I think bag limit and size limit matter. Our local reservoir used to be middle of the road for crappie. Several years ago they reduced the limit from 30 to 15 a day and made the size limit 10 in (some of us want to see the 10 in moved to 11) The last 3 years have seen great rewards, so much so that my yearly trips to Weiss are no more. We have the best kept secret in the south.