Thread: Catch and Release during the annual spawn ?

Great comments. Glad to see others share common concerns. Now if we can keep the topic alive long enough for others to agree. When the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society "BASS", first started promoting catch and release in the 1970's, bass angles did not like the concept at first, but as time passed and bass numbers and sizes improved, they all embraced the concept. Now, almost all bass anglers practice catch and release, and frown on any angler that does not release their catch to grow and be caught again.

Crappie are great table fare and us crappie anglers love to keep some filets in the freezer, but if we don't stop trying to catch and keep every fish we can find, especially in the spring, we will destroy the lakes we love. We will be doomed to catch fewer and smaller crappie in years to come, and our grandchildren will never get to have some of the great crappie days like many of us old fishermen have enjoyed and remember so fondly.

I challenge all crappie anglers to respect the fish we chase and keep some to eat but release those female crappie full of eggs so they can spawn and replace those crappie we took home. Please keep talking about this subject an maybe
we can convince other crappie anglers to practice more catch and release.