Thread: Propsed limit change on big 4

Any thoughts on dropping from 15 to 10 crappie on big 4? Not sure if I will make the drive for 10 crappie. I'll be looking for other options. Maybe this will produce the desired results they want. How about new proposed pole limit of 3 per person?. I dont think we can say we didnt see this coming. I do believe we will start seeing the effects of forward- facing sonar with the next couple years.

Does it really matter what is legal ? Dropping from 30 to 25 to 15 , has it mattered ? No. Only requires outlaws to make more trips per day home . They can make it one per day and it must be swimming west, it does not matter . All this mess about number of poles , this length on this lake , this length below the outlet . All is Garbage . We have no enforcement . To prove my point this past Wednesday I fished the opening of Elvis Presley lake . Slot length was 16-22 inches . We threw back 8-10 in slot . kept 3 . went home with 13 bluegill and 3 bass . While on the water a warden pulls up and checks our fish . He says one of those looks to be over 16 to him . I told him , check it . He says "very close " . My response to him was a half inch was not close to me . They leave and we fish on . On the way home I called a friend to see how he did . Turns out dude that complained about our one 15.5 had no problem with them having 12 in the slot ! There were wardens everywhere . He even was checked again leaving and the warden spoke up that he had already checked friends fish . My friend fishes lamar Bruce often where the slot is 18-24 was where he went wrong . The issue to me and has been forever is simply enforcement . Mississippi has sold out the little guy. Back in the day they cussed multiple fishing , now they want to go one pole . The deal is if you want numbers instead of buying poles ect , buy livescope . When they fail to enforce the laws/ regulations it encourages more to break laws . For years you could not do anything on federal waters to make money . Sell tomatoes , firewood , ect . No . At some point the State of Mississippi legislature must spend money rather than try to make money off of taxing , selling license, ect . According to our legislature they left 600 million in the rainy day fund last year . Why do we have longer growing seasons than northern states but we seem to be going backwards with game and fish ? We build fish hatcheries , why ? I bream fish a 88 year old that has a "lifetime " state pass . Why do they not sell them anymore ? Easy money . Guides , limits , poles , livescope , is not the problem . Lack of funds to enforce and protect the lakes is the issue . Rant over .