Thread: statewde 10" limit

Originally Posted by arkcrappie

That 10" rule works wonders on lakes that don't get pounded every day. I'm not a big fan of length limits for the simple reason the length limits have caused some of the lakes i fish to be full of fish that are just at the length limit where we used to catch some true slabs.

No it works on lakes with low reproduction. On lakes with big spawns every year it can actually be counter productive.

Originally Posted by constructskeeter

Well lots of different opinions looks like. If Nimrod has good numbers wouldn't that prove the worth of that 10" slot years ago though. I keep hearing how many crappie Nimrod has, it may have just worked. It reminds me of that lake Pine Creek over in OK that's chocked with smaller ones. I still have plans of transplanting some fish from that lake into others. way I see it is if your going to catch them lil buggers while trying to achieve a mess of decent ones you might as well keep the bubbles on and take em to lakes that actually need em. It's the wrong time of the year to do it now though so we should wait for colder weather. As with the brush the state game and fish do not appear to be stepping in to transplant fish so us anglers might as well do it ourselves. I can't see how it could hurt, a 10" length limit that is. A lot of folks throw that size back already. I can also see state wide limit going back to 20 or less state wide. Lets face it if a guy has a partner in the boat 20 good crappie makes a lot of meat! That would only be a 10 and 10 limit doing it that way. I'd go for it.

Crappie tend to over populate in some fertile waters. The reason Nimrod has a big spawn ever year is spring floods as it is for flood control. Only folks wanting reduced limits is those not catching fish.
Better be careful transplanting fish , not only illegal but could spread diseases and parasites!

i'm against any statewide reg regarding limit. the state has enough regulatory power over us as it is. i see no valid reason to give them more unless there is scientific proof a size limit is needed. if there are population issues on some waters (after a thorough scientific evaluation by trained biologists on said waters), then i would agree with some size limits on that (or those) waters only. a cookie cutter approach is rarely good for the general population.

Originally Posted by slaters#1

i'm against any statewide reg regarding limit. the state has enough regulatory power over us as it is. i see no valid reason to give them more unless there is scientific proof a size limit is needed. if there are population issues on some waters (after a thorough scientific evaluation by trained biologists on said waters), then i would agree with some size limits on that (or those) waters only. a cookie cutter approach is rarely good for the general population.

What he said and that goes for all fish and game species! Just as long as the commission does'nt make it so complicated it takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpit regulations.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

No it works on lakes with low reproduction. On lakes with big spawns every year it can actually be counter productive.

My reference was towards 2 lakes in northern Mississippi. One is full of 11 3/4" fish and the lake is on a 12" limit. The other lake doesn't have near the pressure and produces.

Boy you can sure tell when it gets hot outside and everyone in sitting in the AC