East Side your Limit drop is comming

[Reefman]

Originally Posted by "W"

Creel limit for sure , only 40% if that is oyster harvest in big lake and the heavy harvest was only 3 years ago when dredging was allowed for the 1st time.
That had no effect on our trout size as our lake is over abundant with bait year around . You can not fish a day with out finding bait..

But that dredging destroyed complete reefs that sustain fish populations of all sizes. Trout relate to structure just as bass do. Deplete the lake of reef structure and the fishery depletes no matter how many schools of mullet are in the lake. I have a hard time understanding your postion of catch more fish out of BL in order to produce larger fish. I do believe for a few short years this may be the case but in the long haul I see this as adversely affecting the dynamics of the trout population. If this was the case then Cocodrie eastward should be overflowing with 9lb trout.