Anglers' Legacy
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Nuisance fish?
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- 30secfisherman says:
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Posted on: April 26th, 2009
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- Gutt says:
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Posted on: July 10th, 2009
A Pan Fish a Day Keeps "Stunting" Away
Certain fish populations, including sunfish, perch and bullheads, would benefit by more people fishing for them. Many anglers don't even know all these fish are out there waiting to be caught. Without enough angling pressure, pan fish may overpopulate a lake or pond, resulting in a lot of very small fish. This phenomenon, called “stunting” can be helped by anglers who take pan fish home and discover that pan fish can be some of the most delicious fish to eat.
Taken from here: www.takemefishing.org/fishing/...
That's quite possibly one of the reasons... otherwise it's the rest of the species that they are trying to build up a population, therefore not wanting you to take any fish out.
Make sense?
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- 30secfisherman says:
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Posted on: July 11th, 2009
I talked with VDGIF and was told that crappie compete with bass, that the perch spawn before the bass and feast on the baby bass. Surprisingly, was also told that all bass under 13" should be culled!
It may be too late as the "average" bass caught is now only 11+" ...
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- Owl Jones says:
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Posted on: August 30th, 2010
Sounds like your HOA needs some lessons in fisheries management. Culling " all bass under 13 inches" sounds like a great way to make sure you put a serious dent in future year-class bass populations. Why you'd want to do that, I do not know. Unless you enjoy watching the bass fishing decline over the next several years. If you can, I'd try to find out who was in charge and ask them what kind of fisheries managment experience they have( in a nice way) and try to put them in touch with your state agencies. You can ruin a small lake or pond by mismanagement, as easily as you can ruin it by other means. Most lakes will do fine on their own if the water is fertile enough, without the need for excessive regulation.
The crappie will spawn first, and they do become more active earlier in the year - but crappie populations and bass populations live side by side in almost every warmwater lake in America. Unless yours is somehow different, there's no need to try and wipe out the crappie population - but yes, the comment about too many fish causing "stunting" of their growth is right on the money. Culling every bass under 13 inches? Not so much, IMHO.
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- michael sedor says:
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Posted on: September 4th, 2010
shrimping in florida is great
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Our HOA has a peculiar set of rules: catch and release on our 25 acre lake EXCEPT for crappie and perch. Anyone know why crappie and perch would be so undesireable? Also have LMB, bluegill, sunfish, no [more] catfish.