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I dont think the lake is that depleted,right now the lake is about 3times its normal size,it is up intotimber and other cover where you cant even get a boat in. Not only that with this high water everything in the lake is going to have a good spawn,there is so much for them to feed on that a few minnows have a lot of competion.You might catch a few but the best bet is to get as far as you can and single pole.
No eggs in the 3 I caught. They were nice for 13" fish
If EVERY legal fish in the lake were caught last year, how would that lead to a poor fishery this year?
Wouldn't ATM. If only legal fish were taken we would still have those that weren't legal that woulda grown up and that's what we're catching mostly
Fish are not there like they were a year ago. I heard stories of 50-60 boats a day and all catching limits. Take 60 boats times 40 fish times 60 days. That's alot of fish that are not in the lake and I'm sure the boat number is very light . The lake was right for picking n it got picked . It's going to take a few years before its where it was. In a year or two Sardis is gonna suck with the changes n Feelay will be calling for reports on Barnett to take clients instead of Sardis. Barnett in a year or two is gonna be tops in the state in size and numbers. All the state lakes go through cycles and its fixin to be Barmetts turn for sho buff slabs n lots of them
Let's assume that no one was keeping short fish last year, then all the shorts from last year are still there this year, they are now legal fish.You're just not gonna find em sitting in the channel right in front of the ramp like you did last year. Those fish are in so much crap ya can't get to em.
Dd- there were a lot of boats on the water last summer but most were leaving with 5-10 fish at best. I'm not saying a lot of fish didn't get caught, just nowhere near what some people are thinking. There were a couple of tricks that most never figured out :)
They should have put a 12" size limit on the buffs!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by slabin
seriously though, as others have said here, you just can't destroy the resource with a 12" size limit. By definition, you are protecting 3 or 4 year classes of crappie with that rule, and those fish are chilling in the trees right now, along with a lot more "overs" than most of y'all think.
Just wait till they pull that lake down and all the fish come out of the weeds back into the main parts of the lake and I bet there will be good fish being caught!That's just my opinion!
I sure hope y'all are right. I have fished the lake under the same conditions in years past and caught fish. Fished it when it was 235 on may 18 and kept 12 in a few hrs a few yrs ago. I know folks that fish it 4 times a week and are catching 1 or 2 fish compared to 10 or 15 in years past. I am no biologist but I know how to read the stats I see, hear, and read and from what I have gathered the lake is not was it was in years past. For as long as I can remember.