I think you mean ironic, bobo, not iconic.

Anywho, do you like redfish? Thank the CCA they are still around because the commercial guys ran that population into the ground by over harvesting.

Does the CCA get everything right? I'm sure they don't. No organization ever does. But, if you don't think the entire texas fishery would be in a much worse state without the CCA then your blind.

I don't know what to think about the controversial information that is spread on the internet. I always thought of CCA as a good thing, from crab trap clean up to buying back shrimper's licenses.

I wish they would buy back the freakin crabber's licenses. Everywhere you go you have to look at old rotton traps, lines and floats from the crab traps. I don't like it. I like it even less when your prop gets fouled by an abandoned trap. Now that we bought the airboat I will be jioining the crab trap clean up.

It pizzes me off so bad to see all that mess at the bay I would do something about it. If there was a petition to end all crab fishing, without a license buy back, I would sign it right now. I don't even care if they make a living doing it. They certainly don't care about littering on every shore line in the bay. Therefore I certainly don't feel the need to buy back their license.

Was CCA not a big part of banning gill nets on the coast?

Way too much to talk about without getting too much into politics and derailing this thread, but I think it needs to be a law, otherwise people will continue to tear up grass.

The same reason we have limits on game for commercial and recreational harvesters, there will always be people who take as much as they can. Especially when it comes to profit, regardless of education and awareness.

The same reason this iconic environmentalists drives a 2 stroke outboard, uses lead shot for dove, etc.

I'm aware it may be harmful but I'll probably keep doing it until there are laws to stop it. I still support conservation organizations, and they are critical in preserving future opportunities and resources. If lobbying is required to get that done so be it, but the politicians that need bribed to get stuff done are the ones that should be criticized. I may be considered an "environmentalists" by some, but in reality all outdoorsman are the moment they purchase their license or equipment.

Yeh Bobo, I know a few of our local Game Wardens and they're all good guys. I do a little pig hunting with the son of one of them. I know lots of the skinny boats can run 6-8" but prop wash will still leave a trail if it's shallow enough, that's why they passed the zones. I like to pull the motor & drift myself, or use the trolling motor. You don't hurt anything with a trolling motor unless you're too low. IMO if the state is going to be serious about implementing this and enforcing it, they need to dredge out more guts & cuts for people to drift into & get out of. But then, you're destroying more habitat by dredging so.... I dunno. I do love running the flats, used to a lot when I was younger. Loved sitting on the bow & watching the redfish take off in all directions LOL.

Wall - Why don't I start a group that buys up cop licens so we limit the number of high n tight haircut cops. I mean heck there is just to many cops and we don't need any more.

Well all I can say is good luck enforcing this new law. We're already short handed on Game Wardens. Most of the grass flats in my neck of the woods (Estes Flats & Red Fish Bay) are already protected "no prop zones" but that doesn't stop most people. Every time I'm out fishing I see people screaming through the flats & many of them are guides. I don't like seeing the grass get tore up & I never do it on purpose, but I also know it's still gonna happen like it or not.....and as far as the "we should ban the crabbers" comment, that's just plain stupid. Yes I know, you don't care if that's their livelihood or not....Wow. Most of the "old" crab traps out there are lost because people don't know how to watch out for the floats or navigate around them & run one over. Folks will cut the line & carry on instead of dragging it to the bank or tying it off to the next trap so the crabber doesn't lose it. We like eating crabs but lets not fish for them.

Man Wall did a craber steal your girlfriend or something?? I'm glad you don't hate people who make their living on dry land as much as you hate watermen.

Calm down there Francis. I would imagine my (dislike) for the crabbers comes from a lifetime of watching them trash the bay. If a crabtrap is not collected it becomes a marine life killing machine. It is no different than if a group came to hunt with you and expected to leave their trash scattered around your pond. You own the pond, we all own the bay.

I don't see where groups form to go to the bay to have welding rod clean up day. I can't believe we actually have programs, with hundreds of volunteers, to clean up after these mutts. Forget crab trap clean up day. Get rid of the crabbers or have them conform to a standard that does not include seriously littering a bay system.

It should be simple. You get a permanent tag on your traps, day 1 of the season. For every tag you don't turn in at the end of the season is $100 fine. That fine could be earmarked for only bay projects.

Hold on skyppy! The original post was by John and I didn't read his intentions for posting was to get the law retracted. It seemed more of an informative angle not a rage against the machine.

I think I might be a fan of the new law, I think I might not. That will be for me to figure out. I can say this, every time I see a guy digging up the bay floor because he had to prove how shallow his flats boat can get up on a plane, It ticks me off. I ran a 15 foot scooter for 12 years. There is no need to tear up the bay like that. Fly over the bay and look at the prop scars. It is senseless.