Crappie Limit

[Chief Grey Bear]

You seem to have a lot of free time. Why don't you job shadow him for a week. 

Let us know what is really going on. 

[fishinwrench]

9 minutes ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

You seem to have a lot of free time. Why don't you job shadow him for a week. 

Let us know what is really going on. 

I have time to do it but I'm not doing it for free.  Send me a down payment equal to 1/2 his weekly wage (benefits included) and I'll arrange it.   

Seriously though, if he had anything more important to do wouldn't he be doing it, and composing articles about that ?

[fishinwrench]

• From 1980-89, the average length of harvested crappie was 8.3 inches which included a high percentage of age 2 and even 1 year old fish.

• 50% to 60% of the adult crappie population was being harvested annually.

In summary, high angler harvest of young crappie was preventing a quality fishery from developing. By protecting these fast-growing young fish for an additional year or two, we have developed the quality crappie fishery that we all enjoy today.

This is really gonna piss Chief off, but I was here pre '89 (Stoner wasn't BTW) and I sure dont remember having any trouble catching good sized crappie.  I'd have to say it was about the same as it is today, if not oftentimes better.  

50-60% of adult crappie were harvested annually?   Really?  How the heck could they even know that?   I'd guess closer to 5% since for the most part nobody seriously crappie fished except for March thru May back then, and maybe a tiny TINY bit during Oct-Nov.    Hard core year 'round crappie fishing didn't really take off until the late '90s as I recall.

[BilletHead]

Am I going to have to send you two to the ice shanty for a time out . Sort things out in a beer summit? I mean iced tea summit ! 

  Carry on gentlemen,

BilletHead

[Chief Grey Bear]

12 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

 

This is really gonna piss Chief off, but I was here pre '89 (Stoner wasn't BTW) and I sure dont remember having any trouble catching good sized crappie.  I'd have to say it was about the same as it is today, if not oftentimes better.  

50-60% of adult crappie were harvested annually?   Really?  How the heck could they even know that?   I'd guess closer to 5% since for the most part nobody seriously crappie fished except for March thru May back then, and maybe a tiny TINY bit during Oct-Nov.    Hard core year 'round crappie fishing didn't really take off until the late '90s as I recall.

How do arrive at your 5%? 

Doughnut shop surveys?

[fishinwrench]

It was a guess.  You're reading too fast.

[Chief Grey Bear]

You must have some criteria to arrive at that figure. Otherwise how can you completely disregard his?

 

[Old plug]

There are only a few types of crappie fisherman who bring this stuff up with the the fisheries bioligest. People who are not good crappie fishermen those who want all the good fishing handed to them and some summer people. Unfortunatly a lot of the latter have no respect for the lake are the people who live here in any way shape or fashion. 

I have a lage community dock near me that has a well built crappie bed under it. I can remember fishing for bass about 75 ft from that dock and watching some guy raise a rope stringer of small crappie about 6 ft long. There must have been over 100 crappie on that stringer. Since they were all dead he just dumped them all back in the water. There were dead crappie everywhere. They were summer people. 

I read the story Chief. The way I read it he is not going to do anything.  More than likely the newspaper might have called them and ask for something. 

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2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Enough bags of freezer burned crappie get tossed or fed to the cats already.  Everyone stockpiles more than they can truly eat and possession limits are grossly ignored

Tru dat!

Pete

[Chief Grey Bear]

15 minutes ago, Old plug said:

There are only a few types of crappie fisherman who bring this stuff up with the the fisheries bioligest. People who are not good crappie fishermen those who want all the good fishing handed to them and some summer people. Unfortunatly a lot of the latter have no respect for the lake are the people who live here in any way shape or fashion. 

I have a lage community dock near me that has a well built crappie bed under it. I can remember fishing for bass about 75 ft from that dock and watching some guy raise a rope stringer of small crappie about 6 ft long. There must have been over 100 crappie on that stringer. Since they were all dead he just dumped them all back in the water. There were dead crappie everywhere. They were summer people. 

I read the story Chief. The way I read it he is not going to do anything.  More than likely the newspaper might have called them and ask for something. 

I've always been a proponent of a 12" LL. Used to a time when nobody kept one under that. And those are the days wrench is talking about. That all changed in the 80's. So they put a length limit on them and dropped the daily limit to 15. If they hadn't there wouldn't be any left. 

Most articles information comes from the phone or email. Most are skeptical of the phone interview unless it's someone they have delt with before. Too many have been burnt with no way to back up what was really said.