In Louisiana, on November 20th, 2023 the new speckled trout creel limit went into effect.
Before we could keep 25 speckled trout (that are 12 inches in length or longer) per angler, per day. Now we can keep 15 speckled trout between 13 and 20 inches in length, with only two over 20 inches, per angler, per day.
Why was this done? Was it necessary? Can we reasonably expect the fishing to improve? Was it even worse to begin with?
These questions and more are answered in this video.
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Spot on! I think the trout just moved in past years with the freshening. Mississippi the past 5 years has seen the best fishing it has had since I can remember. No doubt there are more people fishing which takes a hit on the population also. I think with the good salinity now and the new limits the trout population should see a dramatic increase in the new few years.
We smashed some trout last year in lake Calebasse, big rain storm came through and we couldn’t buy a fish in there after that. The water wasn’t crazy muddy but it definitely dirtied up and had a lot of small debris floating in it. I couldn’t believe In the short time it took for all that rain to dump, the trout left out in a hurry.
Pogie boats no problem. Typical La
It works hard headed people will see this
Come to FL our limit is 2…and our speckled trout fishery sucks.😢