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I don't see what the pole limit accomplishes. We have had a three pole limit on Weiss for a long time and it has made no difference that I can see. Size limits and possession limits make a huge difference in my humble opinion. It seems like Mississippi is being proactive in protecting its resource. Alabama needs to lower the possession limit here but money stands in the way of that.
If the biologist are supposed to be the experts then why do they need any biased input from any fisherman to begin with? Make the decision and roll with it and lets move on. From the lack of boats I see, I suspect the issue will somewhat resolve itself sooner or later. Average Joe won't keep spending money to fish in a lake and not catch squat.
It's about the revenue that the out of staters bring to MS. Not near as many people would drive to Sippi to catch 10" fish. Trophy sized fish brings in trophy dollars from non resident license sales. Guides profit, the state profits, hotels/motels profit, restaurants profit, Everyone profits from the trophy crappie fishing Sippi offers. People want to catch BIG fish and will spend the time and money to take a trophy. Same thing for deer up north and out west.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigcrappiemax
With 3 poles instead of 5, on a slow bite day, you won't catch a limit as often saving a few fish a day per boat for the lakes. The only real problem is fishing alone with only 3 poles. Maybe a boat limit on the number of poles would be a better choice.
Overall, I like the regs.
3 by yourself sux, maybe 5 per person with an 8 pole limit per boat or something or 4 per person across the board with a boat limit of 8, that would kinda be a compromise.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
A 3 pole limit only affects a person that fishes by himself. Two people fishing 6 poles are nor going to put down 3 poles after catching their first limit. Two people catch more fish due to the ability to help net , bait ,operate the boat ,ETC. Limits and high water levels are what help control fish populations.
Before the pole limit I would fish with 6 rods across the front and a person in the back would have 6 rods, 6 hooks per rod. We fished for 4 hours and head home.
Before the new size and possession limits we might get close to a 1 person limit at the time. If the fish didn't bite in the area we fished we sometimes came home with none.
The revenue I generated per trip was the same as it is now. All of my tackle was bought close to home. Food and drinks were brought from home. Minnows are bought close to the lake.
I've seen it and others have reported seeing it. A boat will limit and haul their catch to shore for someone to pick up. They would stay on the lake and limit a few times during the day. Need a better crack down on those.
A limit is not a limit. Please some one tell me they have caught a limit this week! By taking away 2 poles they are reducing the number of fish you catch by 40% in the equal amount of time.
A limit is not a limit? Guess thats why I teach history instead of Math. When I go speckeled trout fishing next week, 25 is going to be 25 whether it takes 30 min. or three hours.
I agree but it sure makes it harder to get with less poles.Quote:
Originally Posted by footballcoach
Part of the problem is that folks have come to measure a successful day on the water as a day you limit out, I tend to disagree with this. 6 to 10 is a good mess of fish, specially if they are all over 12 inches. Heck have seen a couple days last year where 2 ole boys from up north came down and caught about 6 each of the 2 days they were here, smallest keeper around 2.5 pounds and the biggest was 2.80, those boys were very excited, iced them dudes down and carried them home to show off, said folks back home would never believe it, every keeper they caught was bigger than anything they had ever caught in their life, puts a different lite on it. We are spoiled!!!!
May have to start taking crappie and bass fishing gear and get a limit of both to come out on what it cost to go on a fishing trip. This is going to hurt the fishermen that only get to go every once in a while as getting a good mess of fish to eat or for the freezer. Some people don't get to fish a lot or very long so the pole limit is going to hurt them most. On the flip side you won't have a problem with tangling up lines as bad while pushing or pulling crankbaits with just 3 poles.