Oh he smart!

Yep (emphasis has been added.)

This should be of the utmost importance to CCA. When Man(especially a conservationists) messes with nature it his duty to make sure that it is managed or restored back to its original functioning state or better. The weir system is a perfect example. It is a biological balance of making sure coastal erosion is controlled as well as providing a safe habitat for so many coastal species, like a coastal marsh originally was intended.

Glad that this issue is supposedly being addressed.

I would like to know the actual odds of catching a tagged redfish. It has to be higher or about the same as buying $25 powerball tickets. How many tagged redfish are caught each year? 2 or 3 divided by the number of redfish caught in the state.

Precisely my point. When you lose track of that, you are no longer a conservationist.

You can break that down even farther. How many total redfish, how many anglers and how many casts per angler lol. It's astronomical at best.

You know at least one CCA pumper has called Baton Rouge and said

Have you seen how they are making fun of our Frat Organization ?

I hope they read it all and let it soak in to the bone, stop hand jerking the rich off and do your damn JOB !!!

In spite of your intent, this post did nothing to demonstrate how "smart" you are, instead it demonstrated that you will sell your integrity at the price of a very minute chance at winning a truck. I primarily fish for redfish, I catch a lot of them, I've probably got a better chance at catching a tagged redfish than most folks, simply because redfish are my focus, but I won't enter the STAR because I have issues with CCA similar to those expressed here by others, and I won't sell my integrity. If I catch a tagged redfish, I'll thank God for it as I say grace over its blackened fillets. I won't post about it here or on social media because I'm not going to help draw attention to or drive funding for the CCA or the STAR tournament.

The only way CCA is going to focus on actual conservation issues that effect us here in Louisiana is when it is costing them too much not to. You would be surprised at the number of people who are no longer supporting CCA in any way, including "passing up the chance to win a truck doing something they already do" .

In my humble opinion, the CCA lost focus when the grew to a size that required more of their time and efforts be spent on raising money and growing/maintaining membership than on actual conservation work.

Emphasis added. I agree completely.

Me either, I've always seen it spelled Balogna

My boat caught right at 6000 fish total out if big lake last year and not one were a STAR winner or Tagged Redfish

Theres a reason hes called "math"geek:rotfl:

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Tar-And-Feather CCA
 

Ok, while I agree with most of the issues with CCA; I think the whole Tar-And-Feather bandwagon is a little overboard. People love to be apart of something, even if it's just *****ing about something.

Straight up question, what other organizations do we have to address the issues?

Full Definition of BALONEY

: pretentious nonsense : bunkum —often used as a generalized expression of disagreement

Why do a group of people working together for a common cause have to file paperwork with the IRS to be legitimate in your eyes?

Charter boat captains, interested anglers, and other Salty Cajuns (and a few Cajunettes) have been working these issues consistently for several years.

You need not be an official non-profit to write your legislator, petition the LWC, appear before the LWC to make comments, exert various kinds of pressure on local groups, or boycott the S.T.A.R.

I no longer recommend Zebco reels, because their quality sucks, the buyer is getting no return for his $$$, and he is likely to be disappointed with the outcome of the money spent.

I recommend against CCA and S.T.A.R. for the same reasons.

I remember all the grad promises made by CCA and its cheerleaders touting, "just wait and see, CCA is doing all sorts of things behind the scenes but we cant talk about it just yet"

well where is this magic they promised they were doing "behind the scenes"? maybe we need to wait 30-40 years before they can talk about it lol.

why aren't they working to double red limits and reduce minimum size limits on them to 14"?

why aren't they fighting to increase speck limits state wide back up to 25 fish per day everywhere?

why aren't they working to remove black limits altogether and reduce minimum size limits on them to 14"?

all 3 of these have science saying it will not hurt the population but actually help the populations and the fishery to do them.

why aren't they suing to get canals reopened and stop the wholesale barricading and closing off of our traditional public access marsh waterways. where are they on the wholesale theft for private use of our fisheries populations that are captured and stolen by a few as the fish are allowed to be barricaded off from the public?

why aren't they doing any of these things? because they are just a shell game to take our money and get rich off it as they work exclusively for the best interest of texas waters and against anything that gives Louisiana more then texas has which is the whole purpose and only reason for reduced trout limits and triple tail limits near texas, it is to take away any incentive to texas fishermen to come spend their money in our state.

we in Louisiana are the port-a-potty, and CCA is sitting on the seat above us laughing all the way to the bank as they dump all over us and watch silly cheerleaders and excuse makers defend their undefendable actions and complete lack of actions.

Great questions. I think CCA showed a decade ago that they are not really about habitat protection or conservation or sound science.

They are about bringing money back to TX for restoration projects there and also about exporting restrictive TX-style regulations to LA.

Amen brother! Been saying this for years that if I can get my boat in there I should be able to fish and hunt. You can't own tidal water! I should be able to fish and duck hunt anywhere I get my boat. Them greedy landowners don't own those fish or ducks and they got thousands of coots in their place thy don't even shoot. Let me in!