Umm . . . .. since you put yourself out there, I just have to ask this question . . . . . if you think of crappie in the context of a pet, why do you fish for them? I don't throw extremely sharp objects for my dogs to fetch so that I can pick them up and pull said sharp object out of their lips or the roof of their mouths. You said that you catch hundreds of fish a year . . . about how much "unnecessary pain" do you think you cause. I would like to believe that the vast majority of members of this site are responsible fishermen/women and are consuming the fish they catch or providing good eating to those who cannot fish.
Vonna
Yes, I fish like a girl. If you tried a little harder, you could too!!