I'm with ya man. Wouldn't hurt to give them the 3rd degree. I'll bet if you made fellow anglers aware they'd agree. Hard to tell em no keeping fish but maybe just 5 a piece. Think about that 5 crappies if they are 10 inchers they make a great meal for a family of 4.
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
Pressure
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
Pete! Give them the third
Pete! Give them the third degree for fishing within the Limits? What kind of elitist Attitude is that? With the crappy Ice seasons and busy lifestyles ice fisherman have these days who are you to tell someone how many fish they can take as long as they are within the limits? Why not bench the batting champ once he has enough hits to feed his family? It is my belief that the cyclic nature of Crappies is dictated more by weather during the spawning period than by anglers. You want to change the rules because you got out fished by those around you. Instead of yelling at them. Pack up your jigs go home and cry to mommy. Maybe she will make you some hot coco.
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
Hey PetA
Hey Lucky & PetA I took these home the other night! Please dont give me the third degree!
Panfish are for eating if I spend my time fishing for meat you can Be darn sure I will take a few home! but if we were talking muskies I would have a completly different opinion.
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
limits
Super Fly (as John Ackroyd would say) you ignorant fool. A 400 acre lake cannot support the taking of limits of panfish and maintain a quality fishery. How many 12 inch crappies or 10 inch sunfish are in a 400 acre lake a 200-300 hundred? Well if 10 guys bring home 10 once you now have 200 and if they get on them again it's 100 and soon the good ones are gone. Fishing's for fun and the occasional meal. I buy food at the grocery store.
As for you Jon.....the limit is 10 and you have 13 there. Why is the crappie so less important than a muskie?
"Panfish are for eating" This is the reason I can't stand dudes who drop every big pannie in a bucket. You guys would sooner fish em out than put one back for your kids to catch in the future. I know lots of fished out lakes that have never come back to be a quality fishery.
Chapped!
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
I think I have to agree with
I think I have to agree with Pete. The lake is to small to take out fish limits. I think a few is fine but this size lake should be a fun fish lake not a fill the freezer lake.
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
Why not total recreation
Why not total recreation lakes with 100% catch and release? Small lakes like the one you're talking about here would be a perfect fit.
Shot and a Goal!
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
MN DNR
I Know that there is a Lake in the metro that the MN Dnr has tried this with. it is 100% catch and release I forget the name though maybe someone can come up with it. I thought it was in washington Co. somewhere around stillwater or woodbury.
Posted: Wednesday, 12/31/1969 - 6:00 pm
Three Lakes
Superfly. There are three lakes in the metro closed to fishing that the DNR still runs Studies on. Pleasant, Deep, and Charley all in Ramsey County. If you take a look at the sample Survey you may notice that they look like any other comparable lake in the area that is open to fishing. Here is the link to Pleasant http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=62004600
I don’t want to come across as a meat hog. I bring fish home maybe once a year but I think the studies show that Eliminating angling pressure alone will not produce 20lb crappies! A better question might be why does the DNR stock muskies in a lake that is closed to fishing? If the DNR needs help relocating them I am their man!
Call it a shot to the solar plexes! I hit a lake yesterday that once was relatively unfished. I witnessed at least 8-10 anglers take limits of nice crappies from a 400 acre lake. To me a lake of this size can not sustain that kind of pressure. I'm guessing that if this keeps up my honey hole will be fished out like so many have in the past.
Sad But True- James Hetfield