Your are correct about the 2-3 limits of crappie caught a day. When a guy tells me he caught 170 in a day--If true how many other days did he do that.
I am not trying to change anyones fishing habits--The State will do that if enough fisherman contact them.---It is not about us--it is about our beloved state---our natural resources and greed.
I had a man to tell me he caught a limit and called his wife and had her to drive down and pick them up so he would not have them in his possession and so he could continue to fish and caught how many more limits.
Some may say it is not for me to question or complain if that is what you call it---But I have as much of the right to say we need reform and change things so we will have a future as any other Razorback.
The commercial fisherman have to earn a living catching Buffalo and catfish---nothing wrong with that---it is wrong when you catch 2-3 hundred crappie in a net and keep them.
Some lakes are designated for sportman fishing no nets period--it is not fun tearing up a motor in a net or spending hours trying to untangle it---many guys just cut their way out--what would you do.
Sorry to say I abide by the laws of the land and I want to do what is right----I bet many more will agree with my views than others.
By the way I did not start this thread justing adding my nickels worth---2 cents is gone---We can gentlly agree to disagree on topics.
Hope it never happens---but I am waiting on someone to get killed because of these issues and what we may call equal rights to privacy and the right to be left alone in his territory without someone being pushy and violating those rights.
Wright Patnam---A few years back--a man did get killed over the right to ones space when fishing---I do not move in on people because they are catching fish---I find my spot--my territory---I know a couple of guys around Millwood that will see your are catching crappie and move in with a bunch of yo-yo's and hang one from every tree in the same area. Some say that is alright--many will say that is a way to get a hole in your boat or worst and may be even some hide off some parts of your body. Being nice and courteous to people gones a long way.
By the way there is a few guys around Yarbourgh Landing that knows about these bass tournments and they love to put Yo-yO's in the places visited by the guys and mess up their day----They than go back to their beer cans- laugh and poke fingers when you get mad---that is fun to them----The fishing aspect is not a part of the game--it is messing with their heads and being hateful because they do not want the bass guys there so they disrupt them.