Thread: Rend 11/4/17 (and question at the end)

I never keep the 5 unders that I'm allowed at Shelbyville unless someone with me wants them. I have 20 culling rings and 10 small clips. If we decide to keep 10 overs and 5 unders, I put out 10 culling rings and 5 small clips. the culling rings go on each over that goes in the live well and the small clips go on the unders. when The cull rings and small clips are gone we know we have 10 overs and 5 unders in the livewell. We each have our own rings and clips to ensure we only catch our own limit. It's fool proof

Ya clips and rings would be fool proof. By the time I could land a fish, unhook it and put it in the cooler yesterday I was blowing into the bank or 20 yards off the place I caught it. The added step of using rings would just add to that pain in the butt. But it is definitely a do-able, accurate method that I will consider. Thanks.
There isn't a lot of meat on a 9-10 inch crappie. But weren't the limits made that way to help manage the overall population? Would it not be better to keep the unders? Or is it just a way to keep a higher creel limit without harvesting as many bigger fish? Serious question, I don't know. I just started crappie fishing a few years ago.

I have a push button counter. I never kept any on over under lake. If I did I would probably use another counter and put colored tape on it to tell difference. Wind is bad on rend. I would have found a place out wind. One day I put the boat in at four different ramps there to avoid going out in the middle and getting stuck in wind. Fished each of the spots a while and trailered to the next

I use a double pitch counter. home= overs away= unders

Originally Posted by spec24

I use a double pitch counter. home= overs away= unders

I guess that is what I linked in the original post. Does yours resemble that one? For $8 I guess it seems reasonable.

Was at Rene today. Haven't been there in a few months. Was shocked to see my normal novermber spots sucked. Everything was little. Took 8-10 fish to even get a 9 incher. Water is way below normal levels for this time of year.

yes just like that.

Did you try fishing the bridge with the other 87 boats bumping into each other? Thats the best pattern this time of year. We use a cheap golf counter to keep track of fish.