Thread: Crappie Fishing / Yo-Yo,s

Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd

wanton waste to the tune of 150 bucks plus

Maybe I misunderstood this but are you saying that yo-yo's cost 150 bucks???? I bought 3 dozen last year at WalMart for about 20 bucks a dozen. Maybe I bought the cheap ones......

Originally Posted by Gut Shot

Maybe I misunderstood this but are you saying that yo-yo's cost 150 bucks???? I bought 3 dozen last year at WalMart for about 20 bucks a dozen. Maybe I bought the cheap ones......

They are about 20-25 bucks a dozen at Walmart.

They are nice for catching catfish as long as they do not get too big, but we have some big catfish in Millwood that will tear them Yo-Yo,s to pieces. They will strip the line completely off.

Originally Posted by Gut Shot

Maybe I misunderstood this but are you saying that yo-yo's cost 150 bucks???? I bought 3 dozen last year at WalMart for about 20 bucks a dozen. Maybe I bought the cheap ones......

let the possum cops see you throwing a dead one back and he will explain it in more detail

Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd

let the possum cops see you throwing a dead one back and he will explain it in more detail

I see.........I thought you were referring to the cost of the yo-yo's.

YoYos ,they are fine its the Bozos that I cant stand. Its the guys settin them, not the yoyos. If they were pole fishin they probably would have showed their butts that way too somehow. Like cut you off or move in on you. It dont bother me, but it sure seems to get to them when im catching them out from under their noses, or boat sometimes. lol Idiots are sadly a dime a dozen.

I don't have a problem with people fishing yo-yo's either. An older gentleman at Old Town accused me of running his yo-yo's one time. I told him sorry, it's not me, but aren't you supposed to be in hearing or seeing distance from them. He had them out all night.

In the spring I always kept minnows and yo-yo's in my boat due to the fact that single pole fishermen will move in on you, so I just put out some yo-yo's to pizz them off. Most times they move on.

Originally Posted by crappierookie

Guys have there own opinions and I respect that, but this is my opinion about using yo-yo,s to crappie fish. The other day 2 guys were right up in the brush mingling in around the crappie fisherman putting out and running yo-yo,s. Some of the guys had to holler at them to get the crappie off the hook, they were hanging up out of the water.

I was hoping for a warden to show up and hoping for them guys to get around me in my spot with them yo-yo,s---I had a few choice words for them and their fishing tactics.

I think yo-yo,s should be banned for game fishing, plus they take away from the spirit of the sport and to me it is an unfair advantage. I hate flag nets also. These guys know exactly where to place these nets and yo-yo,s and to me it is not fair or good for the sport.

Opinions Please-----Maybe we should take a poll and submit it to the Game & Fish Commission or email them in numbers.

To each his own, but I don't use yo-yo's and never will. I like to feel that bump when using a pole too much. It can be very irritating when someone comes right in on top of you running yo-yo's like they own the place while running their outboard motor the whole time or leaving their fish to rot. But, I have also had some encounters with unethical and rude pole fisherman. As long as they are doing it legal there is not much you can do, but I keep the AGFC poacher hotline number in my phone and if I see anything illegal, they get a call.