We squeezed in a couple of trips following the TPWD meeting in Pt.Arthur last week and caught all the redfish we wanted to catch. The weather was foggy and wet, but we ran south anyway to check out a trout report. We did catch more trout than I have caught in a while drifting the south revetment wall, but very few of them would have been keeper fish. We also saw the bank fishermen catch a couple of fish in the three pound class fishing shrimp under a cork.
The water clarity wasn't any better down there than it is on the north end. We caught all of our redfish on the Louisiana side of the lake on spinnerbaits and square bill crankbaits. It was a mixed bag size wise with only two oversize fish. We had no problem limiting on 20 to 24 inch fish.
The turnout at the meeting was thin and the majority of those in attendance did not approve of the proposal to cut the trout limit from ten to 5 fish. I personally feel like something has to be done, but the two most voiced opinions had merit. They felt, based on past experiences, that anything the TPWD took away they never gave back in spite of how well the plan worked. Secondly, they felt that any concessions they made would be erased by the fact that Louisiana would not make the same changes.
I do not believe that any regulation changes will ever work until both states play by the same rules. Not much chance of that happening in the near future.
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ALWAYS appreciate your fishing reports, Dickie, whether in the magazine or your daily reports. Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Bill Brown | March 06, 2019 at 12:12 PM