Thread: Sardis Meeting Summary

I am . but I don't care how you catch them . and speck bring your washing machine and come fish with me . I figure we might both learn something . I don't care if you are seining them . I'll find a fish some where . and the hunt is as much fun as the catching. far as how you want to fish , to each his own . I prefer a jig and a pole . It is most of the old timers that don't want change . If you are catching fish and i am not I will watch you to figure out what i need to do . oh and one more thing I catch good fish all summer in the heat and sun , jig fishing is not a few months works year round . I believe they do what they think is best for everyone . There are always a few sore heads in every crowd .

Single polers, trollers, longliners, crankbait pullers, heck, we're all crappie fishermen and we don't need to be on opposite sides of the fence. I've seen that with still hunters vs dog hunters vs bow hunters and all this does is shine a bad light on our sport. We should fish the way we want, respect the next guy's method, and abide by the regulations set forth by the MDWFP.
Thanks Yikkes and all you posted.

Scott

I am 45 years old and until about 5 or 6 yrs ago I was a hard core jig (single pole fisherman). And I still love to jig fish, aint nuthin like catchin em in shallow water when they spawning, but a good friend of mine aka Feesh got me started trollin, and I like it just as much as jiggin, ones more productive than the other at any time of the year, but we do by the law and obey all rules no matter if we are trollin or jiggin, and really thats all that matters or all you can ask a fellow to do is OBEY THE LAWS AND RULES, if ya do that shouldnt make a dayem hoot how you catch em!!!!!! And if they outlaw trolling or make a season???? Hey whatever, I can adapt, I still feel pretty dang confident with that 11 foot jig pole in my hand as well!!!!!

At this point in my life and I am an old gzer, I am addicted to the thump and personally think it takes more skill to catch them this way rather than multiple poles, multiple hooks dragging through the water. Seriously now guys, we are all fishermen and all this amounts to nothing more than opinion and we all know the old saying about those. Looks like to me somebody who is in the know needs to make some quality decisions and get some stuff done to protect what we all love.

Originally Posted by dhdr24

At this point in my life and I am an old gzer, I am addicted to the thump and personally think it takes more skill to catch them this way rather than multiple poles, multiple hooks dragging through the water. Seriously now guys, we are all fishermen and all this amounts to nothing more than opinion and we all know the old saying about those. Looks like to me somebody who is in the know needs to make some quality decisions and get some stuff done to protect what we all love.

You are correct sir, opinions are what everybody has, and my father in who was probably the best jig fisherman I ever sat in a boat with once told me this, any blind mule can drink water if ya lead him to the trough. Same goes with fishing anyone can catch fish if they are put in the middle of them, the true good fisherman is the one that can consistently find and catch them 12 months out the year.

Originally Posted by Release to the Grease...

The fishing pressure is undeniably much higher than ever, if you read the article I posted above, the numbers are there to prove it. That was from 2006 but I have no doubt that the trend has continued since then. The increased fishing pressure was the impetus for the state to implement the 12" size limits, the quote from 2006 was this:

**Keith Meals, MDWFP fisheries biologist notes, "As fishing pressure increases, the big fish will disappear without additional measures to keep some fish in the lake long enough to get that old. We're not trying to create a trophy crappie fishery, we're trying to maintain one."

That is the same biologist who spoke at the meeting last night.

I think the point of the 12" rule, or reducing the creel limit as they are now, is a mgmt tool to try to protect the resource against the fishing pressure. No doubt, the low water for the absent year class is the biggest reason for the lack of keepers last year, but in the big picture with the pressure we put on the lakes, you need either a high size limit to protect the fish, or a low creel limit, we can't have our cake and eat it too

If I follow through with your argument, am I to assume the fishing pressure is less now since they are dropping the length limit back to 10"? I wish you would have made the meeting so you could learn what the man thinks in 2013, instead of relying on his ideas on the fishery 7 years ago.

What GDG is saying is the truth, we know plenty of trollers who can't catch a cold during an epidemic, much less a mess of Feesh. I just get tired of hearing single polers say all we do is drag crap thru the water. Anyone who is worth their salt will tell you, there is a lot more to it than that.

I feel hurt by the people who resent Missouri people fishing the big 4. I've met some fine fellas on here who have taught me a lot about crappie fishing. Been down to Grenada a couple times each year for the last 4 years and NEVER have caught more than 10 keepers in one day (probably lack of ability), but the slashing the tire thing almost scared me off last summer. Some guy making a rude comment at Lakeview was my first run in with the locals. Someone needs to tell those idiots out there that tourism helps your economy. We stay at your hotels, eat at your restaurants (303 buffet), buy bait and drinks, and spend a god awful amount on gas to come down in the hopes of catching a 3LB fish. Don't know why I'm ramblin, guess I hope the tire slashers will leave my tires alone!