Quote Originally Posted by CrappieFlopper View Post
Rees, you are spot on, over here at Weiss lake it used to be a big fish lake, back about 15 or 20 years ago they started stocking the lake, now we have a 10 inch size limit and a 30 fish creel limit. it has become a numbers lake. Most would like to see the size limit increased to 12 inches and creel numbers cut back to 15, to move back in the direction of a big fish lake, but the different groups don't want to do this. as they thing it would hurt their pocket book. Most ever one that you talk to had rather catch 10 big fish than 30 10 inch fish. So you have a big fish lake or a numbers lake.It is just how you manage it.
I guide several days a year and I always guide with the attitude I want the client to catch the biggest fish of their life, I bet at least 50 percent of the time, most likely higher than that, we pull that off. I don't look at a limit as a successful day, on the water sharing my rig, laughing it up and catching good fish, what it's all about. Watching someone's eyes bug out cause they've never seen a crappie that big is a lot of fun.
We are truly blessed here, no doubt about that.