tp@wd trout

[JeffJ]

Some of you guys act like you are gonna starve if you can’t keep your five trout. You can still catch as many as you want you just can’t keep them. I don’t know about up the coast but our fish in Mansfield were severely impacted by the freeze.
We haven’t kept a trout since. Plenty of redfish and drum to eat. Makes since on the 17 inch minimum trying to increase total numbers by protecting smaller fish. Hope we rebound quick but I think it’s gonna be a while before I see the big fish numbers we had pre freeze.

We’re in LLM and agree 110%. Only trout we kept were a couple we hooked way deep. Even tried to Boga them back to life but they literally bled out while trying. We will keep 2-3 reds a day between the wife and I. We aren’t greedy. If you’re fishing to feed the family from a $75k boat you’re losing ground.

[Rubeng]

We’re in LLM and agree 110%. Only trout we kept were a couple we hooked way deep. Even tried to Boga them back to life but they literally bled out while trying. We will keep 2-3 reds a day between the wife and I. We aren’t greedy. If you’re fishing to feed the family from a $75k boat you’re losing ground.

Solid answer! Good to hear people actually care about the fisheries. Like you said if you’re fishing to “feed the family” going to HEB is much cheaper


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[brokeno]

How about 4 trout 14-24. Seems like about everyone you catch are 14 3/4 inches and die when you try to get the hook out or like mentioned before those dam dolphins eat them. If they cut the limits much more going to a lot of fisherman and money along the gulf coast.

[Leemo]

The problem is there is no exact science in a fishery....... you can count deer in a pasture, you can count cows at the farm
But not fish

[Rubeng]

The problem is there is no exact science in a fishery....... you can count deer in a pasture, you can count cows at the farm
But not fish

Yeah when they do those gill net studies and kill all those big trout! Yeah that’s a great way to count them [emoji23]


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[tvc184]

I’m glad I live on the Sabine Lake area. I’ll keep buying my Louisiana license and keeping their limits. Between TPWD and CCA they keep **** ing sportsman.

I live about 20 minutes from the ramp at the causeway. I haven’t fished the Texas side of Sabine Lake for about 5 years. Now at 65, I don’t even need a LA license.

[Pin Oak DXT]

There have been some really encouraging studies on trout mortality in regards to catch and release. Basically, if you gut hook it, it is gonna die. If you don't, it will live somewhere between 75-90% of the time. I can't remember the particulars exactly. Also, as part of the study, they tried to overhandle fish, keep them out too long, rub the slime off, etc and it didn't have much effect on mortality rates.

Trout are tougher than we think.

Thanks for sharing that information.


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