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Originally Posted by "W"
Some will never face the face that the 15 trout limit was an epic FAIL
Now we see it in plain day light
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There is something in place right now to reduce the limit and add size restrictions to CRAPPIE on a couple lakes in N La
, they want trophy crappie! This has been tried over and over and the same results happen, the fish overpopulate and their growth is stunted. I have argued ad nausea about it, yet people keep saying well it can't hurt, lets try it, when its been tried and it DOES hurt, it does the opposite. The biggest proponent of the restrictions who used to call me all kinds of names
finally talked to some cat over in Alabama who had his masters in crappie mgmt or something and dude did a complete 180, now tries to get everyone to keep EVERY crappie they catch
It just takes some people a little longer to come around, and no matter what evidence you show people from past studies, to wildlife professionals opinions, even to people that stock ponds that will not even sell you crappie because they will overpopulate a pond, they will not listen.
As you can tell I am not a fan of designating places as 'trophy fisheries' because they got that way without the 'help' of some specific management plan, and once people name something a trophy lake, politics get involved and people don't listen to the professionals and want to CHANGE things even though there is nothing wrong with them, then the lakes start going downhill
This trophy deer mentality is killing the fun out of deer hunting for me. Deer hunters are trying to push legislation for antler restrictions on public land even though study after study after study suggests that they do not work in all settings. It is getting ridiculous in that we can't just go out and catch or shoot something without having to read thru 5 pages of regulations to make sure we can keep it to eat