Thread: Is 30 to many?

I think the 9 inch size limit has a lot to do with it. If I'm not mistaking the size limit on Grenada is 12 inches.

Just my two pennies, but I would like to see the minimum size limit increased statewide to 10" maybe 11", cut the limit to (20) per day per man. Gonna start a fire with this one but on guided trips, no more than (40) fish per boat, A guide never keeps fish on a two man charter, but the charter uses the guide as a third man to keep more fish. Under current laws a two man charter can harvest (90) minimum 9" crappie per day. That's (450) crappie per week if a guide has a full week of two man charters. Lastly, would like to see more anglers releasing females chugging with eggs in the spawn. Take away the females and take away future slabs with the same pressure. It would be interesting if someone could provide data on the number of legal crappie per acre there are on the Coosa River system. Not trying to be a Crappie Nazi, but we as fishermen need to be better stewards in the fishing community to protect the resources that we love pursuing and sometimes that takes sacrifice.

I think there are plenty of big crappie on Guntersville. I think they are a challenge to catch but they are there. To have had a 30 fish limit for so long and still produce quality fish is amazing to me. I do think dropping the limit to 25 might help and maybe the size limit go to 10, but I sure do not want to have to change my visual eyesight from 9 to 10 ha ha.

Personally I don't keep fish shorter than 10"s . There is just allot more meat on a 10" fish than there is on a 9" one. I am all for raising the minimum length. Some people may not be able to keep as many fish for a year of two but after that all those 9" fish will be 10 plus inch fish. Lake Guntersville has already produced a Tie for the state white Crappie record at 4lbs 8 oz. As sportsmen we should all want to improve the fishery that we enjoy so much.

An after thought. I have read were crappie are one of the few species that thrive when fish are harvested.

I wish pickwick was at least 10" 11" would be nice!

10-11 limit would cut down on the numbers kept. But a 20 fish per person limit is still a lot of meat with a bigger fish.

The lakes that consistently producing big fish have a higher minimum lenght