Originally Posted by fishfighter (Post 748280)

the way i am reading it is that offshore federal waters is what they are trying to open up, and only to people fishing with a licensed charter captain, no change to the current limits inside of state waters either charter or private, so if i am understanding correctly, if i go in my own boat past the state waters line i can not keep any redfish, i know that is the way it is right now but why only include "licensed charter boats" why can't leroy keep a redfish that he caught when he went fishing offshore in his 14foot flat

W the jetties are not federal waters so you and your clients can still take home your five fish limit, but if you take your clients offshore under the proposed change then you can only have one red per person, after you come back in you can stop at the jetties and catch your other four

Originally Posted by redchaserron (Post 748284)

I think he means he can keep 1 per person because at the Jetties he's catching fish over 27 inches.

Originally Posted by jbert22 (Post 748420)

so CCA is now responsible for setting our limits? I thought WLF was in control of that? It is obvious that CCA knows nothing about our fisheries and is willing to do whatever they want to change it? I don't saltwater fish much anymore bc it has gotten worse over the past few years but we used to catch lots of fish (big ones) in big lake and it has definitely gotten worse over the past few years. at least for me anyway.

Originally Posted by jbert22 (Post 748420)

so CCA is now responsible for setting our limits? I thought WLF was in control of that? It is obvious that CCA knows nothing about our fisheries and is willing to do whatever they want to change it? I don't saltwater fish much anymore bc it has gotten worse over the past few years but we used to catch lots of fish (big ones) in big lake and it has definitely gotten worse over the past few years. at least for me anyway.