nice reads... I'm all for promoting Indiana crappie & what's best for crappie. This discussion comes up each season. There's some good contributions & scientific results in another earlier thread- it's a "sticky" at the top of the IN Forum. I believe the title is "Size Limits" or something like that. It seemed the one factor that influenced proposed regulation in IN was our northern location in regards to crappie size/growth season in comparison to the southern states.

If over-harvest is identified as the root cause, then that's a horse of a different color. Over-harvest can't be cured by size limits- only enforcement of limits. The over-harvesters are counting on escaping without being caught, so the crappie's size makes little difference whether they are within the legal size limits.

It's kinda like the debate on gun laws (and other things)- more laws can be made, but when no one follows them and there's no enforcement of the laws... guess what happens???