Quote Originally Posted by spindle View Post
I ran a few numbers concerning the number of fish that are taken from the lakes by the guides and their customers. Assuming there are just 10 guides, if they [10 guide boats] fish only four days per week and catch the daily boat limit of 40 fish per day, that's 400 fish taken. That's 1600 per month and if they fish only 10 month per year that's 16000 fish taken per year. The normal mortality rate for an average Crappie spawn is 62%. Just something to think about.
10 guides, 4 days a week average, 40 fish boat limit for each guide, is equal to 1600 crappie per week. Assuming 4 weeks a month as in your example, 10 months equals 40 weeks, 40 weeks equals 64,000 crappie.