Thread: KY Lake Big Sandy

Originally Posted by Northforker

I think that if we lighten up on stuffing our freezers full of fish and let them have a better spawn, there will be more crappie fry to compete with the carp fry for plankton and more 10" crappie to eat the carp fry. I'm going to Mississippi next week to catch some slabs with shoulders on them, they have them partially because they have a 12" min size limit and 15 fish per day. If anyone is fishing solely for their next meal, they are going about their next meal the hard way.

Our fish will never be like miss fish I don't believe.Unless you figure out a way to feed them miracle grow

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One thing I'm certain of, fillets from a 12" crappie make a better fish sandwich or fish taco than fillets from a 10" fish.

Originally Posted by Nutbush

I don’t like the carp anymore than anybody else, but I’m just not sure they are the main reason for the decline in size. I have fished Reelfoot more this year than I ever have, and that lake has those things just as bad. But, you can’t tell it by looking at the crappie size. Crappie in Reelfoot remind me of Mississippi fish, just not as big. So I don’t see how the carp can affect fish at ky lake and not reelfoot.


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There's big fish still,more area for them to roam.If you watched the ky forum there was some good fish caught.The clearing of the lake,carp,and fishing pressure has changed fishing.Sometimes you have to think outside of the box to catch them.From everyone I talk to last year everyone caught fish.Fall winter,and spring has been hit or miss though.

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Originally Posted by Nutbush

I don’t like the carp anymore than anybody else, but I’m just not sure they are the main reason for the decline in size. I have fished Reelfoot more this year than I ever have, and that lake has those things just as bad. But, you can’t tell it by looking at the crappie size. Crappie in Reelfoot remind me of Mississippi fish, just not as big. So I don’t see how the carp can affect fish at ky lake and not reelfoot.


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Nutbush what's tell length limit at reelfoot.

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No length just creel limit. Haha!! I see where you’re going!!


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Originally Posted by Northforker

One thing I'm certain of, fillets from a 12" crappie make a better fish sandwich or fish taco than fillets from a 10" fish.

I will agree to that,yumyum.One thing I'm gonna try to do is release the bigger fish this year until after the spawn,unless it's a wall hanger.Probally want help but that's what I'm gonna do.You can change the rules to one pole,3fish limit,no fishing during the spawn and I would still be fishing for crappie.Its just what I enjoy doing and being on the water of coarse.

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Originally Posted by Nutbush

No length just creel limit. Haha!! I see where you’re going!!


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What size is pickwick

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Originally Posted by blueball

What size is pickwick

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Now I’m not sure on that, I’m thinking 9??


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