Quote Originally Posted by Jigboy View Post
I agree. Two or three years ago you could catch some real slabs and have your limit in no time. Last year I was still catching my limits but it took a lot longer. I would guess half my fish were short ones last year, which is a good thing. Give it a year or two and they will grow up. Plenty of crappie with plenty of food. Definately glad they raised the size limit. Wish most lakes would go larger and stop decreasing the number you can take.

I have not been to Kentucky Lake since they lowered their limit. Don't like the fact that it takes that many hours to get there and knowing no matter what I can only keep 20. Wish they would have increased it to 11" size limit instead so I still had a chance at 30 even though more difficult chance. I'm a supporter of slot limits also. Releasing all that are say 15" to 17". That still let's you keep some 2lbers but releases a lot of them. Bigger fish, more eggs. More eggs, more bigger crappie.

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The bigger fish in the big lakes are at the end of their life cycle for the most part. If you want to give back to the resource, increase your personal size limit to say 11" because the smaller fish have more spawning years ahead of them than putting back those big, fat 15, 16, 17" slabs that could end up dead in weeks or months.
It's a rewarding experience to know that your keeping better quality fish, still getting your limit or the goal number for the day or enough for a meal, and giving back to the resource by releasing fish under 11". Some folks look at me as I'm nuts, but I use that extra time on the water as learning, and gaining knowledge.

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