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Hey Adam....
What are your thoughts on the current health of our beloved crappie? Seems it's been a pretty rough fall, and winter from what I am seeing.
Reason I'm asking is due to a recent trip to Lake D'arbonne in Louisiana, and the fishery was fantastic. The health and size of those fish reminded me on the Pre-Asian Carp days of years ago on our lakes. They are very fortunate to not have these fish in their lake.
I know you guys and gals are working on this problem but there is a very concerning correlation between the two that as a fisherman would like to know where the bottom is going to be and when we will see a slow climb upward again in overall fish health, weight and size.
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Count me as worried, too. At this late stage of the game, we are totally dependant on the state to come up with a workable solution.
It would be wonderful if the price per pound of these things would lure some big time commercial folks to hammer their numbers back!!
Also, just how different is the fishing now compared to 5-10 years ago? Have the crappie really dinked out??
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Another reason why I am asking. Saw that article this morning also.Originally Posted by BIGBADDAD
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The quality of the fish that I have seen over the last two years has been disappointing. I remember 30 years ago my dad used to fish a lot from Birdsong to Cuba Landing in Tennessee. They had contests to see who could catch the biggest crappie. I remember that you had to have over 2 lbs to win that contests. I can’t remember the last time I caught a 1.5 lb fish off of ky lake. The fish never seem to grow.
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Too LATE!
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Even if it works its too late. They are already all the way to Old Hickory on the Cumberland and at least as far up as Guntersville lock on the TN.
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Here's a chart that will make you cringe :
And if I'm not mistaken .... according to the light green patches, the invasion of the Tenn River has made it all the way to Watts Bar Lake, in E. Tenn. And it also appears that they are actually spawning in KY/ Barkley lakes, according to the pink shaded areas. And this map is dated APRIL 2013 !!!
Now there is some conflicting info from more recent articles, but most of the ones I read seem to be aimed more towards the Great Lakes .... and our "great" lakes are background noise in the main theme of those articles.
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I wonder how they got down in Florida?
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That map shows that they are in Lake Erie. I hadn't realized they had populated any of the Great Lakes at this point.
I still can't believe they were allowed to be brought into this country in the first place. I think I read once where our "experts" didn't think they could survive in our local rivers even if they did escape so didn't worry about it being a serious risk. Almost seems criminal what was allowed to happen, unintended or not.
