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Reply With QuoteJust can’t make myself kill those big fish. I get almost as much enjoyment watching them swim off as catching.
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Wow! I Didnt Know This!!
Messing around on the net and this is what I read. Does anyone already know this?
So....I guess the point is whenever you catch a big crappie at 1 & 1/2 lbs or bigger then theyre already getting pretty close to the age of dying?!? So it sounds like instead of releasing all the big mamas to spawn, grow bigger, whatever we should actually keep those to clean and release more of the 10"-12" fish?!? My question is though.....how old is a crappie that makes it to 3 lb status??????
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Just can’t make myself kill those big fish. I get almost as much enjoyment watching them swim off as catching.
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14 years old for a 14 inch black crappie. Sure don't seem right, seems like a heck of a long time, but then again, I'm no expert.
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How much weight is gained each year for any crappie? Bass, I think is 1/4 pound a year. That is an interesting article you have I just wonder if it is correct. As far as laying eggs big girls has got a lot of eggs but may not be fertile enough to hatch or not all be hatched.
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How old is a crappie that makes it to 3 lb status?????? Don't really know... but I know how old I was when this happened.Originally Posted by gabowman
Messing around on the net and this is what I read. Does anyone already know this?
So....I guess the point is whenever you catch a big crappie at 1 & 1/2 lbs or bigger then theyre already getting pretty close to the age of dying?!? So it sounds like instead of releasing all the big mamas to spawn, grow bigger, whatever we should actually keep those to clean and release more of the 10"-12" fish?!? My question is though.....how old is a crappie that makes it to 3 lb status??????
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Many factors are in play here. For example, a crappie in Montana would be older than one in Florida at the same length. Longer growing cycle. Then different lakes within an area MIGHT have different rates of growth depending on genetics, water components, forage. Only way to know for sure is to examine the stones in their ears. These have rings like a tree and can be counted.
Fishes in the ocean can be more accurately guessed at based on size. Some freshwater fish also, but a 14” crappie round here is different than one living in Maine.
It is interesting to know that crappie can live long lives.
Maybe they will bite this one……
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There is a podcast on YouTube, the channel is The Crappie Connection. They interviewed a Mississippi biologist on this subject. Worth a watch. Interesting discussion on growth and population cycles.
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Well, the way I see this is..........it came off the internet! So......what do you believe and what do you not believe. We all know that you cannot believe everything you read off the internet. Pfffft!! A 14 year old crappie?!? Sounds like that's stretching it to me.
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