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MS Crappie Limit Reduced Due to Livescope
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5924586" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>In general, I think most anglers prefer CATCHING fish over KEEPING fish. And with many fish species, the most important breeders making new fish are the largest females due to producing so many more eggs per spawn than smaller females.</p><p></p><p>If the population in a body of water is declining due to overfishing, reducing the limit from 15 fish to 12 fish won't make a hill of beans difference... the population will continue to decline, and anglers will catch fewer fish, and those kept will continue to he the largest breeders.</p><p></p><p>I would think a slot limit in addition to a numbers reduction would be the way to go.... for example, 10 fish from 11 to 14 inches, with only 1 over 14 inches would be a better way to reverse a declining population, while still allowing folks to take enough home for supper as well as the occasional huge breeder for a trophy. But I'm not a crappie biologist, so admittedly I don't know if this would overcome the effectiveness of livescoping that has caused the population decline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5924586, member: 2805"] In general, I think most anglers prefer CATCHING fish over KEEPING fish. And with many fish species, the most important breeders making new fish are the largest females due to producing so many more eggs per spawn than smaller females. If the population in a body of water is declining due to overfishing, reducing the limit from 15 fish to 12 fish won't make a hill of beans difference... the population will continue to decline, and anglers will catch fewer fish, and those kept will continue to he the largest breeders. I would think a slot limit in addition to a numbers reduction would be the way to go.... for example, 10 fish from 11 to 14 inches, with only 1 over 14 inches would be a better way to reverse a declining population, while still allowing folks to take enough home for supper as well as the occasional huge breeder for a trophy. But I'm not a crappie biologist, so admittedly I don't know if this would overcome the effectiveness of livescoping that has caused the population decline. [/QUOTE]
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