Release more crappie with eggs!

[Bird Watcher]

Common sense and observation.

But if you have data showing another species brings in more buck to the local economy, please share.

No, no, not at all. No point in me debating your conjecture with my conjecture. I just thought maybe you'd seen a study somewhere. Cheers.

[rangerman]

It doesn't matter where you go...up north you are generally hassled for keeping walleye and smallies. Problem is in certain areas you have problems finding eater size fish. And if I drop a wad of cash on a trip I want to bring some fish home to eat. Down south it's the green fish.

I grew up fishing table rock. Now deceased grandparents had a house there since the lake filled up. Ever since I was old enough, we kept limits of kentuckies to eat, so it has been 30 years. They ARE very good eating. I still look at it as everyone spends money on the sport and if it's legal it is their prerogative to keep it. If you don't like the fact someone keeps fish, fine, why doesn't one keep their comments to themselves as surely when a comment is made it just stirs the pot, especially when there is no reason for it. To much close mindedness.....and this thread would continue forever.

[dtrs5kprs]

No, no, not at all. No point in me debating your conjecture with my conjecture. I just thought maybe you'd seen a study somewhere. Cheers.

If you search you will find a PDF from USACE that reviews much of what you are looking for. Can't get it to link from my tablet. Little dated, back to 2004-2005 or so. Studied visitor use at TR, BSL, Norfork, and maybe Beaver, including reasons why they visited and economic impact of their visits.

[dtrs5kprs]

well ya I only fish table rock once a year. And the same few points in kimberling but ya if its a 15" bass or any other legal fish save catfish its getting knifed. Oddly enough they replenish themselves nicely. I wouldnt consider it to be fragile. Bass are highly adaptable and prolific.

That behavior is the absolute antithesis of selective harvest, which was really where the thread was going originally.

Jason...I wouldn't fault you at all for keeping one bass. I don't, and I don't think the dark spots are in any way detrimental to the gene pool, but that is a great example of selectively harvesting a fish.

[dtrs5kprs]

It doesn't matter where you go...up north you are generally hassled for keeping walleye and smallies. Problem is in certain areas you have problems finding eater size fish. And if I drop a wad of cash on a trip I want to bring some fish home to eat. Down south it's the green fish.

I grew up fishing table rock. Now deceased grandparents had a house there since the lake filled up. Ever since I was old enough, we kept limits of kentuckies to eat, so it has been 30 years. They ARE very good eating. I still look at it as everyone spends money on the sport and if it's legal it is their prerogative to keep it. If you don't like the fact someone keeps fish, fine, why doesn't one keep their comments to themselves as surely when a comment is made it just stirs the pot, especially when there is no reason for it. To much close mindedness.....and this thread would continue forever.

Imagine that...showing up as a tourist, slicing up some fish, and having the locals get upset. Shocking.

[Flysmallie]

Sure they all bring in money, and that is good for the businesses that deal in that kind of stuff.

My business would appreciate it if all of you would start having more automobile collisions. Nothing major, don't want anyone hurt and a totaled vehicle does nothing for me. Just some good whacks that require a body shop. Thanks for your help.

[dtrs5kprs]

Please don't misunderstand my point. I'm not suggesting that anyone keeping a bass for dinner is evil. Think I've made that clear. I'd prefer they didn't, I don't, and there are good reasons not to.

Just exercise a little self restraint instead of filling coolers full of fish to truck home. I grew up fishing some northern lakes where that was the norm, fish were meat and a cooler full was required to justify the trip. Killing every legal fish you catch is just an archaic way to treat our resources.

Thought it mostly applied to crappie down here, shocked to see folks are still doing that with bass.

[5bites]

Interesting, walleye were Native to the White River so why shouldn't efforts be put fourth to maintain them?

Native to a river that is now a bunch of lakes. That don't compute. If the river was restored then yes.

[5bites]

5bites, i remember when the eagle rock area and on up had the best crappie fishing on the entire lake. even after beaver was constructed, it was still that way, but when they started stocking trout below beaver, and they let all the cold water out to keep them alive, the crappie and bass population has been in a nose dive ever since. here is a prime situation where stocking could really benefit the fishery of the area.

and, just to add to the thread, i think i have already stated before that it sure would not hurt to not keep all your crappie and walleye. moderation in everything is good.

bo

This is very very interesting. So they are able to moderate what temp of water comes through or you mean it's a constant flow?

I do wish I could have seen the lake prior to beaver. Just because.

[dtrs5kprs]

This is very very interesting. So they are able to moderate what temp of water comes through or you mean it's a constant flow?

I do wish I could have seen the lake prior to beaver. Just because.

Think that is just a reference to the minimum flow deal for the trout areas. No doubt that has impacted the upper end.