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I live in Benton , Ar .
Theres theses little lakes I fish around the house . There are some big crappie in theses waters , but theres theses nuts who think it's ok to keep 5 to 7 inch crappie . That makes me mad there just to lazy an ignorant to put the work in to catch some legal fish . People like that can kill a good body of water .
Apologies for the rant , it just ticks me off . Have a great day , an catch some SLABS ..
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In smaller waters, thinning out the small fish can improve forage for the rest, allowing them to grow bigger. Not sure if it applies to the situation you are speaking of, but there is a lot to consider when thinking about water body management.
IMHO, as long as they are respecting the legal limits & the lake has a healthy eco-system, keeping small fish will not hurt the lake at all. Voluntary releasing of larger females to reproduce is probably a better plan.
Our local reservoir had a 10” length restriction for many years, & during that time you had to catch & throwback a boatload of 8-9” fish in order to find a few keepers, and 1.5-2 lb fish were extremely rare trophies. Several years ago they finally removed the restrictions & ever since then the average size of the fish has steadily increased. I’m no longer surprised when I catch a fish in the 2 lb. range. On one outing last week I caught nothing under 11”.
If some people want to eat light, more power to them! LOL!
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Any body of water in our sate that’s less than 500 acres has no size limit ! Except for some of the state run lake!for the simple fact of over population is a problem because of all the small fish!
Only a few lakes in Arkansas have a min size limit . But as stated most small lakes and some bigger ones overpopulation can be a problem . I try not to keep any under 10'' and much bigger if fishing is good .
I will keep some ''Conway tens'' if they have enough meat to filet, but I try to harvest 10-13 inch crappie. I cleaned a 15'' 2 pounder last month and questioned myself afterwards. Small lakes are hard to balance for crappie, keeping the little guys may not be a bad thing.
What is “Conway tens”?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirty mike
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My dad likes "scrapers" much better than "slabs." Catch what bites and keep what you want to eat......that's how we do it.
Crappiebattie - do a quick search on post that I have done in the past. Sometime ago I wrote an article on why minimum length limits work and down work and why they are appropriate for some lakes and not others. This should help explain things. Thanks.
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https://i.etsystatic.com/11962113/d/....jpg?version=0couldn't find a ten
That’s funny! Old Conway Twitty! I’m pretty sure he meant a short fish from Lake Conway. I’m hoping that he wasn’t admitting to keeping short crappie from Lake Conway on this forum. Surely not, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmowerman43
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No one on this forum would do a thing like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by D10
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That's the problem these days, worry about your own business... they probably paid good money for the license and minners and can keep what they deem fit.
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What's a better thing to do right now when they're spawning.......keep 30 big female sows that are getting ready to lay their eggs OR keep 30 smaller fish and go have a scraper supper? I prefer taking pictures of biguns & turning them loose and keeping & eating the smaller ones.
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Originally Posted by D10
A 9 inch Crappie. Just to be clear, I don't keep illegal game or fish. But I have seen many 9 inch crappie on lake conway called a "ten".
I figured so Mike. I was just giving you a hard time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirty mike
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Need to have the G&F enforcement officers in the pool between Nov 1 and March 1 and the commission would make enough in "short" fines to fund the Agency for about three years, even after giving D10 a 15% raise each year!
15% raise!?Quote:
Originally Posted by ibmack
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well, that is what you deserve Matt ��