I posted the LDWF oyster assessment on here somewhere.

Chas, does CCA have a paper on the subject or something about thier stance on it?

I think this would be a starting place.

I am not for trying to stop oystering on the estuary, just make sure the resource is not depleted.

We have all commented on this. What are we going to do now?

They won't be depleted, they cannot keep any under 3". So they will chunk those back in.
But they will wipe out most of the commercial sized oysters on the East side by next season. There might be a lot of boats dragging on the East side, but not catching like they were last year.

The issue isn't about destroying the crop.

It's about destroying the people who fish big lakes spots

Everytime you open your mouth you look more of a fool..... I have fishing log book I have keep dated back to 2001 and I can prove that fish has dropped in areas of hard oyster harvest...I dont need a Bio.. I do my own looking

You proved my point.

The argument isn't about the oyster crop it's about the fishing related to the oystering

Nice try though

Let me make even more simple got people like you w.

When dealing with an issue like this. Addressing an OYSTER task force with your concerns/complaints of them messing up your RECREATIONAL fishing spots isn't gonna carry much weight. Get it?

They are concerned with oysters. Not with how many fish the squat master can catch because of those oysters.

so when you take out all the beds that make up our estuary and keep taking over and over in one small area....you have nothing left like we have now...Why do they want to move up NORTH???? No more Oysters to take....Beds are gone...

We got a 15trout limit with zero proof passed....I belive we can take the oysters boat down..... Back to tong days.... No more dredging

Translate?

Sorry but I can't understand any of that ramble

why does the east side re seed

Because they have to.

I'm not saying y'all don't need to. Y'all do too probably. I'm not an oyster biologist. I'm just saying. You can't change the oyster task force's mind by using recreation trout fishing figures.

Personally, we should do what they do in the carolina's, make the oyster men, "lease" a oyster bed in order to fish it...(read it in coastal living while during "D.E.A.R- drop everything and read- during school)

What is there to understand???
 

Yak em, what don't you get? What if someone like myself makes a living as a guide and I can't fish where the fish are supposed to be? It's no different than being an oysterman. They are commercial, and so am I. When you take, take, and take some more, eventually, there will be nothing left. Like W stated, they want to continue moving north becaue they are hardpressed to find anything down south. This is typical of our state...and I am sure this will pi$$ people off, but, here goes...we, as Louisiana sportsman see it like this, catch as much as you can while you can. Same with the oysters, take all you can now, now, now. At least our trout can spawn to reproduce at a fast rate. Other resources are not as fortunate. Oysters are a big part of ANY estuary. They filter water, establish good foundations for the bottom of the water they occupy, and provivide cover for the bottom of the food chain to enable the "circle of life." I agree, we NEED to re-seed as soon as possible. But don't be in a hurry to harvest what you put back. CLose it for 4 years. Then assess it the following, with professionals, then harvest.

They lease beds on the east side of the state. Oystering here became popular because it was easy money. No need to spend all that much when you can go out, catch 20 sacks at $30 a day.

thought so, just didn't want to say it and be wrong, and then get jumped by the east side boys

"Circle of Life", just like the "Lion King" Pumba.
Needed some humor tonight fellows, it will get fixed and you can Bank on that statement!

Hey Timon, go train a dog or go wade somewhere. Do I get my ice chest back tomorrow? Going to the cardiologist at 9 am. I'll call you. Bring it to the office with you.

Boat driver. Your way of mind is what Is wrong. It shouldn't be get all you can while you can.

That's why the oyster men are moving north.

That's why resources get depleted

Trust me I see where your coming from. But the oyster task force isn't worried about you catching fish