Why does a crappie have to be 12" to eat? I've ate many a fine dinners that included crappie that were shorter than 12". It's crazy. A 10" crappie is fine eating fish as long as it's thick enough. Give me the shoulders and I don't care about the length. Put a creel limit on it if you want to and be done with it. Let me decide what I eat and how I get it.

I'm with the guy above, 27458, I believe the pole limit is designed to reduce the number of people who take home the limit. It's a way to reduce the limit without reducing the limit. I wish they'd just put the limit where they want it and let us get there however we decide to get there. Probably too much to ask.