Chatt, I think you've got an excellent topic. I support the 50 fish limit, however I also believe that 50 fish more than 1 or 2 times a month is commercial fishing to be short and honest. That's just to much fish for a family to consume in that time period, I truly understand the fish-fry scenario or church socials, which is my reasoning for 50 fish creels. But stocking the neighborhood and every cousin down to 5th or 6th is ridiculous or 'bartering' for gas money to feed an addiction also fuels this situation. The simple truth is everything that lives is greedy. Watch the birds and animals, even fish, it's genetically bred into everything. Man has the ability to reason and understand this, except for your neighbor who doesn't have to clean the fish or even spend the time getting them. IMO I think education and habitat are crucial to ascertain the goals that you've described. Also, there are some crappie 'factories' here in KS that production has been reallocated for other goals, to quinch a different thirst. Crappie are native and very adaptive, and in the right conditions they can even be 'farmed', which is what is happening right now at Glen. That shoreline structure that grew in 5-10 years ago is deteriorating quickly and needs to be replaced for this cycle to continue. All of our lakes would benefit from shallow structure, it would turn every lake into a Elder festival. If you build it, they will come. IMO is there really any such thing as an illegal brush pile?