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Overfishing Vs. Underfishing
All the talk over the possible east side limits have got me thinking.
What's worse for big trout, overfishing or underfishing? On the overfishing side, too many fish are being taken out of the reproductive pool, resulting in a reduction of fish at all age groups. Even though there's plenty of food, the big trout suffer because they never have a chance to reach that size before they are eventually caught. On the underfishing side, too many fish are in the population. No matter how much food is available, the trout have more competition for food and spend more energy finding sustainable nutrition rather than growing to big trout status. Back when there were no limits on trout, how many "big" trout were being caught? Then after each sequential regulation reducing the catch? What's everyone's thoughts on this? |
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The Grand Isle/Leeville area has so many small Trout, inside.
There are some nice ones on the beaches, but the inside sucks during the summer. We catch undersized Trout all year long. Even in the Fall, we were only keeping about 25% of what we caught, in Barataria Bay. |
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#1 and only answer
It depends on the Estuary you are fishing ! Pick one and we can talk
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Lets consider the east side, since it was part of the original discussion.
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I don't think there is a trout population problem at all on the east side, especially that much open access to the gulf. One thing I have read is the east side has never been know for " trophy trout fishing " I know there is a few spots that hold large trout like Lake P and Venice but you always see numbers of trout coming out of these areas . When you have thousands of smaller trout , its hard to pin point your larger trout I'm sure . Here is a interesting fact from our side : Back when gill nets were being run in big lake they caught loads of huge trout every day . And I know today even with the extra people fishing, we do not take out more trout a year as when they were gill netting and fishing ! I will stick to my saying , you will never fish out trout with rod n reel
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I don't think the area is entirely void of big trout.
Over here in Lafitte, the vast majority of the big trout are caught on the outside beaches around Fourchon and towards Empire. I think they just don't migrate inside. A 2-3 pound trout on the inside is a monster for us. Is it over fishing or too much competition, it's hard to say. There seems to be no shortage of 13" trout, but rarely anything over 18". |
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West side just has more "trophy" fishermen , east side has meat fishermen. There are plenty big trout in all areas of the east side. Just have to get off the beaten path . I'm a strong believer that the majority of bigger trout ( except lake p) don't move inside for the winter . They stay inthe rigs and barrier islands. I catch good trout at the islands year round
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Ayo
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I know also for a fact huge trout stay offshore , I was in Galveston a few years back going offshore to an Exxon deepwater platform . I was talking to some divers at the heliport and they just came off a job right off the beach by sabine. He said you should of seen the huge speckle trout sitting inside the platform. He said the would sit with noise pinned to legs down stream current all day . I ask how big did he think they were. He said about 5 were over 30inchs and if he had to guess weight 8-10lbers .
And these trout could never be caught with rod n reel ...
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When people think big trout, they think winter/spring time and shallow water inside. If there was a tournament this weekend, I would think the majority of people would be inside and in relatively shallow water and not at a platform. |
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There were a bunch of big trout at a shallow rig in the GOM in Texas in September? That is probably true at many shallow rigs in Louisiana too. |
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That's what' I'm saying big trout stay offshore where food is easy and no reason to leave or come inland
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I usta work at Sabine 10/40 and caught plenty of nice sized Trouts in the Summer.
But it was only when the water was clean. When it was brown, no Trouts. |
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