2016 star tournament

[Baychamp1]

Honestly I haven't been following the CCA agenda for several yrs. but remember times in the 70's & 80's when speck fishing was a lot tougher in Big Lake due to gill nets all over the place, many left unattended full of dead fish. Wasn't GCCA instrumental in the ban of gill nets? What exactly is the beef with them now, just asking for facts not opinions please.

[Juciy]

Originally Posted by Baychamp1

Honestly I haven't been following the CCA agenda for several yrs. but remember times in the 70's & 80's when speck fishing was a lot tougher in Big Lake due to gill nets all over the place, many left unattended full of dead fish. Wasn't GCCA instrumental in the ban of gill nets? What exactly is the beef with them now, just asking for facts not opinions please.

Now I am not that savvy with current CCA politics, but the big beef is with the oyster lobby. Many SW LA fin fishermen are against the current harvest numbers of oysters. Also CCA is not actively fighting to restore the ship channel levee system to reduce big lake salinity. Basically too much money in, without enough money being spent on true habitat improvements.

I know the difficulties of politics around implementing conservation measures from a past career. One of the biggest road blocks inside state waters is the EPA. I have had DU projects shutdown (to build habitat) just b/c a corner of the field was an "established wetland". It's wild what the Feds come up with.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Juciy

Now I am not that savvy with current CCA politics, but the big beef is with the oyster lobby. Many SW LA fin fishermen are against the current harvest numbers of oysters. Also CCA is not actively fighting to restore the ship channel levee system to reduce big lake salinity. Basically too much money in, without enough money being spent on true habitat improvements.

I know the difficulties of politics around implementing conservation measures from a past career. One of the biggest road blocks inside state waters is the EPA. I have had DU projects shutdown (to build habitat) just b/c a corner of the field was an "established wetland". It's wild what the Feds come up with.

That and them reducing our triple tail catch based on zero science or a stock assessment. Much like they did with the trout. Also, they could give a rip about recreational red snapper. They also were in support of a ban on bow fishing for red fish. Basically CCA is against and not for the recreational fisherman

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[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

That and them reducing our triple tail catch based on zero science or a stock assessment. Much like they did with the trout. Also, they could give a rip about recreational red snapper. They also were in support of a ban on bow fishing for red fish. Basically CCA is against and not for the recreational fisherman

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that is about as crazy as the red snapper regs, it may actually be crazier because there are THOUSANDS of fisherman voicing there opinion about the red snapper population and they KNOW what they are talking about because they see the bazillion red snapper that are out there!

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Baychamp1

Honestly I haven't been following the CCA agenda for several yrs. but remember times in the 70's & 80's when speck fishing was a lot tougher in Big Lake due to gill nets all over the place, many left unattended full of dead fish. Wasn't GCCA instrumental in the ban of gill nets? What exactly is the beef with them now, just asking for facts not opinions please.

They've supported a number of more restrictive changes in limits (specks, tripletail, bow fishing) without good scientific data showing a need, and they also supported increased license fees.

Further, it has been shown that CCA TX and CCA LA are really one organization with co-mingled funds and at least a half dozen citizens of TX making six figure salaries. They spend a lot more $$$ on real and significant habitat improvements in TX, but spend more effort lobbying for more restrictive laws in LA.

They haven't done much on the real conservation issues facing Big Lake: oyster overharvesting, salt water intrusion, erosion, etc. But they did get the limit of specks lowered to 15 and a Tripletail limit imposed.