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Originally Posted by jad2t
I got the new regulations. Nothing changed for trout in the Caney  |
What changes were you looking for? Now that we've got the slot limit on rainbows and brookies and the increased size limits on browns, I'm pretty happy. I might have done the regs slightly differently (start the slot a little higher and set the brown trout limit at 26"), but I'm pretty happy.
I think TWRA will let these regulations have a few years for evaluation before they would consider doing anything else.
Speaking of the Caney, I fished it all day yesterday. I had high hopes that it would be a really good day - and apparently I wasn't alone because there were a lot of boats out there. I think the striper posts have had an impact because there were a number of boats running back and forth catching bait at the dam to fish downriver.
Unfortunately it was slow, and I didn't really see anyone having much luck. I caught four or five trout plus a couple skipjack, but no trout of any size. I had one follow from a brown that might have gone 20", but he didn't connect.
I'm not sure why the fishing wasn't better, considering the ideal temps, cloud cover, favorable generation, and the big frontal system that was about to roll through. Maybe the fish had gorged on dying shad during the cold snap and were not in an eating mood. I don't know.
bd