Official Trout Limit Survey. Please Vote. - Page 11

**justletmein** · #**101** 04-24-2012, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwatersensations

Where do you get this info? I disagree, but maybe you can prove me wrong.

The studies I saw referenced somewhere were mortality rate of something like 10-13 percent for experienced anglers and 18% for inexperienced. That's a long way from "most" fish.

**saltwatersensations** · #**102** 04-24-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by justletmein

The studies I saw referenced somewhere were mortality rate of something like 10-13 percent for experienced anglers and 18% for inexperienced. That's a long way from "most" fish.

Thank You. If you properly handle a fish and know how to use a pair of pliers, proper sized hooks, dont squeeze the crud outta of them, dont touch the gills etc.... I have no doubt that almost all the schoolies I released Sunday are eating today. Maybe a mandatory seminar on how to properly handle fish to be released would be better than a limit drop.

**flatsmaster14** · #**103** 04-24-2012, 11:17 AM

Stop using treble hooks and your fish won't die

**osoobsessed** · #**104** 04-24-2012, 11:19 AM

maybe they should just make trout catch and release, illegal to use croaker, no treble hooks, no gulp...

btw, someone mentioned if we wanted to keep fish for us to eat Black drum instead, well....i do not like BD at all except for shark bait in the fall/winter months.

**muddyfuzzy** · #**105** 04-24-2012, 11:25 AM

i can't believe how ignorant some people are on subjects like this. some people are just so worried about what the "man" wants to do, guess what i'm the man! the constant sarcasim has really gotten old, really old.

**muddyfuzzy** · #**106** 04-24-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Wompam

Take the upper Texas coast, Galveston bay system specifically, a few months ago some tree hugging former big trout killers were saying there were no big fish left in Galveston, I've heard of at least 7 - true pigs coming from up here in the last 3 months, it's all about rainfall & nature, period.

7 pigs out of the largest bay system on the gulf coast is nothing to be proud of, the fishery should be able to produce more than that.

**wickedwader** · #**107** 04-24-2012, 11:48 AM

It seems like the only reason people keep 10 is because someone wants to have a fish fry.

I think we should outlaw fish fry's

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**sandyfork** · #**108** 04-24-2012, 11:53 AM

No need to cut the limit in half. Drop the limit to 7 or 8 and see what happens. The limit can always be reduced to 5 in a year or so.

**XtremeAngler** · #**109** 04-24-2012, 11:59 AM

Keep it at 10. If it goes down to 5, it will never go back up. Look at redfish. There's plenty of carp now and I can't ever see the limit being raised.

This idea is a little out there, but I could see people catching 5 fish and getting all excited that they "limited out" which may encourage them to go more often and kill more fish than normal limits. Just a theory I have......

**fishin shallow** · #**110** 04-24-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wickedwader

Every person I have talked to that fishes the LLM has claimed the fishing has dramatically improved since the limit went to 5. Of course that is pretty unscientific but to a man/woman...they all say the same thing.

It was a combination of record rainfall, dredging of the East Cut and the 5 trout limit that has made fishing in the LLM so good. Lots of people claim it was just the reduction but alot more came to play during that time.