Quote Originally Posted by hudnut View Post
Why is it that these "sportman" crappie fishermen (and women) forget about ethical ways of catching crappie during the spawn. I was at Horseshoe yesterday and spoke with a man who said he was on his 3rd. 40qt. cooler of crappie that day!! What is it that makes people forget about limits on these fish during this time. Horseshoe has a generous limit of 50 per day, but with these type of people, limits mean absolutely nothing, and that's so sad. I can't speak for other lakes, but this lake cannot endure this type of overfishing year after year. If something isn't done, the memories of slab crappie here will be just that, memories. It just makes me sick.
I have known fishermen to lie about location of fish as well as number caught, let's just hope that this is not the truth being spoken by one who claims to have caught so many fish. Sorry but until I see the fish it is just another story.