Managing our crappie: Time for change? - News - The Lake News Online - Camdenton, MO
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Thanks for sharing. Very good read and information. I have hunted and fished in at least five different states and Georgia does not do enough to protect our Natural Resources for future generations. IMHO. Lake Sinclair should have a 9 inch limit and Oconee should have a 10 inch limit. Cuz and I have caught over 300 crappie in one day at West Point just to have 60 keepers. Either raise the limit to 45 per person at West Point or go to a 9 inch limit at West Point. I do not even need to get started about deer hunting regulations and season dates.
I have a personal 9 in limit in my boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by EARL KITCHENS
I would really like to see a 9 inch slot statewide (like Alabama) or a 10 inch slot on crappie at least at Oconee and Blackshear (with a 15 fish limit on Blackshear, since its a small lake). Do that and those two lakes would rival alot of popular lakes in other states that are heavily managed. But I doubt we will ever see it in this state due to the DNR's lack of concern on managing our natural resources .
I would like them to pick one lake and try it. To me you don't want to change it state wide until you see how it goes. I think Eufaula or Oconee would be great lakes to try a length limit on. Another reason I am kinda against it is because we need to get more kids interested in fishing especially young ladies. Kids like to catch fish and they want to keep them (they want to keep all of them, LOL) and eat them. To get kids interested you have to let them keep a bunch of fish and hopefully have a good day fishing because they love catching them. It is very hard to compete against video games and smart phones. I think we are in a battle for our outdoors and for hunting and fishing. Sorry but to preach further, once they ban guns in the years to come they are going to try to end all hunting and then once they end hunting they will go after fishing. In the long run I think it is going to be ladies that make the difference in us being able to keep our guns, and hunting and fishing continue to be enjoyed by future generations. The woman are going to make the difference in their voting and their voices speaking out. Just my opinion and not really worth much.
I think ga needs to build another lake just for crappie fishin. And no bass tournaments or jet skis!!!!!!! White perch rules!!!!
We use the 10" rule on oconne. I would love to see them try it there. I wonder how long it would take to see catching a 3 pounder as common as catching a 2 pounder nowadays
I agree we need to have a size limit on our Ga lakes. Look at Lake Talquin's 10 inch limit and 25 per person a day. Talquin is about 225 miles from us an worth the drive to catch good quality slabs. We went to Lake Oconee on Saturday and heard a guy shout to another boat "I Sure hope that the game warden don't show up" . There was at least 30 boats in that area at the time but he didn't seem to care who heard him. We fish for a couple of hours around the 2 guys and they was still catching fish when we left. That's what bothers me !!! If people would obey the rules and limits our lake would be in alot better shape.
Every state around us has changed regulations on crappie. I have called the DNR myself and have had numerous conversations about making change's. I think we need change's to some of our lakes. They told me that the more people to call in the better of it getting done. I would like to see the future of our resource's preserved for generations to come. I have set a personal goal myself, heck I went to Oconee this past Thursday and caught 47 and threw everyone back and it wasn't because they were not big enough to keep.
Outlaw, I have heard the same thing at Oconee and I wrote his registration number down and called the DNR. They met him at the ramp later that day when he came off the lake.
The problem is like yesterday when we went to Weiss. There were 4 guys under a bridge catching them left and right. I never saw them throw a fish back. We caught nearly 50 and didn't keep half that many because they were 9.5 or so inches. If they make a rule they need to keep enforcing it. I have a personal 10 inch size limit in my boat unless it's a fish that swallows the hook and I know won't make it. I'd love to see Oconee with a 10 inch size limit and it would help if half of the fishermen followed the rule. Alabama didn't put a 3 rod per person rule and 10 inch size limit on Weiss for nothing. It was getting fished so hard and with the fluctuating water level in the spring put a hurting on it. It would have to be done on lakes that can support it though. If you put a size limit on a lake with poor baitfish populations I think it would result in overpopulated fish with stunted growth.