Thread: Weiss Lake - What needs to be done to make it better ?

I'm afraid Guntersville is next on the over-fished list. I don't understand the lack of enforcement of the laws on the books. They could make enough money in fines to pay for 2-3 more wardens per county if they'd just enforce the laws already on the books. It doesn't matter if they reduce the limit or not if there's no LEO counting fish in livewells. I have been checked TWO times in my life and both of those were 30 years ago.

The possession limit of crappie is one days creel limit, unless that's changed. Last week on Weiss I saw boats from KY, TN, IL, OH, and GA. If the fishing had been normal for the week, reckon how many of those guys would have gone home with only 30 crappie per person? I'd take a stab and say not a single one. Most people don't even know that there is a possession limit.

I use to take a bream fishing trip to FL every year. Out of staters knew better than to keep over the possession limit. First time I went I saw a couple of GW's at a rest stop waiting on fillets to thaw out so they could be counted. And no that's not a joke, that really happened. FL will bust your tail if you poach their wildlife. If AL's laws had some teeth to them, there would be plenty of fish to go around.

Originally Posted by lowe175

I understand and I'm afraid a lot of lake have the same future. I can already see it happening on other lakes. Just 10y ago you could catch 100+ on Neely Henry . Now I have to run allover to get a good mess. Weiss already has the large size and it doesn't seem to help. The number of fish may help but I think there's plenty of fish but as soon as they move to a place where they can be fished for there in a cooler.we just have to keep adapting. the Alabama department of fish and game is doing a good job and will take measures when the time comes. They are trying to get the deer back to a good place but people don't want to report the game so what do they do if people don't want to help?

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Where do they want the deer? There are more deer in Cherokee county now than there are crappie

Coach they want people to report there dear harvest so they know how to manage the deer some places have a lot others not so much but people don't want to report it even tho it's the law.

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Glenn, I seldom hunt anymore but always buy a license. Last year I killed an old deer with a small rack just to get him out of the gene pool. It was a royal pain to report that deer. Maybe if they would make the process easier more would report their kills. But don't worry there are plenty of them. Turkeys too

Coach I agree with you. I was just comparing it to the fish. People want change but don't want to change what they are doing.

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Originally Posted by lowe175

Coach I agree with you. I was just comparing it to the fish. People want change but don't want to change what they are doing.

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Well said my friend!

It has to start with us, and report anything you see.


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Originally Posted by FurFlyin

I'm afraid Guntersville is next on the over-fished list. I don't understand the lack of enforcement of the laws on the books. They could make enough money in fines to pay for 2-3 more wardens per county if they'd just enforce the laws already on the books. It doesn't matter if they reduce the limit or not if there's no LEO counting fish in livewells. I have been checked TWO times in my life and both of those were 30 years ago.

The possession limit of crappie is one days creel limit, unless that's changed. Last week on Weiss I saw boats from KY, TN, IL, OH, and GA. If the fishing had been normal for the week, reckon how many of those guys would have gone home with only 30 crappie per person? I'd take a stab and say not a single one. Most people don't even know that there is a possession limit.

I use to take a bream fishing trip to FL every year. Out of staters knew better than to keep over the possession limit. First time I went I saw a couple of GW's at a rest stop waiting on fillets to thaw out so they could be counted. And no that's not a joke, that really happened. FL will bust your tail if you poach their wildlife. If AL's laws had some teeth to them, there would be plenty of fish to go around.

My guess would be like yours, if they checked every out of state fisherman as they crossed the Al state line headed home, most would be busted on the possession law, and my guess would be if they checked the freezers of all the good old Alabama home boys, most of them would be busted by the possession law. The possession laws applies to both out of state and instate law breakers..


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