Read in the paper --- size limit on CCL Crappie will be lifted in 2008 :eek:
Seems that the Crappie are not growing as fast as the KDFWR expected (whoa ... ya think !!), and they are removing the size limit next year.
The 9" size limit is still in effect for 2007 (not that "some" ever let that stop them from taking out buckets full of undersized ones :mad: ).
The creel limit will probably still be 15/day ... that wasn't addressed in the article, so I'll just assume that it will remain the same.
Their "purpose", in lifting the size limit, according to the article ... is to remove enough of the dinks, so that the "survivors" will have a better chance of growing bigger.
No mention was made about if/when a size limit would be put back on ... guess we'll have to wait and see if this "experiment" works, the way the KDFWR thinks it will.
Since the KDFWR is already "aware" of the fact, that many "meat hogs/poachers" are already removing scores of undersized fish (and have been for years), and the population is still heavy with dinks ... I think they've resigned themselves, to allowing the "public at large", to do the same.
One can only hope that this works for the better !!
.......... cp :cool:
