Notice of Intent to Modify Red Drum Size and Bag Limits

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well you idiots are about to get what you asked for

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The majority of them can't adapt to changes and blame the lack of their catch on a lack of fish instead of their inability to fish something other than the same point every Saturday.

Charlie Thomason's guys are a perfect example. They catch limits every day regardless of time of year/weather/etc

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Charlie Thomason's guys are a perfect example. They catch limits every day regardless of time of year/weather/etc

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yep they use the excuse they cant catch fish as their scientific proof the limits must be reduced.

cant tell you how many times i get to the launch with a limit or just shy of a limit of 25 and often several reds as well, and there are jackasses there with less than 5 fish in their boats talking about how there just arent enough fish any more

sad thing is these idiots are voting and agreeing that limits must be drastically reduced.

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now the redfish limits are to be cut in half as well.

pretty soon it will be 100% catch and release only.

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Stop exaggerating. Louisiana is currently the only gulf coast state that allows a bag limit of more than 3 fish. TX, MS and AL are all 3 red limits and the gulf side of FL is only 1 red per day


ETA: and the NOI comes with a sunset provision. So if the redfish surveys over the next few years show improvement, LDWF can let the new regs expire and it’ll revert back to the current 5 fish bag 16-27” in 2028

And they still aren’t addressing bowfishing

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And they still aren’t addressing bowfishing

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that’s a hangnail

The cancer is the exponential increase of habitat loss degradation of last 50-60 years. Diabetes is the pogey boats. Limits on recs are simply telling the afflicted to get more exercise and eat better.

Limit change and slot crippled bow fishing

Pogey boats ARE the issue.

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And they still aren’t addressing bowfishing

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They’re about to. As of January 1, anyone bowfishing needs to get a free bowfishing permit. LDWF doesn’t have any real data on how many people bowfish, so the permit is meant to help them collect that data to determine whether future regulations or restrictions on bowfishing are needed.

I’m not a fan of bowfishing, but I don’t think it has the impact on redfish numbers that some people like to think it does. Bowfishers are a tiny fraction of the number of people chasing reds with rod and reel. I think bowfishing probably fricks with our duck hunting more than the redfishing because of airboats and surface drives running all over the marsh all night never gives the ducks a break.

I agree with the bowfishing....I think it needs a tad of restriction, just my $.02.

Second. Where do we think Jeff Landry and his new Wildlife and Fisheries chick from South Dakota land on this issue....do you think the red thing gets reversed and eventually the trout too? I wonder how they feel about the pogey boat issue....it'll be interesting to see what happens, if anything!