Thread: Past Due Time For Change

Would like to put my 2 cents in, Don't believe it makes a difference 11 or 12 or 10 or 15, I've been to Sardis about half a dozen times,haven't caught a mess of fish but one time and that was 1995 and we limited out with 14 " fish then. The only reason I can come up with is I found some fish....and found a pattern. A lot of people that fish Sardis have there favorite spots that they fish over and over and produce, I have mine in Mark Twain and I catch my limit everytime and there usually 12-13 which is a good fish for MT, but in the last year I haven't been able to catch hardly a fish in those spots. People are saying the same thing about MT as you are saying about Sardis (Too much pressure ) I don't really think you can have to much pressure, you just have to figure out where they have gone, there still there. they lay 20,000 to 80,000 eggs per fish try computing that vs how many fish in a lake, mind boggleing. I know they don't all make it but if 10% make it WOW. I went to Sardis recently caught 1 fish for three days, doe's not mean there are no fish just means something has them tight lipped are I was in the wrong area. ( Saying is 90% of the fish or in 10% of the lake )Came home from Sardis only to find out that MT is producing 1 1/2 to 2lb Fish right now, so I went and the weather went from 70's down in the 30's overnight BAD Time for me only managed 4 11' fish. Had to fish a different area, fish still there just have to find......Still love to Fish doesn't mean I'm going to catch...

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I agree that the fishing will cycle from good to bad years, but the problem is Bad Management of the corp lakes. I know they only care about the flood control, and they've shown that to be true. With that being said, I wonder why they pad their coffers by checking everyone's fish and license only during the spawn? I guess it's all about an easy buck. They only care about the fish when they can check the most folks at a time to make money. Kinda like deer hunting at night. It's easy.

I doubt it would work, but I wonder how many names it would take on a petition to get them to change the size limit back to 12"?

Remember Bill. That would be the state of Mississippi busting your chops ! Not the C.O.E.

If your gona try and keep people off of social media you better get to callin the outdoor channels and all the tv shows that plaster on NATIONAL TV that MS has some of the best crappie fishin in the world, and ask them to stop sayin it. I could be wrong but im pretty sure people see more from the tv than they do on this site.

Originally Posted by Erin Brewer

If your gona try and keep people off of social media you better get to callin the outdoor channels and all the tv shows that plaster on NATIONAL TV that MS has some of the best crappie fishin in the world, and ask them to stop sayin it. I could be wrong but im pretty sure people see more from the tv than they do on this site.

Not sure about that. I hardly ever watch crappie shows. Usually all tournaments and I could care less. I like watching odd ball outdoor shows as in red fish, hogs ,ect.

I can tell you, one particular person has made sure nader has been on several tv shows to promote his guide bis.

When crappie are on the beds, a jig poler will put a troller to shame. When that male is gone from the bed he is protecting, those eggs are left to predators. That's why they are putting a referee in the boat in bass tournaments. They say that if a male is gone from the nest for five minutes, fifty percent of the eggs are lost to predators. The trollers are fishing five or six months a year. They accumulate fish, over time. There are eight to ten pontoons pushing and pulling cranks on the rivers every day all summer. All three methods are catching fish. Low hatch survival, cold winters pulling the fish through the spillway, over fished, low water draw downs, I don't know but the problem will fix itself. I do agree that the twelve inch size limit on Sardis should have been left alone.

Depending on what degree of "fixing" you believe will occur, I don't think it will fix itself anywhere to the degree it needs. All you have to do is look back over the last 20 years and see how regulations have had to change to keep crappie from completely being depleted. 50 limits no size restrictions now down to 15 and 11 inches. The only constant variables are human driven. Whether its decisions on water levels, use of technology, number of boaters, pole limits, size limits, etc. Mother nature can only do so much fighting against mankind. Bottom line, sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

Originally Posted by stormcloud

The trollers are fishing five or six months a year. .

That's funny right there , have you ever been to Sardis??