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"3. Set cumulative limits per license (rather than daily take limits) on sport fish (like hunting for deer), so that inland fishermen can get their fair share of the sport fishery in the fewer trips they can make and locals don't get the option to take a disproportionate share of sportfish by being eligible for a new limit each day."
I do not know how to take that,
Last day trip I had on the Big E was SEP 30,
Me and 2 of my Boys = $300, Plus another bill for misc...
The trip was 54 miles out.
Local to the coast does not nessasarly mean local to the Sanpper.
Sure I got trout and reds virtualy out my back door, but the nets are gone and the freeze's have been few and the populations are good in the upper coast. (1 Sow trout limit a day is a good deal) . Of the avid bay fishermen
I assocaite with. We release a lot more fish now than decades back and generaly only keep a few for the pan "fresh".
In the 80's & early 90's I would avarage riding on the Capt Casey once a month all year long, Winter times were the most enjoyable. I would like to have those days back. It was simpler time on the water.
But alot of folks north of Conroe were also regulars on these trips along with the Snow birds.
I still feel the commercial harvest, bycatch from drag nets and
all the undersized hooked fish (Rec and Comm) are areas in need of review.
I don't feel even a 2 year Rec. closure would turn the tides on this issue with out also shutting down the by catch waste.
My $.02
Kev
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