All i got to say is...........It is what it is.....Fish it if you like rules or If you do not like it fish somewhere else. The 10in rule was inaffect for many many yrs. And there has always been good fish.
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All i got to say is...........It is what it is.....Fish it if you like rules or If you do not like it fish somewhere else. The 10in rule was inaffect for many many yrs. And there has always been good fish.
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Originally Posted by duckhunter
It may also have to do with the size of Sardis as compared to the others.It may in the long run create a trophy crappie lake!How is the shad population in Sardis?Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
What is the life expectency of crappie at Sardis?IN at least 3 years, crappie would reach legal size as would all the crappie spawned from those fish as they are reaching legal size during those 3 years.You would be throwing back anything under the 10" limit.A lot of guys are after the larger crappie, 12" plus and probably would continue to fish for them only to keep 15.Do you want 15 dinks or 15 slabs??It's your choice!
It used to be 30 ten inch fish a man and it never seemed to hurt nothing so why would half that limit hurt anything.
The crank baiters will be happy with this change. Summer is the time for 100 shorts to 5-10 keepers. I bet the summer revenue has been way down in Panola County. Lots of folks, including myself quit Crankin cause it was to much work and sweat for 5 fish in 100+ degree weather.
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Should have waited another month on the house bill. Real estate will go way down at Sardis now lol
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If the county revenues go up, so does the property values, especially if the fishermen return in big numbers. ;-)
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Glad to hear I gave you a good laugh. Butla is the lake I fish the most. Not that tough if you fish it regularly and learn how. Butla got a ton of pressure this summer when Sardis was producing nothing but short fish. Hope you're right about Sardis rule change and it keeps the pressure off Butla. That would be a good thing for those of us who like to fish butla.Quote:
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Lots of people fished Butla this summer cause the water was so low and the fish were concentrated and much easier to catch than normal. Don't think it had as much to do with Sardis but a lot to do with how easy it was on Butla compared to most times of the year. Not to mention by mid summer a lot of the oxbows that people might go to we're so low you couldn't launch a boat so that left fewer options than normal.Quote:
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he would probably be a decent lookin guy if he had any hair...:juggleQuote:
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Ha ha ha poor WB lol
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Appreciate what you say Handi but.....I was at butla a lot of days during the summer with many guys I know. I assure you that we were at butla cause Sardis was producing 50 shorts and 5 keepers with you going thru 10-12 dozen minners to get that. We didn't want to go to expense of traveling to Sardis and buying $20 worth of minnows for 5 keepers. That all changed in August when the keepers started showing up in good numbers at Sardis and all of us switched to fishing Sardis because the limits were easier to come by there. As you know we all caught limits almost every time we went to Sardis from then through late December when Sardis muddied up with all the rain. Arkabutla got hammered pretty hard from May thru July with 50+ boats on it lots of days (a lot of pressure for butla since it was so small during that time). It's true that butla was producing good fish and was easier to fish cause it got so small with the low water but the vast majority of people who were fishing butla were only catching 5-10 keepers. They kept on fishing butla because they had no other good options. It's obvious that the hoards of boats from Memphis will go where they can catch fish. Most of the guys I know follow the crappie.com board to find out where the fish are biting although most of them don't post on here. Those who don't catch a lot of fish will probably love the new regs at Sardis. Believe me when I say that there are quite a few guys who have learned how to fish butla since Lakeview closed. I'm predicting that most of them won't drive all the way to Sardis for 15 fish when they can fish closer to home at butla and have a shot at 20 bigger fish. I hear all the stuff about butla being tough to fish, but there are lots of guys from Memphis, Hernando, Southaven, etc. that know how to fish that lake and I still believe that this new law may cause butla to get hammered more than it normally does because of the economics involved here.....less expensive travel to butla and quality fish there in good numbers if you know how to fish the lake. The fact remains that there are a bunch of people who can catch limits of quality fish at either lake quite frequently. I'd rather have some of them harvesting their 50 fish out of Sardis instead of butla since Sardis is much larger and contains a lot more fish. With the new regs, I imagine that more of the good fishermen will concentrate on butla instead of sardis. That's my concern with the new proposed regs for Sardis. Hope I'm wrong but butla has already got a lot more pressure since Lakeview closed and Horseshoe hasn't been producing for the spider-riggers. I just hope the new regs don't backfire on us and cause butla to get hurt. I love that lake and the big fish that come out of it. It's getting enough pressure already and I believe this may hurt it badly. Hope I'm wrong about this. My two cents.....
