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We have lakes that get decimated every year. When the word gets around about a hot crappie bite, meat slobs will haul pails out until their are none left. They will even make trips to their car to dump their pails in case a warden checks them on the lake. In my oppinion, if laws are followed and people respect their game there are no problems. The fish will eventually leave the pressured area. When 100 guys are taking over 100 fish a day for 2 weeks, that is another story.I really despise people who feel the need to fill their freezers with OUR fish.
Read the article in the Infisherman Icefishing mag for 2008 titled "legal is not always ethical". Just because it is legal to keep X number of fish does not mean you should keep your limit every time out.
Ok mabye this topic was coverd b-4 But can you over-fish an area? My reason is because were catchen crappies like mad. Full limit in a day....There are around 5-6 other people in the area that fish it at the same time. Its a "Chain of lakes" That has a nice size Thurofare ( i dont know if its spelled right) connecting the last two lakes to the first three. There decent sized lakes.I would like to fish there every day but i am afraid the crappies will all dissaper.I could be bein silly.
Yes I believe a lake can be over fished cause I've seen it happen.A private lake we used to fish had a great crappie fishery.After the owner passed away his wife let anyone on the lake and after a couple of years of people taking limits day after day through the ice the fishing went down hill and the biggest crappie you could catch would be in the 5-7" range and very few of those....