of the new board they came out with to check length, deflate the air pocket, and estimate weight with??:dono
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of the new board they came out with to check length, deflate the air pocket, and estimate weight with??:dono
Don't know the name....It is made by B'nM.....its the type that you put the fish in but its a lot bigger than the Frabills.....its the red looking plastic one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Yea they sell them at bass pro, grizzyly jig and on B'n'M website. It's called a Slabmaster Crappie Saver. And "G" I have one of the frabil ones and I've had problems getting fish to slide all the way in it because the fish was too wide, lots of 11 1/2" fish wouldn't go all the way in.
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Yep, I have one myself. It's designed by Ronnie Capps. Gotta say it's awesome. Heck of alot better than Frabills.
I've got one and don't use it any more. It is so awkward trying to get a fish in the thing. They don't want to go in and usually flop like crazy and wind up on the floor with my hands bleeding. I use a golden rule now.
BRM , says the same thing... That's what he use's.
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X 2......and you get a better measurementQuote:
Originally Posted by ScottV
And, that's what the checkers use.
I use the golden rule as well but was wanting to look at something on one, thanks guys.
John......Sportsmans Warehouse in SouthHaven has them.
They got em in Grenada at Wally World.
They estimate age and was wantint use it for a reference in another thread. Some folks saying a crappie age life span is 4 to 5 years and everything I can find disputes this and the slabmaster does as well.
John...Everything that I have read and studied tells me that they reach maturity in two to three years and that the average life expectancy is 8 to 9 years.
That slabmaster things says a 13 inch fish is 5 to 6 years old, I was surprised at that.
It would be hard to determine age by the length.....too many variables involved. Fertility of the water, food source and supply, and average temps as well as length of growing season. All of these vary in differen't parts of the country and also fro one lake to the next etc.
Agreed, same thing with e weight too. 16 inch fish on Butle will out weigh a 16 inch fish in any of the other big four.
That's true in my experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
That's why I bought a Rapala Tournament Series touch screen culling scale.
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Oh yeah, I use a Golden Rule to measure. They are RIGHT!!!
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I was talking to a state biologist at Okatibbee and he was telling me that length per age differs from lake to lake. In other words crappie grow bigger and longer in less time at Grenada than they would at Okatibbee.
I agree, wish they would turn yall some more bait fish loose in that place. I do enjoy fishing it, should be back down in a couple of weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottV
A couple of years ago Okatibbee was way out of balance with an overpopulation of crappie. That was causing them not to grow off as fast and as big as they should. The biologist took the 10 inch slot off of the lake and nobody checks limits of fish, or they haven't checked mine anyway. Game wardens check everything but numbers of fish it seems. It is helping cause we can see the thickness of the crappie getting a lot better. I weighed one this spring that weighed 2.0. That's the first two pounder I've caught here in years. In the 1980s, Okatibbee was listed as one of the best crappie lakes in the state. Hopefully, better times are ahead.
I intend to help yall out some on those numbers, WSSM was back down there one day this last week but havent heard how they did.
Guess our spillway sucking some of ours out helps keep the numbers down here, come on rain, still need about 5 or 6 feet for me.
Funny you say that about butla, cause I had a game warden tell me if Fred Albright's record were to ever be beat if would be a butla fish that does it. He said he saw 6 fish taken from there last year that were real close to 5 pounds.
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I wouldnt be surprised at all Gator, they are some kinda thick!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gator_1
What is weird about butla is it seams to have lowest water for the longest time.
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A year or so ago, while fishing a tourney, Major and I caught one at Butla that wouldn't fit in the red B&M crappie checker. It was so wide, it looked like a football with fins. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Reckon as much as the spillway stays on up there that it keeps the smaller fesh sucked out leaving the bigger fesh more to eat? I dont know, just throwing mud on the wall to see what sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gator_1
And I wonder about all the cover available up stream in coldwater. If that has anything to do with it.
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You may be on to something with that cover up above concept
That exactly what I think. That is such fertile spawning areas and doesnt really get any fishing pressure!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gator_1
I dont have a clue but I do know that this aint a new developement. I fished it when I was a teenager a LONG time ago and the fesh were THICK then and it hasnt changed. Last year was the first time I had fished it in over 30 years.
It aint no fish up in that cover! :hatchet:
It seems to me that areas where there's a lot of agriculture have more fertile lakes. Maybe from the fertilizers.
You might be right about the fertilizer Scott. When I was a kid we use to sneek in the golf courses at night and catch some of the biggest bass I've ever seen. We always figured they grew bigger because of fertilizer run off. It makes more aquatic growth, which makes more food for bait fish.
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