Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
How about a slot limit like with redfish? Throw back the big and small and keep the "in-betweeners".
I think that's what a lot of our members are doing, but in a self-imposed manner. State imposed slot limits haven't always worked, either.

The "irony" of the situation is also dictated by the ability of the particular body of water to produce fish of size, in numbers that can satisfy the angler population ... when we all know that once a body of water gets that "Slabs in numbers" reputation, it's going to get even greater angling pressure. And seeing as how many of the better Slab producing waters are not managed simply for Crappie, and the cyclic nature of the fish vs weather/water condition issues, it's a situation that is mostly out of mans control ... and the best we can do is occasionally tweak the limits (size/numbers) to satisfy the greater percentage of the angling population. IMHO

... cp