Wouldn't it be nice if people could throw back some Crappie. If you have 20 lbs of fillets in your freezer throw back those nice 12'' fish. They will grow! Just a thought. It seems like most people have a hard time throwing back Crappie.
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Wouldn't it be nice if people could throw back some Crappie. If you have 20 lbs of fillets in your freezer throw back those nice 12'' fish. They will grow! Just a thought. It seems like most people have a hard time throwing back Crappie.
They don't call me Catch and Release for nothing.. It's written on my boats and cabin. Slab makes the sticker if you need some
What is your opinion if people don't have any in the freezer?
Do you ever have friends ask you for fish?
Do you know people (or do you have people who know you fish but they can't) who would love a taste?
I do throw a lot back but there are times I keep fish too. I don't like to freeze crappie I like to eat it fresh so when I want to eat fish I go catch it! When I have friends that want to eat fish they come with me and we catch them some fish! Now why don't you get off your soap box and go talk to the fish biologist and tell him how to set the limits because evidently you know way more than him.
I got 50lbs in my freezer. Lol
I got 50lbs in my freezer. Lol
I understand that the limit is 30 and sixty fish that includes the freezer. no different than having 3 buck in the freezer when the limit is one?
harvesting is good to a degree, is it not? If am gonna pay for guide service at different places , better believe i am coming home with some! So if you see someone taking fish , how about the ones you don't see putting fish back?
I keep my fair share of fish. I just think it would be nice if we could catch Crappie bigger than a pound and a quarter. I happen to throw back the bigguns sometimes so they can keep growing. I didn't say anything about not keeping fish. We do have a huge amount of Crappie in Rend that do need to be taken.
I think that's why lakes have limits, my dad lives on centrailia lake and you can catch crappie until you go blind, not big but 9 inches all day long and eat just the same, so I don't feel bad taking them out cuz they need to come out.
You should see my friends and other bass fisherman when I keep 3-5 LB bass, they freak out, the way I look at it is 90% of bass fisherman catch and release, so I figure I will balance it out, they go great on my george foreman grill.
Junie
In my book, if I don't catch enough for a mess, I throw them back. But I think that is going to change quick. I spend too much money on gas and fishing gear to throw back fish...I will start cleaning even the smaller ones I catch because I don't catch enough to hurt jack CACA!!
rocket rich, what page is that on in the fishing regulation booklet?
There is not a possession limit on fish with no set limit state wide. You can have as many as you want in the freezer.
I get what your saying about hoping they get bigger. However, Crappie have a short life span compared to other fish and are blessed with explosive reproductive rates.
Pana Lake used to be bad about that, except those were big for that lake. You'd catch 8 inch crappie with eyes the size of quarters. We used to keep any that had decent meat on them. Thankfully the DNR starting stocking muskie back in there and the population is getting better, although slowly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junie
I released my limit today for ya at Rend!
dkb
I took 2 guys to Shelbyville Monday. Caught 100 plus crappie -- put everyone back.
Limits on lakes are a good thing. Good fishing to everybody !!
Z21
I live in NC and I never keep more than we can eat at one meal, if we don't catch enough, we pass a seafood restaurant on the way home.
Wifey caught a 15 incher last weekend and I kept him in the live well long enough to show him off and then released him unharmed.
I keepem and eat em......Thats why I fish. I just ate some. I don't see many crappie guys on the lake letting them go and fish don't seem to be in short supply. I have never had clients on a guide trip that said " lets just let them all go " wrong. They want meat to eat. I crappie fish because they are good to eat. If you don't keep fish from a lake like rend you are only hurting the lake. Like mentioned above crappie reproduce fast. That why the state don't recommend putting them in you pond. Thats my 2 cents. LOL Clint
One thing Clint mentioned that rings true for me. I just Love the way Crappie taste. We eat crappie twice a month year round at my house. I don't like to clean small fish but, anything over 10" is going in my livewell until I limit out. Wich is not very many on the lake I fish. 10 fish over 10" Taking 10 fish out of a big lake like Shelbyville is not hurting a thing. Some people may ask..is it really even worth the price of gas and other expenses to only keep 10 fish. If you love to eat em it is.
That was the first time all year that I released my fish.......wanted to drive around and look at some campgrounds and didn't want them to get STANKY!!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappieClint
dkb