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Shine started a very good thread on the future of our crappie fishing with alot of people replying to it with idea's and concerns.I would encourage everybody to contact the person that manages these lakes and voice your opinons to him.Contact wildlife bioligist Chris Nelson at 770-918-6418.Maybe if enough of us get involved we can make a difference to preserve what we enjoy.If he is not in leave a message.
Thanks for the contact number. I tried to do my part yesterday at oconee. Caught probably 2 dozen or so throughout the day and only came home with 5. If they were less than 10 inches they went back in the lake. If you look at a lot of the other lakes in other states with lots of big slabs most of them have a 10inch slot size limit. If I'm not mistake the so called crappie capital of the world lake weiss in alabama still has or use to have a 10inch minimum.
If I am not mistaken, Grenada in Mississippi has a 12 inch limit.
I don't keep none ! !
It just breaks my heart to watch another sentient being suffer ....................................
Thanks. Will be calling him again soon. Been looking at the fish I have been catching lately and starting to think I need to change my personal limit to a certain length vs. a certain weight. Spring fish will weigh more at a certain length then they will later in the year. More to think about.Quote:
Originally Posted by striperking
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Happy Hour at VFW???????:scratchhead:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
Chris Nelson's email is: [email protected]
Maybe it has not changed.
im pretty sure what they call the big three including weiss the limit is 12". i would love to see a 10" limit put on all lakes in georgiaQuote:
Originally Posted by mtnman
I'm glad there are people that agree with me. Honestly guys 10 inch isn't that hard to come by. One I caught yesterday I could've sworn wouldn't be 10. It was 11.5 but it only weighed about a half pound. It was just thin bodied and not as tall as it was long like some slabs look like. I'm gonna shoot this guy an email.
One example of needing a 10" limit is one night last summer my wife and I were tied up in the stumps down by the dam at oconee fishing under lights. Well here comes this guy and his buddy in a boat and they tie up 50yds from us. Had the whole place lit up with colemans. They fished a few hours and left with a cooler full. Was catching fish every time we dropped a minner down. But not once did I see him throw a fish back. All went in the cooler and all were about 8 inch fish or less. The wife and I caught a bunch ourselves but I threw them all back. Heck by time you cut the head off there's not much left to eat.
Even a 10 inch fish isn't a good fish to fillet, but it is a good fish if you fry it whole, that's why I try to stick with 12+ inch fish..Those 12+ inchers are excellent fillets and fillets are all we want to eat. Big fillets don't seem to taste as good fried up as smaller fillets, but if you cut those larger fillets into smaller strips, they fry up perfect....Just my :twocents
I don't know if a size limit will work on some of our lakes,because of the life span but reducing the limit sure would help.Hope everybody emails or calls this guy.
Those of us on the forum can only make a small dent in our problem,thats why we need to hammer the state to change these rules so everybody has to abide by them.South Carolina changed there rules this year to 20 per person and a 10 inch size limit.And other states have also.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnman
I agree. 10inch may not work on all lakes. I only care for filets myself. I guess I am a sissy but I don't care to pick through bones. I like to take a bite and enjoy it. Lol! Even if we didn't do a 10inch limit I'm game for reducing overall limit to 20 as well. Leaves 10 more fish to grow and have a chance. Even if we went to 10" limit those that like whole fryers still have an opportunity to keep 10 or 11" fish to enjoy whole while at the same time helping those that enjoy filets.
if you like picking bones just don`t filey. my aunt would rather have the backbon evewn if you did filey.bone in any meat makes a better tast to me . i throw back small ones . becouse my wife will not clean them .:biggrin
she wilnot clean the big ones either nonono
Tennessee has a 10 inch limit and 15 count...................
there aren't enough wardens to enforce if it was to go. the only people that it would effect are those of us that follow the rules to begin with, and from what it sounds like we all already have self imposed limits. its a great idea but i feel it will have no effect on the future.
That is true but there are a lot more law abiding fishermen than just the ones on this forum. I tend to over think things so here is my equation... if 50 people on a lake kept 20 fish instead of 30 just one time that leaves 500 extra fish in the lake. If those 500 happen to be females and lay eggs and 1000 of those eggs per female survive mother nature and predators and grow into fish then in 1 year you just added 500,000 crappie in that lake. Even if the number was only 50,000 you will have more odds of catching fish. Maybe i am overthinking this. Haha! In 5 yr thats 250,000. In oconee that would be 13 more fish per acre in 5 years. Thats how i try to look at things.
This is the truth...its been years since I have been checked by the Georgia DNR on the water or in the woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by EricP
True. West Point is the only lake I have been checked on it has always been at a ramp. Rules are useless unless enforced. We have to face the fact that fish and game are not important to those making OUR choices in Atlanta. Sad but those same folks are making a lot of other choices I don't agree with supposedly on my behalf. Anyways, I will continue to speak up and out regardless of being ignored. Word of warning to anyone selling crappie: better find another fish to sell! Homey don't play dat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch
I have only been checked once in the last 30 trips and that was at oconee last spring. Checked for license, life vest, fire extinguisher and he asked how many fish I had caught. Didn't check my livewell. Of course there was only like 2 in there. Now every year on the dove field is a different story. They always checking people where we shoot. Probably because its a public field.
As long as we have poachers keeping 3x the legal limit for crappie in a single day's fishing our lakes are going to continue to go downhill.