Protect the brood stock without them, there is no fishery.
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Hayden Townsend
11 years ago
Protect the brood stock without them, there is no fishery.
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Dale sides
11 years ago
This is a problem everywhere with the demand put on the resource by paylakes and unregulated Commercial fishing as a resouce is wiped out in one state the CF go to the next unregulated resource this will only ge worse as the demand increases for these throphy fish
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Dale sides
11 years ago
This is a problem everywhere with the demand put on the resource by paylakes and unregulated Commercial fishing as a resouce is wiped out in one state the CF go to the next unregulated resource this will only ge worse as the demand increases for these throphy fish
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Deric Miller
11 years ago
Eat the little ones release the Big-N's
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Deric Miller
11 years ago
Eat the little ones release the Big-N's
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Reginald villavicencio
11 years ago
Defend dallas and surrounding areas!
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Reginald villavicencio
11 years ago
Defend dallas and surrounding areas!
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Mike Smith
11 years ago
We need to protect the big females with eggs. I'm 45 years old and have been fish Tawakoni all my life. The stocking years ago has made this a great catfish lake and we see the only way to keep it that way is to release the fish with eggs. I think a person should be able to keep 10 to 12 pound fish but 20 lb fish and big should be released. I also think we should move the Channel cats from 12 inches to 14. Lots of dinks channels in Tawakoni. Thank you, Mike Smith
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Mike Smith
11 years ago
We need to protect the big females with eggs. I'm 45 years old and have been fish Tawakoni all my life. The stocking years ago has made this a great catfish lake and we see the only way to keep it that way is to release the fish with eggs. I think a person should be able to keep 10 to 12 pound fish but 20 lb fish and big should be released. I also think we should move the Channel cats from 12 inches to 14. Lots of dinks channels in Tawakoni. Thank you, Mike Smith
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marcus sarver
11 years ago
i am for a slot. it helps
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marcus sarver
11 years ago
i am for a slot. it helps
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David Smith
11 years ago
Slot limit or something like that personally I like limit on jug lines or trot lines
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David Smith
11 years ago
Slot limit or something like that personally I like limit on jug lines or trot lines
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Shawn Eric Gray
11 years ago
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I have witnessed the over harvest of Trophy Blues & Wasted fish of all types at not just this but other N TX lakes ,More then once I have seen a pickup bed lined or most often the tail gate with 6 or more & that some is photo opp the moment bragging about the jug or trout line they caught them on.
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Shawn Eric Gray
11 years ago
I have witnessed the over harvest of Trophy Blues & Wasted fish of all types at not just this but other N TX lakes ,More then once I have seen a pickup bed lined or most often the tail gate with 6 or more & that some is photo opp the moment bragging about the jug or trout line they caught them on.
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Calvin carpenter
11 years ago
Way too many big fish being takin on trot lines and jug lines. A blind man can see this. Wake up and do something about it please before there all gone.
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Calvin carpenter
11 years ago
Way too many big fish being takin on trot lines and jug lines. A blind man can see this. Wake up and do something about it please before there all gone.
