Sounds like a lot of shorts to work through. I will certainly take a day of catching shorts over a day of few fish.
Today Doty and I took his boat to a lake we were told was over populated with small Black Crappie . Beautiful clear water and surrounding trees were in full fall colors . We found lots of fish on trees and most were small . Tried to scope them but it was a little windy . We used 1/8 oz purple/chartreuse Umbrella tubes and tried some small handties but caught all but one dink on tubes . Doty caught one 16'' White Crappie but thin . We caught 4 keeper Blacks and 3 Whites . But caught 4 more shorts and a small Bass . Still a great day even without loading the boat . I have been releasing fish last two trips and we were on a clean lake that biologist suggested to harvest so 7 was just right for a meal this week .
Sounds like a lot of shorts to work through. I will certainly take a day of catching shorts over a day of few fish.
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
I spent all summer pulling shorts out from under docks. I understand completely
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
If shorts are of abundance and there is not a length restriction, a person wanting to eat fish could go old school, scale them, decapitate them, fry whole. This method would not be much different than eating whole fried bluegill bream. This could help the over population issue. Just food for thought.
Welcome to the home of the, boat eating, trolling motor busting, prop bending, lower unit smashing, stump filled mud hole called Lake Conway.
Bullet 21xrd Merc 250 Pro xs. "If you think I won"t, Believe me I will"arkcrappie, sharphook LIKED above post
That should help boost the size and health of the fish
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass alongNIMROD LIKED above post
A healthy population of shorts will be a healthy population of eaters in a year or two
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along