Thread: Crappie limit

whatever they get fat on they are fun to catch. once they eat all the shad they can start on the crappie.

Originally Posted by olduckhunter

whatever they get fat on they are fun to catch. once they eat all the shad they can start on the crappie.

They eat crappie and anything else they can. They are eating machines. I was just being sarcastic because there was a thread on here a while back stating they don't eat crappie.

even a grinnel is fun to catch. they will eat anything. stock them.

There is not a one way fix all solution to the issues on the waters. Besides, with all the opinions out there it becomes a stalemate. Just get 100 gentlemen together and ask which fish tastes best and you will not have a consensus!!! i.e. same as above

Having fished in some lakes with minimum lenght limits and enjoyed catching some big crappie, I feel that many lakes would benefit from this being inacted! However, I never could figure out what diference it made if a man caught a limit of crappie, with minnows, how many poles he did it with. I know some people are offended by trolling and spider rigging, but I would think they are no worse on the fisheries than yoyo's have been, and they have been around all my life.

Originally Posted by marvinj

Having fished in some lakes with minimum lenght limits and enjoyed catching some big crappie, I feel that many lakes would benefit from this being inacted! However, I never could figure out what diference it made if a man caught a limit of crappie, with minnows, how many poles he did it with. I know some people are offended by trolling and spider rigging, but I would think they are no worse on the fisheries than yoyo's have been, and they have been around all my life.

I could not agree more a limit is a limit if I catch them a single pole jigging or if I have out 8 poles pulling crank baits or 8 poles out spider-rigging.

Originally Posted by creekslick

I could not agree more a limit is a limit if I catch them a single pole jigging or if I have out 8 poles pulling crank baits or 8 poles out spider-rigging.

I think we should work with the people we pay, the game and fish guys, and let them do their job.

The whole key is "a limit is a limit" no matter how you catch them! You got guys that go every day and if they catch ten a day for 5 days, and then you got me, I go once a month and run yo-yo's and get one limit.

Now who catches more? Are you not to have over two days limit at any one time?

I don't have a problem with size limits. But I do think some lake can have to many crappie, therefore not going into any size.

Why don't we ask Ben to tell us about it?

I've got to agree with Slipcork. They do a lot more than we think.It's our job to keep them informed,and their's to look at how to make a difference. The lakes I fish are all different. I lived on Greers Ferry for 6 yr. and watched Carl Perrin come up regular.He did a lot of studying on fish in lake. I've caught more Crappie in last two years than I did in the whole six I lived there. When we think of AGFG, we think of enforcement, and politics, but they have biologists etc. that know what is going on. The lakes aren't growing as fast as fishermen.We need to find out what we can do to help with structure, etc. to keep them growing.
Just my opinion
Steve