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I have only set yoyos 4 or 5 times my life so im not trying to advocate them or nothing, but it irks the hell out of me that every tome a guy posts a pic of a yoyo caught fish he dang near has to defend his tactics. Thats unethical or i hate yoyos is usually what you hear. Man ,if a guy posts a nice crappie pic and all you can say is that ,then you need to go somewhere. Preferably the off topic board theres plenty of negativity and haters there.
Haven't picked up on all the hate. Some of my best memories are winter yoyo'ing trips with my buddies. With all the fishing pressure nowdays, the ol' autofishermen can sure put a dent in the available fish pops.
Have had some fun settin yoyos. A big fire on the bank,a few cool ones,a few buddies and fun is had by all!! Might even catch enough for supper:D:D
Nothing wrong catching a mess to eat with whatever is legal. We have folks here that fill up every limb around and try to empty the lake of slabs. Law says 20 Crappie and only 30 yoyos. I see them abused alot here.:(
Thanks Barry, I felt like there for a while I was gonna be drug to the town square and stoned to death! LOL! But really, I dont take it personally. All these folks here have the right to express their opinion, and I respect that.
Kinda like the ol' sayin' "If ya caint stand th' heat, stay out th' kitchen".
Heck, as cold as it has been lately, I kinda appreciate a little "HEAT"! LOL !
Thanks again for cuttin' us yoyo users a little slack. D-Ray
I am guilty of both love and hate caught more than my share on yo yo's when I was a youngster in la. it was great fun to spend a weekend on the lake with several buddies and 200 yo yo's lots of work and whole lot of fish but I do believe it was bad for the fishery as I got older and took up jig fishing moved to ark. where limits were more restrictive now days I hate to see yo yo's every slab I see hanging is one I will not get a chance to feel the bump as he takes my jig (believe that is jealousy) but taking of fish legaly is perfectly acceptable if the AGFC decides that yo yo's are illegal then I will back them all the way until then enjoy fishing anyway you can that is legal I do .
Noslab
i've never used them. if that is the way you want to fish get after it. don't matter to me one way or the other.
old
I've used to run yo-yo's when I was younger. I don't have a problem with people using them. I perfer not to see fish hanging on them @ noon! My daughter enjoys running jugs on our barge @ Lake Greeson, I just try and throw them out where I hope Jerry is not going to be fishing. We have caught some nice crappie on them before. I understand some people don't like to see my jugs fishing while I'm sleeping, but my daughter enjoys it and we do it. If it is legal, do it and have fun. If you don't like someone using a legal method to catch fish, contact the AGFC and try and get the law changed. My jugs and someone elses yo-yo's aren't any worse than two guys with 20 rods sticking out around their boat. Just my thoughts. Have a great day and may GOD bless you all!
I have the same opinion of yo yo fishermen that I wished a lot of yo yo's have about gun owners. In the wrong hands they are a problem. I ain't a killer because I have guns. I don't supposed all yo yo fishermen are unethical. Just don't let me see a dried out crappie on one. It will be on the bottom by the time they get around to checking on it. I choose not to use them just because. I want to feel the thump or see a cork lay on it's side.
DP
Good bad or ugly, it is legal. I use them, but law says I must stay within earshot of them. if GW comes by, and calls your name out, and you don't answer, guess what... TICKET. I know this becasue I saw it happen on Peckerwood last year a time or 2. GW will just get out a pole and waits on you to come back and check it.
From an Alabama crappie fisherman thats never heard of em. Are yo-yo's mechanical or are they like limb lines we use for catfish? Yall got a picture of one?
It's a mechanical device that you tie on a limb. Here is a link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Halawaka
Mechanical Fisher: Fishing YoYos
Thanks Creekslick. I imagine that'd be pretty effective but I think it's illegal over here.
Yoyoers cleaned out everything but the dinks on my favorite crappie lake several years ago. Just 2 guys caught and kept over 500 crappie on just one weekend, and there were a lot more folks yoyoing than those 2. The landowner locked it up as a result and after his daughter and her husband went down there to fish and couldn't because there were one or more yoyos on every single limb on a 100 acre lake and beer cans and coke cans floating from one end of the lake to the other. Within 2 or 3 years it was good again, but I sure saw the crappie take a hit. I know these guys were abusing the law, not to mention fishing ethics, but I have to admit I've had a sour taste in my mouth about yoyos ever since.
Sounds like poaching to me. There is a thing called posssession limit, and that does include whats in your freezer at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by blairarnold
I bought two dozen today that I plan to use this weekend. I will be following the rules and I don't realy care if anyone likes it or not. As long as it is legal and I obey the law noone has a right to say anything about it and don't let me catch someone messing with my yo-yo's or my noodles.
I am a big fan of yo yos and noodles. I love em spring and summer for cats. I have caught quite a few crappie on them too. I see nothing wrong with using them as long as you abide by the regulations set by the agfc.