have angered my son,who is better angler than me most times and he loves to eat fish deer any game,even makes some good jerky out of canada geese.but crappie populations have really been up and down.i have made him release some monster females the last few years.a couple 16s a 17 and one over 18.he is starting to get it that those fish are the future .unfortunately most of those beasts were caught at night and a good pic was out of the question.many places we go it is all about the numbers.then when the pressure catches up and the catch rates crash people dont get it.same thing with the big male gills.see guys with buckets full of them.if they were not on the beds and vulnerable none of these folks would catch many or any at all.next season same guys are complaining about how bad the fishing has gotten.