LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

‘Pike on the Edge’ Strikes a Nerve

Editor: In our previous edition (July/August 2024), Doug Pike’s column “There is No ‘I’ In Speckled Trout” struck a serious nerve.

Our editors and regular contributors have their own opinions and we’re glad to let them share them here. Doug Pike has been a valued member of our editorial team for decades and has both the experience—and wisdom—to use that privalege with care.

If anything, the amount of feedback we got reinforces something we already know: regulations on speckled trout remain controversial.

Below is a sampling…

A Dose of Your Own Advice

Some BS there I suppose. Been fishing as long as you have, and you have no business giving that advice. Like it or quit fishing is a rude response period. Mother Nature controls the trout population more than man.

I fish on average three days per week. There are plenty of trout; surveys are skewed in my opinion. Me and friends I fish with do not keep trout over twenty inches and I believe most fishermen conserve the resource.

I’ll part with some a dose of your own advice: Let up or stop writing.

Butch Hooker

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In Agreement

I agree with you on the current regulations on specks. I remember the 10 and the 5 fish limits. Due to the previous freezes and I believe the increased pressure put on the trout population it’s getting difficult even to get a 3 fish limit.

We have fished Port O’Conner for over 25 years and some weekends it’s just crazy with the number of boats. During the first year of the covid fiasco it was like the 4th of July every weekend. The one place that is still holding up is the surf, if you can get there.

Rex Clinton, Brenham

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Revoke Guide Licenses

Try as men might, no one can control mother nature…no regs will stop the next freeze. All guide licenses should be revoked first before any recreational anglers are subjected.

Just like federal snapper regs, this one is unfavorable for recreational anglers.

Kim Hickle

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Cougar Caught in Action on a Trail Cam

THESE IMAGES OF A COUGAR stalking a feeder near Silver, Texas were captured in the pre-dawn hours of successive mornings last January.
They were sent to us by Shawn Campbell, of TX Hunts and Leases (www.txhuntsandleases.com).



 

Email your comments to: editor@fishgame.com

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