Limits Stay the Same in Texas

[Top H2O 2110]

Looks like the Texas trout limits won't change--yet

COASTAL BEND — The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission Wednesday decided not to pursue a change in the daily limit of speckled trout as a coastwide regulation.

TPW Coastal Fisheries Director Robin Riechers recommended against the change from the current 10 fish limit at a Wednesday commission meeting in Austin.

The department received a record 1,243 comments from individuals, businesses, organizations on this issue. These comments came from seven scoping meetings, by e-mail, through the TPW website and Facebook page, by mail and by phone. The Corpus Christi scoping meeting had the highest attendance with more than 100 people.

The overall opinions submitted for or against change (1,229) were split 49 percent to 51 percent, with 608 favoring some kind of change and 621 favoring the status quo. A smattering of others did not clearly state what they wanted. Of the folks who favored change, about 52 percent (315 comments) suggested a five-fish daily bag. About 36 percent of the change group suggested some other form of harvest regulation, ranging from keeping the first 10 fish to changing the minimum harvest length or designing various slot rules that limited the number of bigger trout (females) we could keep.

[Garfish]

Good to hear!!

["W"]

Originally Posted by Top H2O 2110

Looks like the Texas trout limits won't change--yet

COASTAL BEND — The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission Wednesday decided not to pursue a change in the daily limit of speckled trout as a coastwide regulation.

TPW Coastal Fisheries Director Robin Riechers recommended against the change from the current 10 fish limit at a Wednesday commission meeting in Austin.

The department received a record 1,243 comments from individuals, businesses, organizations on this issue. These comments came from seven scoping meetings, by e-mail, through the TPW website and Facebook page, by mail and by phone. The Corpus Christi scoping meeting had the highest attendance with more than 100 people.

The overall opinions submitted for or against change (1,229) were split 49 percent to 51 percent, with 608 favoring some kind of change and 621 favoring the status quo. A smattering of others did not clearly state what they wanted. Of the folks who favored change, about 52 percent (315 comments) suggested a five-fish daily bag. About 36 percent of the change group suggested some other form of harvest regulation, ranging from keeping the first 10 fish to changing the minimum harvest length or designing various slot rules that limited the number of bigger trout (females) we could keep.

This will Kill the big trout population in less than 5 years........Go ahead and slot em......... I will be the 1st ***** at Texas

[Reel Bender]

Does'nt matter, we all decided we gona fish biglake for awhile anyhoo!!

[bottomline]

Headed over there saturday to catch some cajun trout

[Reel Bender]

Originally Posted by bottomline

Headed over there saturday to catch some cajun trout

Good luck, tear them up!

And if you see some lil runt that can't see over the console in a Heynie, be sure to pull reeel close when ya driving by and wave at him!!!!!

["W"]

Lake has a flesh eating bacteria...eats though fiberglass....its closed to August due to BP spill

[PUREBAY2200]

Originally Posted by "W"

Lake has a flesh eating bacteria...eats though fiberglass....its closed to August due to BP spill

I thought u had that bacteria n high school.... Crazy that it came back.... Sorry to hear

[bottomline]

Us texans catch and release only haha

["W"]

Originally Posted by bottomline

Us texans catch and release only haha

In Texas!!!

[bottomline]

Yea i go to bl when i want a fish fry

[trophytroutman]

Amen!!!!!!!The only change I would make is lower the size limit to 14".Bottomline,good luck on big lake,Im headed over there in a few weeks.

[bottomline]

thanks, i hope its better than sabine was today