North St. Johns Fishing

**Crappieday** · 02-17-2013, 10:24 AM

Here's my

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You both have valed points. There are a multitude of variables involved in growth rates in a fish population. Genetics, forage available at different stages of growth. To reach slab size crappies as with most fish need an available (size,abundance,ez to get) forage. Water temp through out the year and on and on and on. Some fish will never grow to slab size no matter how old they get, bad genetics , poor water quality, lack of available forage, etc.. What happens when you have a good recruitment year (good spawn) with available zooplankton to start the fry off but have a bad thread fin or whatever forage is prevalent in your area, spawn ?You will have lots of fish with nothing to
eat and grow on.
Biologists are not always right or we would have 10 lb. Bass coming out of our ears. Just ask the degree biologist that told me that Doug Burdett's Tilapia system would work.........just look at these numbers............I wound up teaching them what works and what does not...........

Sorry......in a bad mood, lost the last of my speck fishing trees to new people I have never seen fishing my area..the last straw was when I caught my first 2 pounder in a long time and someone moved right in on me and started fishing........going to start Ba....Ba....bas....Bass fishing........

**Crappieday** · 02-17-2013, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by huntinslabs

I will bet money that you can not recreationally out fish Crappie on the St. Johns River System. Eat all the fat bellied females ya want it will never happen!! Find any biologist that will argue that. Find any biologist that will tell you that if you catch a hundred 14" fat bellied females on the St. Johns River System and let them go and it would make a difference.

Yep, never will happen.................but the smucks are cleaning out the specks from my trees faster then new one's can swim back in.................

**Crappieday** · 02-17-2013, 11:00 AM

Just a note.......let that last two pounder that was full of eggs go will it help anything??? Probably not......just made me feel better and I promised GOD...................

Don't need him mad at me too..................

**Crappielover** · 02-17-2013, 11:44 AM

Andy, I believe you will help the fish population by letting the 2lb er go. I for one and impressed...I didn't let the girls go at Crescent and I regret it. I still want to keep a real big one some day. But for the majority of my fishing it seems by 'paying it forward' makes me feel like I've done my little part to maintain the fisheries I'm fortunate to experience.

**Speckanator** · 02-17-2013, 12:02 PM

Hey phantom....hope this helps!!

obstinant adj. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

curmudgeon adj. a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man

**Phantom309** · 02-17-2013, 12:37 PM

So, what's any of that got to do with me ?????????????????
I'm not ugly ! ! !

**65pontiac** · 02-17-2013, 12:37 PM

OK here we go. I think it is better to keep any females 2+lb'r then anything smaller then that. Reason. If you catch 30 in a day you might get 1 or 2 2lb'rs so then you are releaseing 28 back for the spawn. Remember, the bigger the fish the shorter life span in them.

**Crappieday** · 02-17-2013, 01:09 PM

This means I only get to eat specks three or four times a year ??? ..................I ain't as good as you Russ....one or two out of 30!!!!

**specktacklure** · 02-17-2013, 01:13 PM

I think the little ones taste better in fish chowder

**SlowRideStu** · 02-17-2013, 01:28 PM

Catch'em, weigh'em quick, quick pics, let'em go,................. good thing I don,t eat much fish.................I like hotdogs yum

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