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Well yeah or nah ? I figure the ten inche rule will get the amatuers off the water a lot quicker and leave the big fish alone . Same way with no length limit on my dink hole . Let them catch a cooler full of the small fish and go home . I'm going to be choosey and so are most of ya'll . All i here is how many minners ya'll feeding them to catch 4 or 5 keepers . The keepers ain't got a chance wit hall them short fish . At barnett they will catch a cooler full of small fish and go home (maybe ) . But the numbers are still there . I know i am just a beginner in this crappie fishing sport but . They are coming anyway , why not let them catch a limit of short fish . Just saying .
9We felt the same way a few years ago when Truman lake went from 30 to a 15 limit and 9" length, we figured them city boys wouldn't show up for 15...... we were wrong, more pressure than ever, but that may be due to the numbers of population wanting to fish, hardly ever keep over 8 myself and want the 10 1/2" when I do, would like to see a 10/10 rule myself, but I don't meat harvest myself, prefer to hunt for the big ones and release after photo, like a deer hunter wanting a big rack..... but I don't shoot my crappie when he is big, only with the Kodak....good luck on the new reg........
The only folks we can control what they do and how they do it is ourself . What they want by doing this only they know . We shall see .
Go to Kroger and check fish prices suprised OBAMAJAMMMA ain't puttin a tax on ol geeeeeeezwers and long fihin poles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
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Okay boys this is my first picture post but below should be a picture from the late fifties of my Dad who had taken a neighbor fishing at Sardis. I think the limit was fifty and their wasn't much measuring going on back then. You may not be able to see them due to the size of the print but several of the fish are grown. I think all we need is some high water every year or two like they had every year back then and we will have plenty of fish and you won't have to worry about the size on the Big 4
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I want everyone to know the man on the right took the time to take me fishing,hunting and camping. This was one of the best men I've ever known.
Awesome pic! The difference is they keep the lakes a lot lower now and a lot of the fish get sucked out. There is also alot more pressure on the lakes now and people are using 4 poles when they used to use one wooden pole. With that being said I think the fish will take care of themselves, you will never catch them all out. The core lakes will never get overpopulated because they suck them out every winter. If they want to try and manage it to be a trophy lake they need to reduce the pole limit like Grenada. I'm ok with the ten inch length but do not really think it will affect much more than freezer space. Jmo
If I read the release right, this is going to be a trial for 2013 to see if the lake can support the 10 inchers being being caught in volumes that they are going to be caught. If the samplings prove to show that the lake cannot support it, 2014 will see a return to the 12 inch, 20 fish limit....From what my neighbor and I and my brother in law and I caught at Sardis last year, limiting out during the spawn should not take long at at all. I bet my neighbor and I caught 40 each off one cedar tree lying in the water and they were all 10-11 1/2 inch fish with the exception of 2 keeper 12's for each of us...It seemed as if almost every crappie we caught were in this range so there should be a lot of 12 inch and better fish in Sardis this year...I would not be suprised if the GW's are not more strict with measuring the catch at 10 than they were at 12. One gent at the boat ramp was all shook up because the GW measured his fish and he measured each 12 inch fish at least 5 or 6 times...I would not put one in the livewell that isn't at least 10 1/2 inches. The last time we went back in September, the GW was at the ramp and never looked at our fish...or our license...they were sitting at the ramp waiting on duck hunters to come in...so...my guess is 2013 will be an interesting year on Sardis..
Good luck with your wish for water in any of the four lakes, especially Sardis. The Corps will never let that happen. I had a Corp ranger tell me once when they had the gates at Sardis closed for repair that if they had their wish, they would put chain length around the whole thing and be done with it. They are into flood control, not recreation....
Even if they had their way, it wouldn't happen. Those flood control structures generate many millions of dollars in revenue for both the state and the nation. You know what they say: Money talks, all else walks.
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rules curves are the same now as they were 25 years ago as far as i know. butla been 210 in the winter and 220 in the summer for as long as i can remember.Quote:
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I kinda did that this past fall for camp...had Tomtom in the back. :RoflQuote:
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I was referring to a picture from the late 50's. and the rule curve has actually gone down since you say it has. I believe in 91 after the flood they lowered the pool.Quote:
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I made the meeting at the fish hatchery tonight and did learn that all geezer jig fishermen thing spider riggers are the first born spawn of satan. And crappie.com fish picture posters arent far behind. Glad I dropped my boat off before I made the meeting. If they had seen my trolling racks I'm pretty sure they would have sliced my tires.
well isn't that something--its handi's fault
and did you catch any fish?
Hey ATM I talked to one of those geezers today and he gave me all kind of crap about spider rigging but he brags about pulling crank baits. Go figure!! He couldn't wait to get there tonight.
I agree G, which brings to mind this question, why have the limits been the same on the big 4 for the last however many years but you can fish with more poles on Sardis to get em with than Grenada??? Whats the limit on poles per person on Sardis, Enid, and Butla???Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"