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Until the turtles find it.
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Im pretty sure this guy was the culprit. Also on a yo-yo
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There were three more that had fish hanging, but this one was the biggest. 15 3/4" and 2.1 lbs. with all the guts and eggs eaten out of it. I will let you guess where it was.
Cut all of them u see!
would have cut em off and left em in the lake
Smh. They should be ashamed of themselves. Hope they never catch another crappie.
Lets just say fishing is about to get real expensive for this feller if he wants to keep running em like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Greg
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Makes me sick.
at $2 a yo-yo (last I checked) I guess he has money to burn since he was leaving them out that long, huh?
Wish I had that kinda dough.
Not very sportsman like for sure. Hate to see that
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Originally Posted by coolerfull
Chris - were these yo-yos properly labeled?
No. Some had a name, most had nothing. It was 4:30 in the afternoon when I pulled up on them, and the fish had likely been there all day and night.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
FYI Matt, I did not cut these yo-yos. I was just jigging the trees and they fell right into my boat. Throwing them in the lake would have been considered littering. We cant have that, now can we. :biggrin
Give ya .50 cents each for em', wouldnt want them to clutter up your boat!:biggrin
Hate to see that happen. Lake I live on keeps the turtles well fed with unattended yo-yos, none labeled. Each one I come to I trip, hate seeing fish go to waste.
I fish with yo yo's sometimes, mostly for cats but do it for crappie some too. I dont understand what is so hard about proper ID and staying out there with them. I usally put them out right before dark and pole fish close to them. I hear them go off. After a few goes off I run them. Around 1am I pull them and head back home. Not hard at all.
Could even be more expensive if the wardens would enforce the regs.Quote:
Originally Posted by LMBarnett
i wouldnt sell them for $10 a piece , ill bring the shotgun saturday and we can shoot em like skeet, make sure they never kill another fish !!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by arcountryboy
Sounds like fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Greg
The problem wasn't with the yo-yos the problem was the person using them like countryboy says if you follow the rules and stay within sight and sound of them then you don't end up wasting fish like that
The biggest problem comes from mainly folks that live by the lake. They think just because they live by the lake they can just leave their unmarked YoYo's and limb lines up 24-7 for the rest of us to haft to fish around. I know a couple of these knuckle heads and would be happy to take a game warden right to the spot's where its going on.
Said it before, say it again. It's an enforcement problem. And I know, that's a money problem. Personally, I'd like to see one less AGFC visitor center and a bunch more enforcement folks, especially where this is a chronic problem, like Lake Conway! Just my :twocents.
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Originally Posted by CrappiePro
No comment...
I guess my question is what is the rules about removing yo-yo, trot lines etc.
I have pulled old old lines, but I worry that a warden watching from the brush or checking my boat, might think the yo-yo or lines are mine.
I would hate to get a ticket for having un-label, un-attended equipment in my boat that was not mine
What a shame!!! The guy that set them without going back should have his license revoked for life. I hate those dang things for crappie.
We just don't have the manpower to catch all the thugs. It's up to us the REAL fishermen to police ourselves, and report these guys.
While we're on the subject, look what I found at Reelfoot today:
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Stunk to high Heaven. I don't think you couldda squeezed another catfish in there with KY Jelly.
What is that?
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Originally Posted by Eatmorecrappie
That appears to be a slat trap to me.
yep. its a box trap 110% full of decomposing catfish.
Is it a slat trap or a live box that someone has lost?
CMJ and I have talk about this the other day. I been out and see the same fish hanging day after day. I believe is show the dysfunction of our AG&F. We'll make another law but will not in force what we have now. If they get out of there trucks and off the 4 wheeler, I bet they fine some law breaker. Only time I every seen a warden in the water is at the red river looking for the striped carp fisherman's. I'm no trying to be disrespectful to you Matt for your hard work on conway. But your warden suck on conway.
