tpwd speckled trout

[redfishted]

You have to keep 15 of them to make a meal, they are all 10-12 inch long haha

Absolutely right, no Trout in Big Lake, no need to even drive over and try.

[JES]

You have to keep 15 of them to make a meal, they are all 10-12 inch long haha

Have you ever fished Calcasieu?

[eradicator]

It should be no fish over 20" 20 to 25" female are the fish that are reproducing

smh

[HTOWN]

Have you ever fished Calcasieu?

Naw man, I'm just jokin. Most of my fishing starts with bait you guys call trophy! I couldn't catch a limit of specs if my life depended on it. And that's throwing croaker to!

[eradicator]

Naw man, I'm just jokin. Most of my fishing starts with bait you guys call trophy! I couldn't catch a limit of specs if my life depended on it. And that's throwing croaker to!

That's because they are so rare and highly elusive.....

[HTOWN]

That's because they are so rare and highly elusive.....

Naw, I couldn't catch a cold when it comes to those specks.... for 1 my boat won't run shallow enough and it's not even close to fast enough either.

If we fished out the same boat, you'd catch 10 to my 1.
Now if it's grouper, tuna, wahoo n stuff like that. I'm coming home with full cooler

[BW412]

I wonder how they are going to regulate limits around the causeway? I have a place on the canals on the island. If I go a couple miles up the intercoastal I'll be north of the JFK causeway but could be over the limit coming home once south of the bridge...hypothetically. Gonna be tricky. I've encountered wardens down there that weren't nearly as nice as the Lone Star Law folks.

[aggieman12]

I wonder how they are going to regulate limits around the causeway? I have a place on the canals on the island. If I go a couple miles up the intercoastal I'll be north of the JFK causeway but could be over the limit coming home once south of the bridge...hypothetically. Gonna be tricky. I've encountered wardens down there that weren't nearly as nice as the Lone Star Law folks.

That's my concern. I typically put in at Marker 37 but one of my favorite spots is north of JFK.

[HTOWN]

I wonder how they are going to regulate limits around the causeway? I have a place on the canals on the island. If I go a couple miles up the intercoastal I'll be north of the JFK causeway but could be over the limit coming home once south of the bridge...hypothetically. Gonna be tricky. I've encountered wardens down there that weren't nearly as nice as the Lone Star Law folks.

It's simple, if you get checked south of the bridge with North of the bridge limits, you'll be over the limit. Regardless of where they were landed.

Kinda like the state water snapper regs, and fed water.

[JeffJ]

Good news is that the number of pounds of freezer burned trout thrown away every will decrease 100x

[Leef]

Does anyone just fish for fun? Why is keeping and eating fish such a big deal? Are you guys starving to death? LOL

[DUKFVR]

Does anyone just fish for fun? Why is keeping and eating fish such a big deal? Are you guys starving to death? LOL

Why do you hunt! you just nature watch? Are you starving & need to kill a deer etc to eat?? LOL!!

Just like hunting. I love some fresh fried trout!

[Leef]

Why do you hunt! you just nature watch? Are you starving & need to kill a deer etc to eat?? LOL!!

Just like hunting. I love some fresh fried trout!

No doubt! Good point and I agree. Just don’t get those saying that if they can’t keep a bunch of fish that they won’t go anymore, or “it’s not worth it” to go.

[Etxbuckman]

My thought as well and I want to hear the rational explained.

Probably the same rationale that gave us the spike tag in AR counties.

[Capt Glenn]

How about some evidence that this legislation is necessary? Hell, how about catch and release only? Wouldn't that be better for fish numbers? Why not limit guides to one charter per 24 hr period?

I am surprised it isn't catch and release only. I expected them to do catch and release only for 4 months from JFK south. I think that was the original idea.

As far as one trip per 24 hour period that is much ado about nothing. Very few guides are running 2 trips a day regularly. It happens once in awhile and I run a very few doubles but I try really hard not to. Generally the only reason I'll run a double is if I have a really good customer in town and I am totally booked up, if I really like them I'll try to get 'em out on an evening trip.

I am good friends with over 50 fishing guides and out of all of us I bet we double around 5% of the time. Maybe in other areas they do it more, I don't know. I hear it all the time from non-guides but I don't hardly ever see guides in my area running doubles. And never triples. Not once have I ever seen a guide where I fish running 3 trips in a day.