Thread: Rod Limits--Creel Limits

We've all expressed our opinions one way or another but, here's another rant... I didn't grow up crappie fishing, matter of fact I nevere crappie fished til '98, sure I caught em every now and then Bass fishing... Don't think I totally dedicated myself to it til '02.. At that time I was fishing Sardis a lil and Enid even less for Crappie... It was a struggle to say the least.. Didn't take long to figure out a good GPS and a boat that I could fish in the wind would help... I started fishing in late March and usually quit in June.. Always pole fished, be it single jig or a cork and minnow.. Cork and minnow being mid-may til end of June... I didn't care how you caught em, it was all about having fun.. My point being, the limit was 30 10" fish and we abided by it.. Had it been 15 10" we would've abided.. I haven't trolled Long but I do enjoy it...... As my season of fishing grows so do my ways of catching them... I realize there are arguments against trollers from pole fishermen and vice versa but a limit is a limit.. From what I understand the State of Mississippi just repealed a law for primitive weapons... Isn't that like saying it doesn't matter what method you use, just harvest your quota? If you can use 5 shots to harvest one quota, why can't you use 5 rods... A LIMIT IS a LIMIT regardless how you, me or any of us get one.. Why does my handicapped friend, who fishes off the side of the boat, have to be told he can only use 3 poles... If a man only wants to spend 3hrs fishing for a limit vs 4 because he has 10 poles vs 2.., who cares.. Enjoy the Freedom to fish when you want but be careful what you keep... Sounds a lot like Working these day.. Government wants most of it..

I just don't see the deal about three or more poles unless all you are trying to do is catch more fish faster...all i ever do is single pole fish and have never pulled, pushed or spider rigged in my life....the reason i fish is for the enjoyment of fishing and catch a decent meal. All these people that don't single pole miss the best feeling there is when that crappie tries to knock the pole out of your hand when they hit it. The way i see it is that if a person can't catch a fish with one pole i guess they have to use two or more.