Will you continue to Support CCA?

[meaux fishing]

Just out of curiosity, in light of the recent circumstances will you keep giving CCA your money? It seems they pretty much have their own agenda the last few years. I have never once as a member received a questionnaire if I supported the bowfishing ban or the limit on tripletail. I know they have done some good things but I dont recall them asking members about improvements they would like to see either.

[Top Dawg]

Nope

[marshrunner757]

Well, I'm not sure I call my little bit supporting. I'll continue to sign up and enter star. I consider this an insurance policy. Because I know sure as hell I don't sign up, I will pull in a tagged red, huge trout or flounder. That insurance policy keeps me from shooting myself at that point lol. And don't think for a minute that's their angle. Nobody signs up thinking they going to win. They sign up to prevent themselves from being sick.

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[Matt G]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Well, I'm not sure I call my little bit supporting. I'll continue to sign up and enter star. I consider this an insurance policy. Because I know sure as hell I don't sign up, I will pull in a tagged red, huge trout or flounder. That insurance policy keeps me from shooting myself at that point lol. And don't think for a minute that's their angle. Nobody signs up thinking they going to win. They sign up to prevent themselves from being sick.

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My thoughts exactly.

[eman]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Well, I'm not sure I call my little bit supporting. I'll continue to sign up and enter star. I consider this an insurance policy. Because I know sure as hell I don't sign up, I will pull in a tagged red, huge trout or flounder. That insurance policy keeps me from shooting myself at that point lol. And don't think for a minute that's their angle. Nobody signs up thinking they going to win. They sign up to prevent themselves from being sick.

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If it wasn't for everyone buying that little insurance policy ( which also makes you a member of CCA) They would be out of business.
Even their Big $$$ wheels couldn't keep them going w/o star.
When i got my copy of the CCA mag years ago that talked about how all the state chapters were fighting the posting of waterways and winning and The La chapter would not even take up the fight. I quit CCA and the star tourney and never looked back.
Always said if i ever caught a tagged red i would cut the tag up and eat the red .

[Deerfarmer]

Originally Posted by eman

If it wasn't for everyone buying that little insurance policy ( which also makes you a member of CCA) They would be out of business.
Even their Big $$$ wheels couldn't keep them going w/o star.
When i got my copy of the CCA mag years ago that talked about how all the state chapters were fighting the posting of waterways and winning and The La chapter would not even take up the fight. I quit CCA and the star tourney and never looked back.
Always said if i ever caught a tagged red i would cut the tag up and eat the red .

My 26 year older brother told me he stopped supporting CCA because they did not fight posting of waterways. I have never supported or will I ever support CCA.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Deerfarmer

My 26 year older brother told me he stopped supporting CCA because they did not fight posting of waterways. I have never supported or will I ever support CCA.

Hold on a minute, they didn't stand up for it because they have no dog in this fight. What does Coastal Conservation Association have to do with this? First off, these areas were actual land at one time, and a boat couldn't get to these areas. All of this is PRIVATE PROPERTY. They OWN the land that is directly under that water, the land has been subsiding for many years, but its their property. The only dog in the fight CCA has is to try and get that land back. It was a fight they would not win, and rightfully so. No need to take sides between two groups of sportsmen and divide the base.
As far as navigable waters, this area just recently became 'navigable', it used to be terra firma. The laws for navigable waters are not for hunting/fishing, in other words its not a right to be able to fish/hunt on someone else's property just because its navigable. There was a large lawsuit in N La along the MS River involving a man that would fish Gassoway Lake (private lake) when the river got high. He got arrested numerous times for trespassing on private property. He fought it and eventually the judge sided with the landwoners. You can look at the wording but basically the law states that you can tie up there and moor overnight, dry out nets, etc, but fishing/hunting is not allowed.

If you owned property that was now underwater, I guarantee you that you would want to keep people from entering the rest of your property and would have signs posted up all over teh place, I know I would, because it PRIVATE PROPERTY, whether its under the water or not. There are millions of other acres to fish not behind posted signs.

[Duck Butter]

As far as tripletail - really guys? You are upset that the Coastal CONSERVATION Association is on board with CONSERVING fishing for future generations? There are new studies coming out on tripletail (finally) and CCA is just going along with scientific data to manage our fisheries. Oh no, the sky is falling


After all thats what 'WE' want right? Management of our fisheries to be based on science? There have been numerous discussions about the 15 trout limit on Big Lake, and most of you on here say that 'limits should be based on science', well here you go whats the problem

Is it really going to effect anyone here that much if there is a limit on tripletail now?

[3FLa]

Duck Butter...Please stop and read the very mission statement of CCA on their webssite before you say it has no "dog" in the fight. Your statement is complelety lacking in any facts. CCA does not involve itself in waterway issues because it's lobbying partner is Louisiana Landowners Association.

[Top Dawg]

Won't even sign up for star anymore

[Spunt Drag]

I haven't signed up for the star in probably 2 or 3 years, of course i don't fish much anymore. But I fish the Shootout every year, but they can stick that up their *** now too.

[marshrunner757]

Salty Cajun 3 month tourney???? Same rules apply and have a grand prize for a CCA tagged red??? Of coarse prizes wouldn't be nearly as big but it might pull a lot of money from their pockets.... just a thought.

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[Top Dawg]

I would be down. For something like that.

[marshrunner757]

It could work. Something to seriously kick around. Instead of calling the tagged red a grand prize, I think we could call it a bounty prize.

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[MarshRat89]

Hard to say. I really don't have a dog in the fight, but what I do believe are there alot more important issues than this. I think it's pointless that they are wasting funds lobbying on such a petty issue. I don't think this is where their focus should me.

[Feesherman]

Last straw! I'm out!

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

Last straw! I'm out!

At least we can fish the perch jerkoff next year.

[Fishaholic247]

I renewed this year but I also have decided this is my last year.
$25 to renew membership
$25 for STAR
$30 for trout shootout!

$80.00 is a bit steep at the beginning of the tournament just to say "I am a card carrying member and (they say)I get special perks"!!!
Should have put the $80 in the boat gas tank!! A buddy of mine caught TWO (2) (DOS) (multiple) tagged reds on the same spot on the same day this year two weeks before the tournament started. He called CCA and they sent him a T shirt. :-/ They asked him if he practiced catch and release he said hell no I practiced catch and grease!!!!

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

At least we can fish the perch jerkoff next year.

Dats for sure happening

[BROWN FIN]

Haven't since 1989.


BROWN FIN