Quote Originally Posted by Speck View Post
That's what I mean DD. If they would close the season from March 1st to May 31st every year, it would reduce the fishing pressure, eliminate the single pole argument and protect the fish until they have a chance to spawn and their fry to hatch. The crappie population would explode and the rest of the year would not have near the pressure that we see during the spawn.

I am for what ever it takes to insure the Big 4 continue to have monster crappie but IMO pole limits are a joke for a management tool. Just reduce the limit to 10 per person March 1 thru May. It seems that they have no idea what the answer is. They are just trying something to see if it works. Not good.