Anyone else having difficult time finding “keeper” fish? We fished Swamp Creek area Friday & Saturday, and ended up a little disappointed. Lots of small crappie, but very few over 10”.
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Anyone else having difficult time finding “keeper” fish? We fished Swamp Creek area Friday & Saturday, and ended up a little disappointed. Lots of small crappie, but very few over 10”.
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Anyone else have similar experience? Any general tips for the area? Thanks!
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Fished a tournament out of Paris landing Thursday and Friday. Didn’t get a bite Thursday. Caught 9 keepers Friday and probably 10 shorts. By keepers I mean had to squeeze the tail on all but 2.
We were 3rd and winner was 6-1/2# with 7 fish. They really need to consider changing the length limit up there to 11” or 12”. Fish look really pitiful.
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Fished that area Saturday. Caught over 30 shorts. Only 2 keepers. It will get better soon. The good fish are holding tight to 1 particular piece of structure. If you can find that 1 spot you can have some fun. I couldn't fish where I was marking good fish Saturday for the high winds.
Biologist laugh when people talk about a length change to 11-12 in.They say the fish don't grow here like they do in miss.A 3yr old fish in miss are around 12inches,a 3yr old here is around 10inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
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Yep quad Lee you nailed it.Not gonna say how many I caught but fished sat and Sunday and only had 3-5 throwbacks all weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadlee
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Imas too sick to fish. Killing me not to be out. I know where all the links are.
The lake is waiting to bust wide open imo... Just need about 3 or 4 days in a row of good stable weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueball
over 800 kayaks there this weekend for bass tournament. Good luck!
We'll be there all next week and I'm hoping for at least a couple days of good fishing.
Should be good,wish I was off next week[emoji22]good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. Crappie Stalker
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I'll be waitin' for you to tell me when it's right up there....for you to make good on your invite to me at the KY Shindig last Fall!:biggrin:popcornQuote:
Originally Posted by blueball
Anytime,fishing is always good,love being on the water
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Would love the size limit to be raised to 12"
Re-doing the carpet in my boat then I'm going out & hitting it hard when weather permits.
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
I'd love to be able to get out on the lake next week but I don't see it happening. My wife has a chemotherapy treatment on Monday morning and it takes a lot out of her so I'll be hanging out with her until she gets to feeling better.
If all goes well maybe I'll be able to get out later in the week but it's not a priority. Making sure she's okay is more important.
PrayersQuote:
Originally Posted by lowe rider
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Not what biologist recommend, they laugh when 11-12in length change is mentioned.That tells me it's not a good idea.If anything I bet it's better to release bigger fish around the spawn and let them do there thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
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Same thing a biologist told me. I love fishing Kentucky Lake, but it's not Grenada or Okeechobee. 10" seems like a good size limit to me..
If the size limit was raised to 12", the average size of fish would increase, more would spawn too.
The size should be 8.75. I could eat regularly then.
The size limit is not what any fisherman on both Ky and Barkley lakes needs to be worried about. We need to be very deeply concerned about the Asian Carp, and begin asking where the bottom of this problem is so that we can prepare for the worse because we are headed down a very scary road for our crappie and all of the native fish.
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Brian,you read my mind,I agree 100%.Biologist say like current to spawn,hope all this rain and current we just had don't make it worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandchaser
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I really feel like we are screwed.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandchaser
I think that if we lighten up on stuffing our freezers full of fish and let them have a better spawn, there will be more crappie fry to compete with the carp fry for plankton and more 10" crappie to eat the carp fry. I'm going to Mississippi next week to catch some slabs with shoulders on them, they have them partially because they have a 12" min size limit and 15 fish per day. If anyone is fishing solely for their next meal, they are going about their next meal the hard way.
I get to practice viewing a lot of big arches and big white dots on my sonar. The fish doctors have no answers and only feed us BS. This problem has been here for a long time and just getting worse. Illegal aliens they are.
I believe that your sadly mistaken on crappie fry battling it out when we truly don't know the true density or population of the Asian carp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
But, try this on for a moment. Under good conditions a single carp female can produce up to 1,000,000 eggs where an average female crappie can produce 40,000 eggs.
The Asian carp can have up to 3 spawns in a given year, so the shear numbers of carp vs the crappie is completely out of balance. This simple data out numbers your statement of fry vs fry for the food chain.
Also, the average crappie grows 3-4 inches in its first year, where the average Asian carp grows up to 18 inches in its first year.
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I disagree. The state biologists have done a multitude of studies on this topic. The primary reason for a 12" min. in Mississippi is because their growth rate exceeds their maturity rate. At 10" they haven't spawned yet, hence the increased size minimum. More fish does not guarantee a better spawn. There are too many other factors in play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
Yep, drought or not much rain fall is what they say contribute to bad years.The sad part is people who come to the meetings and see the creel data don't care anything about it.They only care if there catching fish or no.The lake clearing up and the carpet are changing where the fish are caught and how,just my opinion but I'm not a biologist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. Crappie Stalker
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I don’t like the carp anymore than anybody else, but I’m just not sure they are the main reason for the decline in size. I have fished Reelfoot more this year than I ever have, and that lake has those things just as bad. But, you can’t tell it by looking at the crappie size. Crappie in Reelfoot remind me of Mississippi fish, just not as big. So I don’t see how the carp can affect fish at ky lake and not reelfoot.
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Our fish will never be like miss fish I don't believe.Unless you figure out a way to feed them miracle grow[emoji2]Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
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One thing I'm certain of, fillets from a 12" crappie make a better fish sandwich or fish taco than fillets from a 10" fish.
There's big fish still,more area for them to roam.If you watched the ky forum there was some good fish caught.The clearing of the lake,carp,and fishing pressure has changed fishing.Sometimes you have to think outside of the box to catch them.From everyone I talk to last year everyone caught fish.Fall winter,and spring has been hit or miss though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutbush
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Nutbush what's tell length limit at reelfoot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutbush
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No length just creel limit. Haha!! I see where you’re going!!
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I will agree to that,yumyum.[emoji4]One thing I'm gonna try to do is release the bigger fish this year until after the spawn,unless it's a wall hanger.Probally want help but that's what I'm gonna do.You can change the rules to one pole,3fish limit,no fishing during the spawn and I would still be fishing for crappie.Its just what I enjoy doing and being on the water of coarse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
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What size is pickwick[emoji24]Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutbush
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Now I’m not sure on that, I’m thinking 9??Quote:
Originally Posted by blueball
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Yep,and from what I hear from friends fishing there the last two years have been awsome,lots of big fish caught.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutbush
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