Saw this in last Friday's Demozette. Figured there would have been some comments and discussion posted by now. What do y'all think about the AG&F decision?
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Saw this in last Friday's Demozette. Figured there would have been some comments and discussion posted by now. What do y'all think about the AG&F decision?
Guess I missed it. Did see the duck hunting season. Sure am ready for it.
How about 20 fish statewide. If a guy can catch 20, he's had a pretty good day. Limit on ducks should be 30 per day though.
10 Inch on Conway is good...but I liked 25 as a state wide limit better. When will this go into effect? Anybody?
Did you post a pic, or an article from the newspaper? I can't see it on my computer.Quote:
Originally Posted by rmack
Goes into effect 1-1-15. It was in Friday paper at the end of the article about duck season.
Some lake will still have lower limits. Ie. beaver lake is still 15/day. Have to look at the lake specific regs
Some of you guys are going to have to borrow my 3/4 ton truck's tailgate............
These regulations were proposed this past year. I put a link in here for a state wide online survey, for everyone to voice there opinion and vote yes or no on the proposed regulations. The state wide 30 fish per day creel and the 10" minimum length limit had overwhelming public support (according to the online survey). I can look for the actual stats on the survey tomorrow if someone wants that info. The Commissioners voted them in a few weeks ago. Rmack is correct. The regs go into effect 1-1-15. I am in the processes of putting together information signs for all of the accesses around the lake. I won't bore y'all with my speel on the MLL again. I have explained it several times on here. The bottom line is that it should make a very good crappie fishery into an even better one. We shall see. Rest assured that I will be keeping a close eye on Lake Conway.
I'm for the 30- but the 10 inch deal will turn dink holes into dink ocean s. Biggest problem with crappie is overpopulation! My 2 cents.
My experience with MLL's is that whatever they are set at, the size right below that stacks up like crazy. Happened with bass on the River.
BUT...if it helps like Matt says it will, and he's a genius, then I'm all for it!!
The only new lake that the 10" MLL will affect is Lake Conway. A lot of people interpreted the question on the regulations survey to be that the regulation would be state wide. I could tell this by the comments people put on there. THIS IS NOT A STATE WIDE REGULATION.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackfish
Ah.
Well, I always strive to maintain a personal 6" MLL, myownfineself. :biggrin
Genius? Don't know about that. You are CRAZY Bill! Thanks for the confidence though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
Nice, I'm gonna need a bigger live well and freezer!
Oh wait I rarely ever catch 20 never mind :)
Why don't we change the regs to only 30 trips a year with as many as you can catch on those trips. Any size too. I like the 6" MLL tho. :)
Why don't you just fish 30 days and stick to selling boats!:twocents I want to fish atleast 150 days my self!:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
I surely would love to catch 30 crappie every time I go out, but I would not keep 30. Cleaning 30 crappie sound too much like WORK to me. I don't stockpile in the freezer, I like fresh fish. I usually keep 10 fish if I'm cooking for my family, 14 fish if my parents are coming over, 15 if mother-in-law is coming too. That is if they're good eaters. Scrapers are good too, but it would obviously take more of them, but I don't make a habit of keeping small ones unless I'm really fish hungry.
Limit has been 30 down here in south Arkansas all along and I can honestly say that I have not kept my limit of 30 fish ever. I wouldn't mind the 10" limit either.
Just my 2 cents. GTT
I have seen plenty of days where folks have had problems catching 10-10 inchers on Conway let alone 30...including myself.
I have almost 65,908 days of backlogged fishing days that I am due a larger limit than I caught. Thus, I suppose I can keep about 180 each future trip that I take. When I retired, I THOUGHT I'd go fishing 150 days a year. Hahaha. That's rich. I'd have to have 3 nubile slaves and 5 more IRA's to do that! But I go whenever I can, and I own 5 freezers, so....... I think I'm due.
Thanks D10. You bring facts to fiction. I live in the land of stunted crappie. My best reservoirs have giant bass that keep the pop. Down don't catch many but their good ones.
Will this affect the Millwood limit?
You only let your mother-in-law have 1. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GoTennTitans
You sure are sassy these days Gewber.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Any lake that already had a creel limit that deviated from the 20 or 30 will remain the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie ciller
Yep, and she's lucky to get that ONE! :). GTTQuote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
BWAHAHAHAHAHAQuote:
Originally Posted by GoTennTitans
you know I cant figure when 20 good fish is not enough,25 would would be better.the only problem here I can see would be you have some folks that can fish everyday and literally fish same hole everyday with a buddy and more of their friends that can fish somehow everyday.(makes it unfair to others who can only fish 1-2 times a week.i am in that category as well as a lot of my good customers) then hopefully they only get one limit per day,take a limit back and then go after another.ive seen it happen but not often here cause I don't condone or help anyone do that.I always discourage folks of not doing that and remind them its illegal ,have pissed off a couple of folks before .time will tell hopefully particular folks wont get too greedy. at the end fished could be thinned out quickly.
hoping we will have a better run here this fall than last 2 yrs
I think lakes like Dardanelle that has good fish , 20 is plenty . Then others like Nimrod it may help to remove 30 dinks making room to grow the rest. Only time will tell. :twocents
I think everyone should honor their own convictions as long as it stays with in the limits that are set. If you want to keep 15-20, do it. If you want to keep 30, do it. These biologist know what they are doing. I have a good friend who is a fisheries biologist and he knows more than I do. I am eat up with crappie fishing as much as anybody but I dont get to go much because of work. If I get lucky enough to find a limit when I do get to go , Im keeping a limit.