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

As an out of stater I used to go to Weiss on a regular basis but I think it has really gone down the last couple of years. I think you should reduce the daily limit to 15 and see what happens in 4-5yrs. Our home lake is now what Weiss used to be and headed in a direction that might be better. we've had 15 long as I can remember. The quality is getting borderline off the charts. these fish are fatter every year and so many short fish which is good for the future.

Originally Posted by tenncrappie

As an out of stater I used to go to Weiss on a regular basis but I think it has really gone down the last couple of years. I think you should reduce the daily limit to 15 and see what happens in 4-5yrs. Our home lake is now what Weiss used to be and headed in a direction that might be better. we've had 15 long as I can remember. The quality is getting borderline off the charts. these fish are fatter every year and so many short fish which is good for the future.

Right,reduce the daily limit to 15 or 20 ,, We love Weiss lake and are out of staters to .20 good Crappie a day is all we keep 11" at that . 3to4 yrs see what happens .Hey in 5 days thats 100 Crappie .....

Probably wouldn't hurt to keep the stocking programs up.

Reduce the limit to 15. Increase the length from 10" to 12". Reduce the stocking of stripe bass and try to get them out of the lake. Can the elected officals work a deal with the state/fed dnr to try and reduce the number of fish eating birds that winter there. Also, get a full time game warden for the lake. I've seen several boats putting hand size crappie in the live well this year.

i have not fished Weiss yet but do fish Guntersville, if you reduce the limit to 15 or 20 and let the 10 inchers and some of the super slabs go it would be a big help, i have seen so many keep way to many and brag about it, i have heard stories that some people have two or three freezers full and still want more, start practicing selective harvest and the lake will get back to what it was

Reducing the limit to 15 sounds good . Striped Bass have not been stocked in the lake since the late 80's. I have fished Weiss lake all of my life i live in the area. The problem is the number of fish took out of the lake. Almost everyday you fish the lake you see boats keeping small fish and lots of them the lake will never be the same until you get enough Game Wardens to enforce the limit and size limit. Weiss lake sells more out of state fishing license than every other lake in Alabama combined. Simple numbers

We have got to get wardens on our lake! Folks are limiting out and dropping them off and coming back for more and also keeping small ones! No one is enforcing the law and people know it! I would like to see length and limits changed but believe we need to start with just enforcing laws and see what happens? Its not the folks out of state that are hurting weiss it's the locals that know the lake and wipe the spawning grounds out with over limits! Crappie must spawn to keep a lake producing and must be left alone until they are big enough to spawn before being harvested. Weiss is my home lake and I would love for my kids to enjoy it in the future as much as I have enjoyed it.

i have to agree with tenncrappie, reducing the limit would be a start