Quote Originally Posted by doggone View Post
I remember about twenty years ago or so I heard about guy's long line trolling for crappie in the summer on Kentucky Lake. Man the buzz was guy's were slammin' BIG crappie ,in the middle of summer no less. I remember thinking , well that's pretty neat. But in the end...those crappies just won't be there later for the usual methods fishing in the fall,winter,and spring.

It's all pressure on populations.... everything that increases the catch rate per hour spent fishing. It's just common sense,and rudimentary math. Along with environmental and population impact. The history of man's ability to deplete a species is long and storied. We are the bipedal species with the large brains and opposable thumbs. And we use tools....remember?
This is said in jest...If we are so smart, I wish we could figure out how to control the following populations: coyotes, wild pigs, white perch, and spotted bass