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They had a large new crop of wardens come through this year. Manpower patrolling these areas is the only way to enforce limits. But these limits are made to accommodate the higher fishing pressure. There is nothing WRONG with taking your limit 365 days a year. It is LEGAL. If it's hurting the populations, the biologists will adjust it. I don't think these lakes are going to be fished dry.... But if they do run out of fish,,, WE CAN ALL BLAME IT ON SPECK!!!

Speck ? Ha ha ha......talk about a dead horse lmao. Oops....sorry Speck I couldnt help it lol

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

My bad. I get it now, I thought "they" was still referring to Arkansas hatcheries. I guess I should just stay on the Arkansas forum as to not confuse myself.:Doh:

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No biggee Mac....I stay confused all the time so stick around over here and keep me company

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Originally Posted by RCC

The solution is for everyone that has birthdays in odd number months to be issued a fishing license for odd numbered years and the people that have birthdays in even numbered months get a license for even years. I would suggest it be tried on a one year basis starting now since I was born in January and it is 2015.

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But you might have been born in January 195(6), which would eliminate YOU this year. I agree that no matter what year you were born, you're definitely Odd!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [emoji12]

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Originally Posted by canebreaker

I can't remember if there was a limit when we were kids. Better bring a few blocks of ice and covers from home to cover the wash tubs cause no one sold ice. I do remember a 100 per day limit, no size. A 50 per day, no size.

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I remember 50.

Lets Have a white bass tournament on Enid . 25 dollar entry . winner take all ! I have dibs on sign #5 . :biggrin

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

Lets Have a white bass tournament on Enid . 25 dollar entry . winner take all ! I have dibs on sign #5 . :biggrin

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Not fair lol

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

Lets Have a white bass tournament on Enid . 25 dollar entry . winner take all ! I have dibs on sign #5 . :biggrin

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I'll take #3.

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Originally Posted by strmwalker

I don't know how popular striped bass fishing is in Mississippi , but them dang fish will eat the heck out of crappie for sure , and the crappie get the heck out dodge when the striped bass goes to feeding !!! here in South Carolina we have a lot of people that fish for striped bass but they don't get to them all but try to manage them , now for me I will take a striped bass and Lm bass out I look at it as taking out the fish eating crappie and they don't taste that bad either nothing a little hot sauce and cold beer wouldn't take of !!! but look at it this way striped bass , Lm bass , white perch and crappie all feed on the same baitfish shad !!!! out of the 4 fish mentioned which of the 2 do you think prevails !!!!

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The striped bass they are talking about is the much smaller cousin the white bass. There are no actual striped bass or hybrids in Sardis.

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH M.D.W.F.P . WARDENS TO POLICE THE MASSES .FOR A LARGE NUMBER OFTHE FOLKS THAT LIVE WITHIN 20-30 MIN.OF THE LAKE THERE ARE NO LIMITS .M.D.W.F.P. DO A GREAT JOB FOR THE MONEY THIS STATE GIVES THEM . IT COMES DOWN TO EVERYBODY DOING THE RIGHT THING . OF ALL THE CRAPPIE FISHERMEN I KNEW WHILE LIVING IN WATER VALLEY VERY FEW FOLLOW ANY DAILY LIMITS .MOST FISHED SARDIS OR GRENADA IN THE MORNING AND ENID IN THE AFTERNOON . NO WAY TO REGULATE THE UNWILLING .

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Eagle, I ain't trying to start no fight with you, but we are on opposites ends of this.

"THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH M.D.W.F.P . WARDENS TO POLICE THE MASSES"

Urgh. When I see somebody doing something "wrong", I usually have no choice but to say or do something about it. I get in trouble for it, but I am either unable or unwilling to resist the urge. Mind that I didn't say "illegal." I don't care if I ever do anything that's legal as long as I don't do anything that's "wrong." I fully believe that we, the masses, need very little policing that we cannot do among ourselves. We are always present, and we are always accountable.

"NO WAY TO REGULATE THE UNWILLING ."

Then who are we going to regulate? The only possible answer is to regulate those who need no regulating. This is exactly my point. There is no reason for me to have to put up with a policeman checking me to see if I have too many fish or too short of a fish when I'm not going to keep too many fish or too short of a fish. It is an intrusion that is both unwarranted and useless.


As I said, this is just my opinion on it, and I don't expect everyone, or anyone, to agree with me. I can't help but wish everyone would though. It would be nice to taste freedom at least once before I die.