I am talking small 5/6" crappie. I treasure my filets to. If the state says to get them out, I would rather use them for something. I did not explain my self at first, many thanks for the comments- ALL IS WELL.
Since getting into crappie last year, I can't imagine feeding them to catfish! But seem's to me it I was going to, filet's would probably work good but I think they would probably stay on the hook a lot better with the skin left on. I get to many of them next year and I just might try that!
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I am talking small 5/6" crappie. I treasure my filets to. If the state says to get them out, I would rather use them for something. I did not explain my self at first, many thanks for the comments- ALL IS WELL.
Trypman1 are you fishing Glenn Springs
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I use my carcasses from crappie and gills to set my crawfish traps or feed them to my chickens. I’d never in a million years use a whole crappie or fillets for bait. I catch all my catfish on cheese bait and have no need to use anything else. It’s kinda insulting in my opinion to suggest using crappie as bait .
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Happy Hooken.....
I don’t know the legalities of it but a guy was at our shop earlier today that was showing me pictures of 30+ lb channel cats that a friend of his was catching on crappie heads.
We caught a 35 lber a few weeks ago on crappie heads. I asked a game warden here in nc about using them. It is legal here he said if they are legal size and taken on hook and line. The problem with just the heads he said was proving they were legal size. He said he wouldn’t do anything but if I got stopped by the wrong warden it could be a problem. I still use them. I don’t keep any if they are not 10 or 11 inches so they should be able to tell they are big enough.
[QUOTE=Slab Slayen;3951200]I use my carcasses from crappie and gills to set my crawfish traps or feed them to my chickens. I’d never in a million years use a whole crappie or fillets for bait. I catch all my catfish on cheese bait and have no need to use anything else. It’s kinda insulting in my opinion to suggest using crappie for bait.
I don’t understand why it would seem insulting. I think anything we do with em that repurposes the carcasses is a good thing. Certainly beats dumping them in the lake by the ramp etc. Here are twin 37 pounders that hit heads back to back.
Ok I left out the word fillet in that last sentence. I think it would be insulting to use crappie fillets as bait or whole crappie for that matter. We all should absolutely be using carcasses in any way we can
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