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MS Crappie Limit Reduced Due to Livescope
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<blockquote data-quote="WTM" data-source="post: 5924709" data-attributes="member: 6230"><p>its a factor of time. crappie mortality is very high in most lakes, whether it be natural mortality or catch rates. a 14-15" crappie is going to be 5-7 years old with 7 years being about max most of the time. it takes 2 years to grow a 10" crappie and that equates to 5 spawning seasons if released vs maybe 1 season left on a large fish.</p><p></p><p>the weird thing is that a 12" length limit works wonderfully in those MS lakes but will not work in KY lake. the research at Tn Tech suggests that it would actually hurt recruitment and even in some creeks of the lake a 9" limit would be better, but enforcement would he impossible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTM, post: 5924709, member: 6230"] its a factor of time. crappie mortality is very high in most lakes, whether it be natural mortality or catch rates. a 14-15" crappie is going to be 5-7 years old with 7 years being about max most of the time. it takes 2 years to grow a 10" crappie and that equates to 5 spawning seasons if released vs maybe 1 season left on a large fish. the weird thing is that a 12" length limit works wonderfully in those MS lakes but will not work in KY lake. the research at Tn Tech suggests that it would actually hurt recruitment and even in some creeks of the lake a 9" limit would be better, but enforcement would he impossible. [/QUOTE]
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