Gindog , remind me to never fish with you on Conway cause I don't need a ticket from a PO 'ed warden. :yikes:Rofl
I've fished lake Conway all my life. I have never seen a game warden in a boat on the lake!
Lol Bob! Let me say this, I think that the previous wardens were up there in age and had gotten a little lax in this area. The new wardens are a couple of new/young guys and have a little more to prove. They proved that they were willing to act when they were given a tip, (not by me) about some illegal snagging at the 89 Bridge. Several tickets were written and the problem was stopped, for a moment anyway. I think that we can accomplish a lot more with these guys if we work with them instead of bashing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gindog
Ive seen plenty of Warden's on the Lake over the years. LOL don't give up Gin keep coming. I am sure you will get to see one. Ohh ya make sure you print off a copy of your above post and carry it with ya to give to him so you can tell him how ya feel. LMBO
Printer just run out of ink :biggrin I'll stand on my words and be glad to let them know who I am.
If I break the law give me a ticket and I'll try to do better next time. But when I go to conway day after day and you see the same yo-yo/line with the same fish hanging on them someone not doing there part. I never see a fish with a cell phone making a call to warden. I have called and talk to the lovely lady and come back the next day and the same fish still there. Someone did not do there job. I did all I can do other then cutting them down witch is unlawful for me to do right.
Russ how often do you see a officer on the water in conway? I have never seen one, I only seen one in 4 years at a boat ramp. Maybe I'm at the lucky ramp
Saw some about a month ago loading up at pierce creek. Its been awhile since I been checked on the lake...but I do know this... they are really good about coming out of nowhere and getting you and will man handle you until they are done with ya. It was not a pleasant experience...they play no games. Be careful what you wish for.
Kinda gotta give a pass on enforcement right now. It has been turkey time and fishing time and they can't be everywhere. I imagine they are doing as much as they can. The AGFC can't do it all themselves even at times when multiple season aren't open. It is up to us as sportsmen to make it hard on the violators by reporting flagrant acts of violation. I have been checked many times, mostly while duck/goose hunting and a couple times while fishing and I don't have any desire to be checked ever again just for the simple fear of not having dotted every i and crossed every t. Since I started going to Lake Conway in 1983 I have seen a giant step in the right direction. When you turned on the road leading to Paradise landing, just over the interstate, there is a big cove. That cove would be a maze of yo yo's I'm guessing by the hundreds hung on boards nailed in a T and then attached to stumps or trees. I don't remember seeing this anytime recently. Hopefully progress will continue to be made to ensure that all legal methods of fishing are done in a "legal" manner. What I mean by this is that what is supposed to be tagged needs to be tagged and what is supposed to be kept in sight needs to be kept in sight. It is a possibility that some yo yo's, trot lines, or limb lines can be misplaced if they are placed in an unfamiliar area. In this day, if a person is fishing in on an unknown lake with several yo yo's, a gps could help ensure that all equipment is found and removed when it is no longer being used.
Just this past year during duck season, I was cutting limb lines, trot lines, and yo yo's that had been placed in the spring and never removed. Many of these were tied to trees on our private property that often is flooded during spring, but dries out in the summer. This is a hazard to people and animals,wild and domestic, both boating and on foot, who happen upon these. Please, if you do fish with something you can leave out over night, be sure you remember where you put it, and remove it when you are through fishing.
Let's all do our part to try to make our hunting and fishing better.
Nothing more dangerous than motoring on a lake that water levels fluctuate wildly like flood control COE lakes. Folks leave yoyos , limblines and trotlines hanging real often and hooks can be eye level!:yikes
I have nothing against yoyos when fished properly, but I hate to see wasted fish dangling on a line though. I say report them and/ or cut them down. You cut enough down at $2 a piece eventually it will hit them where it hurts.
Just be careful what you ask for I have been checked by some very professional GW's, but I would hate to know there was a GW behind every tree on Conway looking to write tickets. If you have actually seen their copy of the regs you would understand that they could find you in violation of something at any point in time. Their book looks like a dictionary and ours will fit in a back pocket.