I think so many things affect the size of fish besides creel and size limits. I also think body of water, available food source, size of the water system and many other things. Guntersville is a huge lake with so many places for big crappie to hide. The bait has so much area to hide. The bait has so much water to scatter in. So many things that can be a factor. If they are going to change it I wish they would do it now and maybe in 5 to 10 years we would know the outcome a little bit, before I get too old to fish ha ha