Grapevine

**BigRiverMarine** · 01-18-2015, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Frankly I fish to eat fish, if I wanted to catch and release then I would bass fish, dont like to eat them. With that said I rotate fish in the freezer and just about empty it by the end of spring, keep most of mine during the summer months now.
I dont have a problem with the regs but it does sound like someone needs to sit in on a meeting in Jackson, will call Tuesday and find out when the next one is.

Hesh up Gewber. We threw back tons of fish this weekend, PLUS, we used the ones we kept to help someone that couldn't go catch their own. That's different IMO.

**27458** · 01-18-2015, 11:12 AM

Here's a question. In AR they raise tons of trout to stock the rivers. Why nothing like that for crappie lakes? I would think the primary purpose is solely economic to draw people in to spend $$$.

**Rees Guide** · 01-18-2015, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

Hesh up Gewber. We threw back tons of fish this weekend, PLUS, we used the ones we kept to help someone that couldn't go catch their own. That's different IMO.

I agree, I dont waste any, always someone older or that cant go that will enjoy them.

**canebreaker** · 01-18-2015, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

I hope the game and fish do whatever they need to, to keep these lakes producing great fishing trips. I love to crappie fish anyway possible and love catching even more. However, my family doesn't let fish go to waste, last year I cooked just under 80lb's of fillets and yesterday I checked and I've got one 2lb package left that I caught last August. Thanks Mississippi Game and Fish for doing a great job managing crappie.

I checked and I've got one 2lb package left that I caught last August.

I'll keep my catch in the freezer for up to 6 months for a family fish fry. I'd be afraid of fish keep in a freezer for 18 months.

**downsouth** · 01-18-2015, 03:56 PM

My freezer is void of crappie. Whether or not MS FISH AND GAME makes changes it seems like the problem is fixing itself to some degree. In 2013 crankin season at Sardis the ramps were very busy as the fishing was very good. On the trips in 2014 we went on, there very few rigs on the lake during crankin season and very few crappie in my box anyways. Jmho

**yikess** · 01-18-2015, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by canebreaker

I checked and I've got one 2lb package left that I caught last August.

I'll keep my catch in the freezer for up to 6 months for a family fish fry. I'd be afraid of fish keep in a freezer for 18 months.

I've eaten fish from the freezer that were four years old. It's all in how you handle and and freeze them from the moment they come off the hook.

**BAMA S** · 01-18-2015, 04:51 PM

I keep all my fish, but my freezer is never real full. I give most of mine to people that are not able to fish are do not have a boat. I probably keep 20% of what I catch. This not only applies to fishing I try to share with the needy in all aspects of life and I receive the blessing in helping out.

**Mac Daddy** · 01-18-2015, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by canebreaker

I checked and I've got one 2lb package left that I caught last August.

I'll keep my catch in the freezer for up to 6 months for a family fish fry. I'd be afraid of fish keep in a freezer for 18 months.

Maybe I don't understand what your saying. But the August I'm referencing was 5 months ago. Fish don't last 18 mos at our house. However, we vacuum seal ours now and they say they last longer that way but I couldn't say never kept any for even a year that I recall. Even though they may not taste as fresh I don't think they could possibly spoil or be harmful to eat 18 mos or even longer if frozen. Just my opinion though.

**Mac Daddy** · 01-18-2015, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by 27458

Here's a question. In AR they raise tons of trout to stock the rivers. Why nothing like that for crappie lakes? I would think the primary purpose is solely economic to draw people in to spend $$$.

They raise crappie and also release then in various lakes. That information is public. If you wanted to know more D10 is with the game and fish and he can hook you up with all that info.

**BulldogBruce** · 01-19-2015, 01:01 AM

Really does not matter if you use them, give them away to deserving folks or waste them. If that many keep coming out of those lakes to where the harvestable population decreases due to the shear number of people fishing for them, they won't be there. Fish are a shared resource. There has to be a number that is a sustainable harvest. Once that is established, the formula needs to include the increase of Crappie fishing pressure throughout the year. So if 5 times as many people are fishing at these lakes than there was 5 years ago, the limits need to take that into account and be 4 or 5 times less than the number was then.

I know I am stepping on some toes, but history has shown again and again these resources of Fish and Game are not unlimited. AS more and more people Bass Fish, or Deer Hunt, or Duck Hunt there had to be awareness by the sportsman and then alot of hard work to get those populations back up. Adjustments in attitude were part of that success in each of those cases. I think Crappie Fishing is at that juncture now.

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