Thread: Is 30 to many?

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

I grew up fishing Guntersville. The limit was 50 an no size limit. So I've seen the number of crappie decline. A 10 or 11 inch size limit an drop the creel limit to 20 would be the way to go.That way maybe my grandkids can enjoy fishing as I have.My two cents worth

Take the bridge it north saulty for instance.I see the same ones fishing from the bank and boats for the most part whenever I show up. There are normally 8 to 12 fisherman fishing from the bank and a dozen boats sometimes with 2 occupants or more.If everyone catches 25 fish out of 24 fishermen x3 times a week that's 1.800.00 fish a week and 7.200.00 a month and this goes on everywhere.A ten inch size limit would be great.

I am like joneal don't keep anything under 10 inches. I wouldn't care it the limit was lowered to 15 that is still 30 slabs of meat, and besides that I hate to clean fish anyway, if I didn't like to eat them I would not keep any at all. I am not fish to impress anyone just to enjoy it. I remember the day that you could stand in one spot at Weiss lake and catch a 100 and never move.and they would all be 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. Those days are long gone.There is not as much structure as there use to be and over harvest has hurt the lake. There just not enough game wardens to check the lake can't remember the last time I was checked. I have seen out of state folks catch a limit of fish some of them were short and bring them in and then go back out and catch another limit. There are a lot of guides on the lake. but I don't see them hurting the fishery. in fact most of them are putting out structure to improve the fishery. Sorry about the rant. But I am for a 12 inch size limit and a lower creel limit.

I think another thing that would help is what I seen happen Saturday!! I know the game wardens can't stay at one place all the time but I'm glad they where at the right place at the right time Saturday. They busted 3 guys snagging crappie with treble hooks and I'm talking they had buckets full of slabs.

I would support lower creels and larger size limits. I usually get a good freezer full, then I only trophy fish. I'd rather have 10, 12-15 inchers than 30 little ones. I'm with some of the others on here. I hunt holes that i know are steadily producing 16" fish and i'm trying to land me a record or at least one for the wall.

How do we convert this forum into action as far as asking the management people into looking into our ideas??

God Bless
Josh

here in middle tenn.,our limit is 15 per person, per day,and the size limit is 10".when i go alone i still find it hard to limit out,but if i counted the 10" an below i would get a limit.i wish on some of our resevoirs the size limit was 11" or better just to see if it helped the population.alot of the problem is folks going out a catching a limit,and taking them in to ice em down,and going back for more.

Above pickwick lock 9" min 30 limit below lock is 10" min not sure if limits different or not.