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Chris Watson
11 years ago
I have read some comments disputing the necessity of this petition. One of the main comments used for dispute is Lake Tawakoni has produced big fish for years and years and hasn't needed management. Here is the problem, in years past most big fish were taken by trot liners and jug liners at certain times of year. That was before trophy catfishing, the internet and really good electronics were available to most fisherman. I've been a guide for 20 years and have seen this transformation first hand on Richland Chambers. Trophy catfishing is not rocket science. Bluecat are creatures of habit. I've always said a blucat is a bluecat whether it swims in north texas or North Dakota. Everyone claims there is no data for texas bluecat. That simply is not true. No offense to our hardworking underfunded state fisheries group but myself and a handful of other guides around the state have forgot more about these fish than most biologist will ever know. There is plenty of data available. This not a shot at our underpaid overworked state employees. Why keep throwing money and time at research that for the most part has already been done. Any guide worth his salt doesn't need a gill net survey to tell him fish populations are down. The state should spend some money and time talking to people who have already logged the hours. If your not catching as many trophy fish as you were the last 15 years guess what? The population is down. Fish don't have a secret or magic spot they go to when they feel they are being over harvested. They simply are not there. Twak I'm assuming is not commercially zoned as is RC. Don't think for a minute fish are not being sold out of that lake. Commercial fisherman are a tight knit, savy group of fisherman. Guess what I'm saying is you can't determine the health of a fishery by throwing out some gill nets and talking to a hundred anglers a year at the boat ramp. There are tons of fish being taken that no one sees. Not just Twak I'm speaking for every bluec
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Chris Watson
11 years ago
I have read some comments disputing the necessity of this petition. One of the main comments used for dispute is Lake Tawakoni has produced big fish for years and years and hasn't needed management. Here is the problem, in years past most big fish were taken by trot liners and jug liners at certain times of year. That was before trophy catfishing, the internet and really good electronics were available to most fisherman. I've been a guide for 20 years and have seen this transformation first hand on Richland Chambers. Trophy catfishing is not rocket science. Bluecat are creatures of habit. I've always said a blucat is a bluecat whether it swims in north texas or North Dakota. Everyone claims there is no data for texas bluecat. That simply is not true. No offense to our hardworking underfunded state fisheries group but myself and a handful of other guides around the state have forgot more about these fish than most biologist will ever know. There is plenty of data available. This not a shot at our underpaid overworked state employees. Why keep throwing money and time at research that for the most part has already been done. Any guide worth his salt doesn't need a gill net survey to tell him fish populations are down. The state should spend some money and time talking to people who have already logged the hours. If your not catching as many trophy fish as you were the last 15 years guess what? The population is down. Fish don't have a secret or magic spot they go to when they feel they are being over harvested. They simply are not there. Twak I'm assuming is not commercially zoned as is RC. Don't think for a minute fish are not being sold out of that lake. Commercial fisherman are a tight knit, savy group of fisherman. Guess what I'm saying is you can't determine the health of a fishery by throwing out some gill nets and talking to a hundred anglers a year at the boat ramp. There are tons of fish being taken that no one sees. Not just Twak I'm speaking for every bluec
Protect the brood stock without them, there is no fishery.
Protect the brood stock without them, there is no fishery.
This is a problem everywhere with the demand put on the resource by paylakes and unregulated Commercial fishing as a resouce is wiped out in one state the CF go to the next unregulated resource this will only ge worse as the demand increases for these throphy fish
This is a problem everywhere with the demand put on the resource by paylakes and unregulated Commercial fishing as a resouce is wiped out in one state the CF go to the next unregulated resource this will only ge worse as the demand increases for these throphy fish
Eat the little ones release the Big-N's
Eat the little ones release the Big-N's
Defend dallas and surrounding areas!
Defend dallas and surrounding areas!
We need to protect the big females with eggs. I'm 45 years old and have been fish Tawakoni all my life. The stocking years ago has made this a great catfish lake and we see the only way to keep it that way is to release the fish with eggs. I think a person should be able to keep 10 to 12 pound fish but 20 lb fish and big should be released. I also think we should move the Channel cats from 12 inches to 14. Lots of dinks channels in Tawakoni. Thank you, Mike Smith
We need to protect the big females with eggs. I'm 45 years old and have been fish Tawakoni all my life. The stocking years ago has made this a great catfish lake and we see the only way to keep it that way is to release the fish with eggs. I think a person should be able to keep 10 to 12 pound fish but 20 lb fish and big should be released. I also think we should move the Channel cats from 12 inches to 14. Lots of dinks channels in Tawakoni. Thank you, Mike Smith
i am for a slot. it helps
i am for a slot. it helps
Slot limit or something like that personally I like limit on jug lines or trot lines
Slot limit or something like that personally I like limit on jug lines or trot lines
I have witnessed the over harvest of Trophy Blues & Wasted fish of all types at not just this but other N TX lakes ,More then once I have seen a pickup bed lined or most often the tail gate with 6 or more & that some is photo opp the moment bragging about the jug or trout line they caught them on.
