Quote Originally Posted by crappiecatcher06 View Post
There were big fish and more fish before the thousands of birds that are on the Lake now the difference in the fishery is very noticeable to anyone who has fished this Lake for the past 10 yrs
This is what I was thinking. I know that the lake produces good fish, I also know it doesn't produce the numbers it used to do. There are several factors for this too, the lake is always gonna get a ton of pressure. Like someone else said, it's full of shad, but I can't help but wonder if the crappie numbers are below what they should, are there plenty of small fish being caught as well? Idk. I just don't think that it would hurt the lake to not take any female out during March n April at least once every few years. But like I said idk, I was just throwing something out there to think about. I just know it doesn't consistently produce the numbers that it once did on a regular basis. After all it is basically a big pond, maybe it needs to be restocked every once in awhile