This got started on another forum within our group of folks that love to crappie fish. Nimrod yours makes the most sense of all I have seen. But our game and fish commission needs to keep a better track of crappie and different species of fish in different states. I know where I presently live there is a 9” size limit and we can keep 30 per person. I also know from research crappie don’t live very old. As with me older age has causing a bit memory problem on how old they live. However I fish in several southern states on and off one of my home birth place Mississippi. It hasn’t been to long ago I went with my B.I.L. and we probably caught over 100 between the two of us. We knew about how many family members would be eating fish that day. We only kept 20 fish and we picked and chose. Keeping in mind kids & grown ups. We threw back 1.5,2,even some 3 pound fish. We kept some 1 pounders, some 2’s and some 3 pounders. It turns into us managing and catch and release. I love catching and showing off what I catch more than the next fisherman but we have the technology now to take a picture or video. So my suggestion is put you a few in the freezer for a rainy day, keep some for those who can’t fish but like eating them give them to those and only take what you can eat on that day or the following day. Enjoy the fish, the sport, the new technology and mostly the blessings God has given us.


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