I have witnessed the over harvest of Trophy Blues & Wasted fish of all types at not just this but other N TX lakes ,More then once I have seen a pickup bed lined or most often the tail gate with 6 or more & that some is photo opp the moment bragging about the jug or trout line they caught them on.
Way too many big fish being takin on trot lines and jug lines. A blind man can see this. Wake up and do something about it please before there all gone.
Way too many big fish being takin on trot lines and jug lines. A blind man can see this. Wake up and do something about it please before there all gone.
I have read some comments disputing the necessity of this petition. One of the main comments used for dispute is Lake Tawakoni has produced big fish for years and years and hasn't needed management. Here is the problem, in years past most big fish were taken by trot liners and jug liners at certain times of year. That was before trophy catfishing, the internet and really good electronics were available to most fisherman. I've been a guide for 20 years and have seen this transformation first hand on Richland Chambers. Trophy catfishing is not rocket science. Bluecat are creatures of habit. I've always said a blucat is a bluecat whether it swims in north texas or North Dakota. Everyone claims there is no data for texas bluecat. That simply is not true. No offense to our hardworking underfunded state fisheries group but myself and a handful of other guides around the state have forgot more about these fish than most biologist will ever know. There is plenty of data available. This not a shot at our underpaid overworked state employees. Why keep throwing money and time at research that for the most part has already been done. Any guide worth his salt doesn't need a gill net survey to tell him fish populations are down. The state should spend some money and time talking to people who have already logged the hours. If your not catching as many trophy fish as you were the last 15 years guess what? The population is down. Fish don't have a secret or magic spot they go to when they feel they are being over harvested. They simply are not there. Twak I'm assuming is not commercially zoned as is RC. Don't think for a minute fish are not being sold out of that lake. Commercial fisherman are a tight knit, savy group of fisherman. Guess what I'm saying is you can't determine the health of a fishery by throwing out some gill nets and talking to a hundred anglers a year at the boat ramp. There are tons of fish being taken that no one sees. Not just Twak I'm speaking for every bluec
I have read some comments disputing the necessity of this petition. One of the main comments used for dispute is Lake Tawakoni has produced big fish for years and years and hasn't needed management. Here is the problem, in years past most big fish were taken by trot liners and jug liners at certain times of year. That was before trophy catfishing, the internet and really good electronics were available to most fisherman. I've been a guide for 20 years and have seen this transformation first hand on Richland Chambers. Trophy catfishing is not rocket science. Bluecat are creatures of habit. I've always said a blucat is a bluecat whether it swims in north texas or North Dakota. Everyone claims there is no data for texas bluecat. That simply is not true. No offense to our hardworking underfunded state fisheries group but myself and a handful of other guides around the state have forgot more about these fish than most biologist will ever know. There is plenty of data available. This not a shot at our underpaid overworked state employees. Why keep throwing money and time at research that for the most part has already been done. Any guide worth his salt doesn't need a gill net survey to tell him fish populations are down. The state should spend some money and time talking to people who have already logged the hours. If your not catching as many trophy fish as you were the last 15 years guess what? The population is down. Fish don't have a secret or magic spot they go to when they feel they are being over harvested. They simply are not there. Twak I'm assuming is not commercially zoned as is RC. Don't think for a minute fish are not being sold out of that lake. Commercial fisherman are a tight knit, savy group of fisherman. Guess what I'm saying is you can't determine the health of a fishery by throwing out some gill nets and talking to a hundred anglers a year at the boat ramp. There are tons of fish being taken that no one sees. Not just Twak I'm speaking for every bluec