Mdc needs to do some stocking

[Ellros]

3 hours ago, MoCarp said:

I talked to a Kansas biologist recently and they now have successfully use a measured application of rotenone to thin down gizzard shad with out harming other fish....I think a couple of lakes in Kansas use walleyes and hybrid stripers to keep white perch at bay.....its all about balance any fish population can get out of hand and needs adjusting to seek angler goals....

  They've done that at a number of metro lakes in NE.  Pawnee, Wehrspann and Louisville #2.  Branched Oak in NE has a catch and release policy on Flathead Cats and Wipers in order to have them for White Perch control.  Not that people follow that rule...

 

[Browning Guy]

Bass Tournaments - 2 or MAYBE 3 bass weigh-in per team.

Large mouth slot length limit? or increase to 17" every odd year.

Crappie - enforce the 10" length limit or increase it to 12" every odd year.  Have game cam photos/videos from the dock showing crappie being thrown in live wells that CANNOT be 10".

I can't remember the last time a game warden stopped me to check live wells. Catch & release for us generally, but if a Walleye or decent crappie come along we keep JUST ENOUGH to have a fish fry for our family of four once or twice per year.

More and more consistent game checks on the water and at the entrance of the parks as folks are leaving.  No offense to residents on TR, but in the 80's there were folks that lived in Buttermilk that if it had gills it went in the grease.  Size limit? We don't need no stinking size limit! was the attitude. With all of the work of "catch n release" there's just as many that take more than needed.  

The excuse not to enforce or be more involved in building a fishery...... not enough money.

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, BrowningCollector.com said:

Bass Tournaments - 2 or MAYBE 3 bass weigh-in per team.

Large mouth slot length limit? or increase to 17" every odd year.

Crappie - enforce the 10" length limit or increase it to 12" every odd year.  Have game cam photos/videos from the dock showing crappie being thrown in live wells that CANNOT be 10".

I can't remember the last time a game warden stopped me to check live wells. Catch & release for us generally, but if a Walleye or decent crappie come along we keep JUST ENOUGH to have a fish fry for our family of four once or twice per year.

More and more consistent game checks on the water and at the entrance of the parks as folks are leaving.  No offense to residents on TR, but in the 80's there were folks that lived in Buttermilk that if it had gills it went in the grease.  Size limit? We don't need no stinking size limit! was the attitude. With all of the work of "catch n release" there's just as many that take more than needed.  

The excuse not to enforce or be more involved in building a fishery...... not enough money.

the meat fishermen mentality destroys great fishing, winning hearts and minds over time is the only way....only takes a few game hogs to trash a place, everyone knows someone who ignores limits 30 crappie in the freezer..thats it..all you can have....yet we see people on TR limit out every day sometimes for a week in the spring.....it can be said some even barter fish...I personally have been asked to trade some fish before..( I always tell they Ill take them fishing)....once saw 2 local guys at Stockton loading an IceChest with walleyes dozens of them....reported it..but saw the guys again 2 days later i'd bet if they caught them they did it again....what is the answer???? I wish I knew

[terryj1024]

20 hours ago, BrowningCollector.com said:

Bass Tournaments - 2 or MAYBE 3 bass weigh-in per team.

Large mouth slot length limit? or increase to 17" every odd year.

Crappie - enforce the 10" length limit or increase it to 12" every odd year.  Have game cam photos/videos from the dock showing crappie being thrown in live wells that CANNOT be 10".

I can't remember the last time a game warden stopped me to check live wells. Catch & release for us generally, but if a Walleye or decent crappie come along we keep JUST ENOUGH to have a fish fry for our family of four once or twice per year.

More and more consistent game checks on the water and at the entrance of the parks as folks are leaving.  No offense to residents on TR, but in the 80's there were folks that lived in Buttermilk that if it had gills it went in the grease.  Size limit? We don't need no stinking size limit! was the attitude. With all of the work of "catch n release" there's just as many that take more than needed.  

The excuse not to enforce or be more involved in building a fishery...... not enough money.

I totally agree we need changes maybe only 10 per day instead of 15 on Table Rock or maybe 11 in instead of 10 in or maybe no fishing in the spring to let them spawn

[terryj1024]

17 hours ago, MoCarp said:

the meat fishermen mentality destroys great fishing, winning hearts and minds over time is the only way....only takes a few game hogs to trash a place, everyone knows someone who ignores limits 30 crappie in the freezer..thats it..all you can have....yet we see people on TR limit out every day sometimes for a week in the spring.....it can be said some even barter fish...I personally have been asked to trade some fish before..( I always tell they Ill take them fishing)....once saw 2 local guys at Stockton loading an IceChest with walleyes dozens of them....reported it..but saw the guys again 2 days later i'd bet if they caught them they did it again....what is the answer???? I wish I knew

That's crazy mo carp about the cooler full of walleye when I fish Stockton I get checked kind of regularly don't mind at all but when I fish Table Rock I can't remember the last time I got checked

[Champ188]

A sizable but not huge group of bass anglers were able to bring about a number of changes back in the 90s in Arkansas by getting the AGFC to sit down and discuss our concerns and wishes. Three things that I remember well getting done were supplemental stocking of smallmouth bass into Lake Ouachita, fewer stripers stocked into Lake Ouachita, and stiffer regulations for spearfishing, which is extremely popular on Ouachita because of its incredible water clarity.

If the MDC would be willing to come to the table (pun intended) in a public forum about our Table Rock concerns, perhaps we could get their attention. But for individuals to write letters and make phone calls, it's too easy to toss those into file 13 or forget what was said as soon as the receiver goes back in the cradle.