Quote Originally Posted by bandchaser View Post
The MCC was there a week before we arrived. Biggest was a 2.69lb. We fished the Big Mama that next weekend, the biggest that won was 2.81lb I beleive. We won the husband and wife division. The crappie masters was there the next weekend, and the biggest was a 2.93lb. Our group fished for 4 days and we did not catch any 3lb fish.
The moral of the story is it possible, probably, but your chances are slim in my opinion.
We have 11 groups coming down this next year. A small group of us has been fishing it every year for awhile. The lakes popularity and the locals are having affect on the lake.
Just like Sardis when they dropped the size limit, and folks put a hurting on them then. It will be a couple of years before Sardis is back and producing consistently again.
So, when you have locals taking out short fish left and right because they can't catch the legal fish, the population is going to suffer. The quality is going to suffer.

Hope your trip is a success. You should catch some excellent quality fish in March. Good luck...

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: What makes you think that locals are to blame for the decline in the fishery? There are more OOSers fishing Washington than I have ever seen. Same goes for the big 4. Nothing against OOSers but they have put just as much pressure on these lakes if not more. Fishing Washington earlier this year and ran across a group from OOS that stated they had around 30+ fish. We got to talking about how tough it was for us to catch a keeper and that's when they realized that there was a slot on the lake.