish stocks returned to normal. well the redfish stocks are at record levels of overpopulation yet they will never honor what they said to get those regulations passed.

im not a greedy fisherman but I dont hunt so I do depend a lot on putting fish in the freezer to make groceries or go hungry. many days I just eat potato stew with no meat.

there is absolutely no reason why they cant and they should double the red limit to 10 and reduce the size to 14" as well as remove all restrictions from drum. most people don't keep any sized drum anyways and I would much prefer 10 reds 14-15" long then 5 over 24" because the small ones are better eating.

they only know how to take things away they never give anything back by increasing limits on things no longer needing protection like reds.