Quote Originally Posted by KnightShadow10 View Post
Same thing happened to other sports..I bass fished in the early days..with a ten fish limit..anything over 10 lbs might win..today after, education, catch and release, three fish limits have to be over 20 lbs to have a chance... .turkey and deer hunting the same way..Crappie are a great resource...but it is not unlimited.
The average life span and mortality of bass is greater than crappie.
I understand about releasing fish, and have been releasing fish more since purchasing my new boat and having a livewell, BUT if we want to increase the population then we need to release the smaller legal size fish and keep the older and larger. Reasoning is because these younger fish will be going into their prime and live longer meaning they will see more spawns than the larger older fish.
It's a different thought process with some biologist information backing with the data to support. Our states biologist has been speaking to a mississippi state biologist about this topic, growth rates and growing season lengths.


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