Bowfishing for Redfish

[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by eman

i voted for it . But after talking to some folks this weekend about the fish hunters out shooting specks ,I'm not so sure.
IMHO, The bowfishing guides aren't the ones doing this as they would risk losing their license if caught.
There are alot of folks that have set up small rigs for bowfishing.
I have seen a few dead undersize reds w/ holes in em in the area i fish.
I was asked what about making fish hunters keep the 1st 5 reds they shot?
My reply was that we would see alot more dead fish w/ holes in them because if some folks can cull up they will throw back a smaller fish ,Dead or not.

Eman- I always respect your post and insight. However, the license issue is not a valid point, since they have no license to lose! A charter captain is licensed by the USCG to carry people on a boat, and they do not revoke the license of a tow boat captain when they cause a oil spill, so the coast guard will not pull their six pack paper for some redfish with holes in it. As far as the state license, I think that is a joke. We have guys with a state license that are the biggest outlaws out there. Look at the big man from Fourchon with the snapper trip for the Georgia guys that owned the resturants. How many red snapper over the limit were they????? He is still in business to this day!

Sorry, I can not shoot a wild feral hog at night on my own property w/o having a $25 permit and a mile of paperwork. Yet these guys can shoot up our fisheries at night with no regard for undersized fish, I just don't get it.

Not trying to be a big Ahole here, and people that know me know what is on my mind, comes out of my mouth. But this topic is just one I don't get.

[eman]

like i said it is mho and that can be changed. the only time i went the capt. and hands called shoot or no. and anything close was a no. i have been down south most of my life and i know that some of theso called capts. are the biggest of the out laws.
all i could base my opinion on was the guy i went with.