Thread: Enough said

As long as everyone acts like they have some since it works. But we know there are a few. You can usually spot them out as they approach. That gentlemen in that ranger could educate everyone on courtesy and boat control.

It's a lot like fishing the spot run down at the coast. If you've ever been at Beaufort or the inland waterway at Emerald Isle when the run is on, you see this same sight. I know it can be tight quarters when fishing, but this is actually a beautiful thing to see. It means the crappie fishery has now just about fully recovered.

Its also the reason I quit fishing Jordon. I mainly cast for crappie. but throwing a marker out on a brush there is an invitation to others that want to throw over yur line. I'd spend the day looking for a school of active crappie, only to have some one else throw an anchor out rite beside my marker, then have the wind drag their anchor thru the brush! I practice sportsmanship an common human courtesy, too many folks there don't.

Originally Posted by fishdoc

Its also the reason I quit fishing Jordon. I mainly cast for crappie. but throwing a marker out on a brush there is an invitation to others that want to throw over yur line. I'd spend the day looking for a school of active crappie, only to have some one else throw an anchor out rite beside my marker, then have the wind drag their anchor thru the brush! I practice sportsmanship an common human courtesy, too many folks there don't.

Yep

My question is this, as Roy commented on another post, can this much activity day after day cause the results that have been going on at Jordan for years?

That's a lot of boats and it wasn't even the weekend. Did you guys catch a lot of white perch? I caught a bunch of crappie on Saturday then started catching more white perch and less crappie on Sunday. I find it pretty shocking at how many crappie die once you catch them and release them. You can lip hook them, be as gentle as you can to release them and they still become floaters for the birds to eat. Frustrating to catch a fish 9 inches just to toss it back and watch it be gobbled up. Then there's the guys who catch 'em and feel the need to throw them 10 feet or so from the boat. Saw a lot of that on Sunday.

I think some of those fish coming up from water over 30' may be experiencing barotrauma (the bends) much like bottom fish in the ocean. SOmetimes they get back down if they aren't eaten before they make it back. If one pops back up and you can reach it you could try "shooting" down into the water head first.

I did notice that one of the big ones I caught on Sat had part of it's lungs/swim bladder coming into it's mouth. Much like when deep dropping in the ocean and pull up a sea bass from 100'. I've been easing the crappie up when fishing in 15+ feet of water just for this reason. Over the weekend I had maybe three floaters that were borderline 10" (depended on which eye I closed when measuring it) so I decided to keep them anyway.