Attachment 89510 This fish was 17" long. The scales wouldn't work. Weight?? She was full of eggs.:cheers2
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Attachment 89510 This fish was 17" long. The scales wouldn't work. Weight?? She was full of eggs.:cheers2
Where are the rest? That is a good one.:cheers2
Go over to his camp site and ask him where the other are at:witchingQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Nice fish for sure
Very nice!!!
Good fish. I woulda turned it back since it was full of eggs:biggrin
Or fileted it for supper:highfive
RCC , believe it or not we have too many small Crappie, so it helps to remove them big females.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
That's a good fish!!!
Great fish, lasebeam. You need longer arms.LOL
yea, we shuda give u some lessons in longarmin' while you was down South Laserbeam!!! 17 inches and full of eggs wudda gone 3+ easy on Washington....don't know how the girth is runnin up there but it should be pushin it fer shore! From what I've heard that's a mighty good fish for Nimrod!!!!!
Most fish don't carry much girth on Nimrod Lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by luvpt
Nice catch man
Good slab!! The big bream are really biting well in a couple feet of water.
Nice fish.
Big River Marine
Bill Burnett
870-635-0202
Good looking fish there sir!!!
Definitely keep some big ones but keep some of the small ones to. I have studied this phenomenon extensively with fisheries biologists, pro crappie fishermen, and small pond owners and they all concur that you better start taking some of the small ones out now or mother nature will take care of the overpopulation problem for you. All of a sudden the average size will decrease and the crappie will become stunted in their growth.
I keep several small 9" crappie every outing and strongly encourage every one to do the same. What good does it do to place all this good structure if you're not going to manage your fishery?
I don't claim to be an expert crappie fisherman, as a matter of fact I learn something new every time out. I feel that I could catch a decent bunch of crappie on any given day, at least on this lake, but I don't have to show up with 20 larger crappie just to prove something.
You'll see me cleaning a lot of smaller crappie and I really feel like I'm helping to insure that we have an awesome crappie fishery for years to come.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and this is just mine, so if you have a different feeling about this I'll be glad to listen.
I agree somewhat on thinning the population of lakes like Nimrod with high reproduction. You will lower #'s faster by taking out the big spawners. We can not catch enough little fish to make a difference with a limit of 20. Then again , I refuse to fillet those skinny little 9'' Crappie. Crappie really don't start fatting up here till they pass 10 to 11''. When catching 50 to 100 on the average per day why keep the dinks?
Nimrod, you have changed my mind. If you recall, I disagreed with you about this very subject. Now I can see where taking the larger spawners will reduce the numbers quicker. If you take out a limit of 9 inch fish you have removed a limit of fish. But, if you take out
1 large spawning female, you are taking out several thousand. Makes sense to me. Now this may now work on all lakes. On Nimrod, it makes perfect sense.