Thread: Jigging/Trolling

HANDICRAPPIE you have said it best!

Originally Posted by ATM

According to a mdwfp chart based off of one of their surveys on one of the big four this is what a typical crappie fishery looks like. Forget the specific numbers, they are relative. Someone tell me how you are going to "fish out a fishery".

0"-2" 1,000,000
2"-4" 500,000
4"-6" 250,000
6"-8" 125,000
8"-10" 62,500
10"-12" 31,250
12"-14" 15,625
14"-16" 7812
16"-18 3906

It's simple math to me! If south65 catches 10,000 fish per year any lake he fishes is doomed. But then you got Wb helping to keep the catch rate to a minimum on any lake he goes to. Average the 2 and that means the average angler gonna catch 5000 per year and you got only 2,000,000+/- fish that means that 400 Average anglers gonna fish it out. My theory rests on the two anglers mentioned above so my numbers may be off just a bit.

Absolutely agree you will never fish them dry and you have to keep them from overpopulating.But that is not to say the big fish will always be there.And Enid could stand to lose some fish but it does not see as much pressure as other lakes.

got to butla and see how many keepers you get

Originally Posted by slabin

got to butla and see how many keepers you get

The problem last year was the low water....... Then the pressure applied. Be nice to see lakes shut down in extreme conditions like last year. I'm sure there was an unusually high number of keepers taken out of the lake but again....... Lakes go in cycles and Mother Nature played the biggest role in this cycle last year. Without the extreme low water the unusually high harvest would not have occurred. I fished Butla 1 day last year so add me to the group of folks who took advantage of the conditions.

im with you Handi they should close them down when the water gets that low

Originally Posted by Handicrappie

The problem last year was the low water....... Then the pressure applied. Be nice to see lakes shut down in extreme conditions like last year. I'm sure there was an unusually high number of keepers taken out of the lake but again....... Lakes go in cycles and Mother Nature played the biggest role in this cycle last year. Without the extreme low water the unusually high harvest would not have occurred. I fished Butla 1 day last year so add me to the group of folks who took advantage of the conditions.

never said u took advantage of it so not really sure what you are trying to apply

Originally Posted by slabin

never said u took advantage of it so not really sure what you are trying to apply

I was just stating that I also went any took advantage of the conditions. Didn't mean anything by it. Just didn't want to act like I was calling anyone else out when I also went and fished it.