it has been years since i even caught 5 on rod and reel in one day.  5 is enough to eat, but the 30 for commercial fishermen is not gonna help the flounder that much.

I wonder if the Gar changes were to put more preasure on the invasive carp speices...

Sorry Conchoman. It's due to people coming into Texas to fish for "trophy" alligator gar. This change includes and knocks out commercial fishermen too to one per day. At least they didnt limit us to only one and over 7 foot long per year.

They used info from "other" states, and the one and only study out of Texas that was done from 1986-1988, (21 years ago) and I testified this study was obsolete, and  this proposal should not be voted on at this time until they gained recent data/ info from Texas Fisheries and Sportsmen. The sponsor noted this would parallel Oklahoma and Lake Texomas rules, and Texas SHOULD reciprocate. They already had thier minds made up. We testified 10-1 against but they passed it anyway. Totally disregarding commercial fishermen who begged not to take away thier livelyhood.

A Family that Hunts together, stays together. (unless they leave me home!)