Thread: Why did the size limit get reduced in Jordan?

Originally Posted by Flyrods n Jigs

Does anybody know why they reduced the size limit in Jordan to 8 inches? My opinion, they should have increased the size to 11 inches instead! I thought the 10-inch limit was doing good at increasing the overall size of the fish being caught. Now with an 8-inch size being a keeper, a lot of small crappie will not make it to spawning size! Just my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I am still going to stick with my 11-12 inch keeper size on my boat!!!!

Size limits are usually reduced due to population being too large for the ecosystem. I’ll be having the Jordan Lake biologist on my podcast this upcoming June. Check out Carolina Catch N’ Cast on Facebook to tag along.


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Probably, but they are the same people who thought that Stripers would survive in a relatively shallow lake that goes through an annual drought and water temps in the 80s. Massive fish kills twice!!!!

To please a bunch of people who can't catch fish.

This was a proposal about 3-4 years ago. Several of us went and testified at an open forum with Wildlife. They killed the idea back then, but looks like they got it through quietly this time. You guys are right--any fish under 11 inches is really not work taking home to eat.

Originally Posted by Clarktg

Size limits are usually reduced due to population being too large for the ecosystem. I’ll be having the Jordan Lake biologist on my podcast this upcoming June. Check out Carolina Catch N’ Cast on Facebook to tag along.


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I think the first thing that should be done is what South Carolina done. Get a waiver from the US Fish and Wildlife service and kill most of the black flying fish eaters.
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explain please

They need to put a bounty on white perch in Jordan so people would put more pressure on them. There's WAY too many white perch in Jordan and a lot of them need to get thinned out.

An 8" Crappie seems mighty small to keep. They're too small to fillet, so unless you gut, scale, then cut the head off to eat them, it still wouldn't make much of a meal. Though, if you're fishing for supper, an 8" crappie is better than nothing.

Jim

Balancing the system. If you leave a fat kid in a candy store he will get bigger. If there's a million more in there with him eating the same candy he will not