Thread: How Many Are We Taking Out?

Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers there crappiehoarder just commenting my opinion on a thread...

I personal like running my spider rig an I do double rig each rod. An on Chickamuaga the limit is 15 10" crappie so personal what does it matter that I might catch mine slightly faster than someone with fewer rods. A limit to me is a limit. Plus I only keep fish that will be eat. An once the freezer is packed I catch an release. I have cleaned 150 crappie in the last 10 days an released 4xs that many shorts. An 1/2 that will be nice sizes keepers by fall. So I believe the rod limit is over rated. Even though my last limit was done with two people two rods the we're biting to fast an bout couldn't keep up.
Love what the Twra has done with his lake. Miles above the lakes I fish in middle ga that have a limit of 30 an no sizes. Dink city. So I hope the chick stays the course. My 2cents

My opinion on it is that i Don't feel there should be a pole limit per say. I could agree on the 2 hooks per line though. I have ZERO ill will towards guides I would actually love to be a guide one day when I'm older but when I see limit after limit being brought in it just automatically triggers some concern. I do understand most all of these guides put out their own brush and do a fantastic job creating habitat and near perfect living conditions for these fish which i am VERY grateful to see. Maybe I'm just underestimating the population as a whole which brings the concern to me. Im 100% on board with the 10" length limit on my home lake. Do i think 30 is a little overkill? a little bit..... I also think the introduction to stocking the Hybrid Stripe/Rockfish was part to blame also. I'm just throwing some ideas around. I remember watching an interview with Harold Morgan a while back thats on Youtube and he was a big part in the regulations we have today because of how many fish were being taken out on a daily basis. I appreciate everyones responses. i like hearing what everyone is thinking.

My opinion on the matter is this. I don't feel that there should be a rod limit. Fishing is fishing, so whatever your method of choice so be it. I would like to see the creel limit lowered and a length limit put in place at reelfoot. I fish the foot religiously. Granted I don't catch a whole lot of short fish, I'm sure some people do. When you keep a fish under 10 inches, think of how many fish you've actually killed. How many fry could that fish help produce? I'll never see a huge impact on the crappie population as long as I live, but I'd like to insure my kids or grandchildren could fish the same waters as me and have the same experience.

i wouldnt mind them going to a 12/12 on chicamauga. but the rod limit in the earlier post, i dont understand, two poles with 2 hooks max, what about 4 poles with single baits, its the same number. and i dont think the 4 pole max per boat would work. what about a pontoon boat with 5 ,6,or 7 people.

the nets i totally agree with i have saw guys netting in the crappie spawning areas on the hiwassee and they throw noithing back.

I remember when there was no size limit or creel limit in Reelfoot. I also remember Tennessee having a 3 pole limit and crappie being commercially harvested on Reelfoot. Pole limits, in my opinion, are to deter fishermen, not to restrict harvest. We caught a lot if fish on Reelfoot when all of the above stated was going on, but most of them were 8-10". There's better fish on Reelfoot now than then.
I personally think there is a problem on Reelfoot. It is probably a cyclical low, but seems to me the fish population is down some. Hopefully there will be a good spawn this year. With the spawn most likely being late, maybe more females will get those eggs layed

Ran into a huge unmarked gill net last year while trolling in Harrison Bay on the Chick. Luckily I was using braid and was able to pull the net up to retrieve my lurers. They are only keeping catfish and throwing the rest back but unfortunently most of those fish were already dead or dying. I ripped their net up pretty good to get my cranks out. Maybe if they had properly marked it I would've avoided it. Catfish are farm raised- there's no need to take them out of any lake using gill nets. That kind of fishing needs to be outlawed.