Thread: Controversial Post

Originally Posted by ibmack

In my opinion, anyone keeping more than 10 nice crappie is either greedy, or too fat from eating too much fried food, or maybe both . Catch all you want, but keep no more than 10 per day.

So your saying it's better for someone to fish seven days a week and keep 10 fish a day and let the working class that works 5-6 days a week and only gets to fish one day a week and keep 30?


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I have caught and released lots of times and even during the spawn, I have taken pictures of many big slab females and then let them go. I have no problems with people keeping what they want to keep and eat. I know several fishermen who only crappie fish during the spawn and they keep their limit of 30 per day for several days and stock their freezers because they don't fish any other time of year. I did speak with a guy out on the lake on Sunday who told me that he and his friends had caught "over 500 in the last two weeks" casting banks and he wondered why they weren't biting too well that day. They can't bite, they're in his freezer! That, to me, is too many and greedy.

With that being said, my dad and I went last Thursday and kept 40. We cleaned them, kept enough for supper for my parents and my family of 4, and gave the others away to friends. I don't consider that greedy, but some might.

What I do have a problem with is yo-yos and limb lines and people staying up all night and letting these contraptions do their fishing for them. BUT, everyone has a right to do what they want and as long as they do it legally, this is America and they should do as they wish and enjoy the great outdoors. GTT

I agree with an earlier post. Let the biologist decide what the limit is on lakes. They dont just randomly come up with a number for crappie limits. There are a certain number of fish a lake can carry and still maintain a healthy population. Crappie are very prolific spawners and every lake I fish in north Louisiana and south Arkansas are FULL of crappie. I have a very hard time believing that current limits will keep the next generation from enjoying our sport. I catch a lot, eat a lot and share with shut ins and senior citizens in my church. If I fill my truck and boat with gas ,spend money on license, tackle , boat launch etc , Im gonna keep what I catch. It is not always a limit, but when I do, I aint gonna feel bad about it. You want to keep 10 fish fine, but don't expect every one to agree . You are certainly entitled to your own opinion as we all are.

You are correct coolerful, AGFC biologists are responsible for setting creel limits and length limits and no offense taken. We are tasked with using the best data available and making an informed decision. There is a bunch of peer reviewed literature that indicates that minimum length limits have a greater impact on a fish population than creel limits. The state wide 30 crappie creel limit was a compromise amongst fisheries biologist a few years ago. The intent was to simplify regulations (this is a common complain from the public). The biologists in the south part of the state were not willing to reduce their creel limits, so it was decided that due to minimal impacts of increasing the creel limit in the northern half of the state, that it would be raised to 30 state wild. Here is a little data from creel surveys that we conducted in District 10. On Lake Conway 13% of the anglers caught a 20 fish limit. On Overcup 12% of the anglers caught a limit. On Harris Brake only 5% of the anglers caught a limit. The majority of anglers do not harvest a limit (by choice or lack of catching). Evaluating the impact of lowering or raising a creel limit on a species like crappie can be difficult. Rest assured that your local biologist are skilled and are monitoring your fish populations. Our goal is to maximize fisheries for the enjoyment of all types of anglers. If we observe a fish population that has a serious problem, we do our best to fix the issue. Sometimes this can be done with a regulation change and sometimes not much can be done. Mother nature can be tough to go to battle with.

Originally Posted by rzrbakhunter

So your saying it's better for someone to fish seven days a week and keep 10 fish a day and let the working class that works 5-6 days a week and only gets to fish one day a week and keep 30?


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Not really. I believe game and fish should set limits based on knowledge and research. Just figured my response would get a good debate going

Heck I'm 44 years young and have never caught a limit even when I was a yo-yo addict but I am from the dark side of bass fishing

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if i catch eight, i usually go home. i don't want to clean any more than that.

Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

I have caught and released lots of times and even during the spawn, I have taken pictures of many big slab females and then let them go. I have no problems with people keeping what they want to keep and eat. I know several fishermen who only crappie fish during the spawn and they keep their limit of 30 per day for several days and stock their freezers because they don't fish any other time of year. I did speak with a guy out on the lake on Sunday who told me that he and his friends had caught "over 500 in the last two weeks" casting banks and he wondered why they weren't biting too well that day. They can't bite, they're in his freezer! That, to me, is too many and greedy.

With that being said, my dad and I went last Thursday and kept 40. We cleaned them, kept enough for supper for my parents and my family of 4, and gave the others away to friends. I don't consider that greedy, but some might.

What I do have a problem with is yo-yos and limb lines and people staying up all night and letting these contraptions do their fishing for them. BUT, everyone has a right to do what they want and as long as they do it legally, this is America and they should do as they wish and enjoy the great outdoors. GTT

I live in Tennessee, fish Lake Chickamauga. I am told the lake has a good population of Crappie, both black and white, though I have never caught a limit which is 15 per person per day. The law also states that you can have no more than 2 limits (30) fish cleaned or other wise in your possession. That includes the freezer at your residence. Tennessees' WMA is solely funded by license sales, no federal tax dollars are taken.