It’s pretty funny to see a netter sour at CCA.

I grew up in Texas. If you went out 30+ miles, 27 years ago, you might see a king mackerel or two, fishing all day, and that’s if you were lucky. Same with the red drum.

Same with the red snapper…all netted to death and we rarely saw $hit. That was fishing with my dad’s best friend who knew how to fish very well…just no fish. I can’t tell you how many days we came home with not one fish.

Three summers ago, I put two newbies on 7 king mackerel (5 of the 7 released) in less than 45 minutes, 8-9 miles out. This is the rule now, not the exception and applies to just about every fish in the Gulf including Red Snapper. Sight casting to Redfish on the flats is a blast. You can have 15 plus fish on in a day and that's on the fly. I never would have believed it since they were very few and very far between when I was growing up.

CCA was instrumental in this recovery.

Sorry dude…you’re probably on the list for handouts from the government… “Well, we netted all the fish, there ain’t none left and we can’t make no living.”

I know habitat is a huge part here too and I’m on that boat but boy, as one example, 120,000 chinook as by-catch in Alaska Pollock nets sucks.

Ed