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Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: MNTrapper21] #7455099 01/09/22 11:35 AM 01/09/22 11:35 AM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 25,413 williams,mn trapper les trapper
trapper les trapper Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 25,413 williams,mn	Originally Posted by MNTrapper21 Exactly Les. Do you do much fishing up on LOW up there? A little, but I live just a hair too close to the lake. I get tired of eating fish. And I dont ever freeze it up, I'll give it away first to someone that needs fresh...and when I fish, I just catch a meal and go home, rarely do I take a limit home. "Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: 330-Trapper] #7455106 01/09/22 11:43 AM 01/09/22 11:43 AM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny	Originally Posted by 330-Trapper Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 This is my backyard. I live 5 minutes from enid lake. I'll also point out that pretty much every fish in that photo is also under the length limit. The length limit on Crappie in Enid lake is 12". This is the first I have heard about this but I'll post back here again if I find out anything else about it. The feeding the family thing danny is kind of spotty. We have tons of large bluegill in that lake and everywhere with a limit of 100 a day. No limit if you fish in someone's pond. Also no limit in that lake on catfish. Plenty of fish they could have fed their families with. I'd love to fish Big bluegills in the South someday Mee too.Want to try them Monster ones they call Nutcrackers or something like that.Catching them on a very light rod would be a ball. Last edited by upstateNY; 01/09/22 11:44 AM. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455115 01/09/22 11:52 AM 01/09/22 11:52 AM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa	Biggest bluegills I ever caught were in Mn. some well over a pound each. Mazaska Lake, near Faribault.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455130 01/09/22 12:11 PM 01/09/22 12:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,134 Coldspring Texas Savell "Wilbur"
Savell "Wilbur" Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,134 Coldspring Texas	...Shellcrackers Upstate lol Insert profound nonsense here

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455147 01/09/22 12:37 PM 01/09/22 12:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,041 wyoming southeast D danvee trapper
danvee trapper D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,041 wyoming southeast	I think here in Wy its a $180 a fish over limit $27,360 plus losing fishing hunting privilege's for at least a year in compact states and I think most of the states are in there. Don't poach in Wyoming they are really getting tough on trapping and big game violations now.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455215 01/09/22 01:46 PM 01/09/22 01:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba	Has anyone read the comments on the news release seems there is 153. The old phrase of; Wack and stack them has turned out to SLAP THEM HARD

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Savell] #7455256 01/09/22 02:34 PM 01/09/22 02:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny	Originally Posted by Savell ...Shellcrackers Upstate lol Yea,,,thats almost what I said. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: danny clifton] #7455279 01/09/22 02:54 PM 01/09/22 02:54 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,964 South metro, MN C Calvin trapper
Calvin trapper C Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,964 South metro, MN	Originally Posted by danny clifton P.S. How do you know that the two people who caught them don't have "needy" families? Maybe they dont want to live on foodstamps? Might just be scum, but how do you know? Agreed. My family growing up lived off the fish we caught to stay off the system. And never saw a reduction of panfish in that lake. WE only took our limits but always had more than our possession limit to get us through the winter months. People are quick to judge.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455289 01/09/22 03:03 PM 01/09/22 03:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,120 Washington C cat daddy trapper
cat daddy trapper C Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,120 Washington	I would be interested to know if these poachers were russian. They poach here in Washington constantly. Have absolutely no regard for fishing regs.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Gary Benson] #7455323 01/09/22 03:34 PM 01/09/22 03:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 1,473 Over there. F Flicker Shad trapper
Flicker Shad trapper F Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 1,473 Over there.	Originally Posted by Gary Benson Let one person do it then they have to let everyone do it. Bluegill is just as good as crappie anyway. They should have known better. Do the crime do the time. Not the point of the story, but bluegill is a lot better than crappie.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455634 01/09/22 08:14 PM 01/09/22 08:14 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,331 north Idaho decoy trapper
decoy trapper Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,331 north Idaho	Wife and I went to Wisconsin so I could catch a Muskie. Ended up at Callahan lake and I caught my Muskie, but the wife was within sight and was knocking down Bluegills the size of paper plates. Wow!! Hunt with your Kids, not for them. >>>----->

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7455671 01/09/22 08:49 PM 01/09/22 08:49 PM
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,786 Northern lower Michigan Feedinggrounds trapper
Feedinggrounds trapper Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,786 Northern lower Michigan	Crappie is a winter and spring fish here. I don't know many that keep them in the summer. The meat is a bit soft in warm months. But cook them right up with the Bluegills in the winter. you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7456139 01/10/22 10:23 AM 01/10/22 10:23 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa J Joe1 trapper
Joe1 trapper J Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa	would lots rather have 200 crappie than 200 coon a lot more fun less time and if i didnt want them all i bet i could find others that would want them never get tjred of crappie and we eat alot of them and have been for 50 some years

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7456212 01/10/22 11:59 AM 01/10/22 11:59 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,017 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,017 Northern Maine	Have a sharp fillet knife. Nevada bound

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7456218 01/10/22 12:08 PM 01/10/22 12:08 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa J Joe1 trapper
Joe1 trapper J Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa	sharper than my skinning knife i threw it away a few years back

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Gary Benson] #7456502 01/10/22 05:21 PM 01/10/22 05:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,725 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,725 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Originally Posted by Gary Benson Let one person do it then they have to let everyone do it. Bluegill is just as good as crappie anyway. They should have known better. Do the crime do the time. IMO, bluegill are better and perch are better than both of them. I have to be hard up for fish to keep any crappies. I always throw them back. Bluegill (at least around here) are a much firmer meat than crappie. Crappie taste OK, but are mushy compared to a bluegill. Perch, walleye, bluegill, and brook trout are my favorites in that order. In this case, part of their punishment as BTL suggested, would be to make them clean all of those fish in addition to a large fine. The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Feedinggrounds] #7456523 01/10/22 05:47 PM 01/10/22 05:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny	Originally Posted by Feedinggrounds Crappie is a winter and spring fish here. I don't know many that keep them in the summer. The meat is a bit soft in warm months. But cook them right up with the Bluegills in the winter. Best time to keep crappies here is through the ice.Meat is much firmer.Still not as good as Perch,,Walleye or Bluegill on my opinion. Last edited by upstateNY; 01/10/22 05:48 PM. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7456538 01/10/22 06:00 PM 01/10/22 06:00 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 61 Idaho B brymoore trapper
brymoore trapper B Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 61 Idaho	No limit on crappie, bluegill or perch in Idaho. I’d never keep that many due to the work involved. I know my kids and I have caught over 200 in a few hours when lucky. Crappie are my current favorite fish to eat. Perch are number two. Walleye are good too. I don’t catch enough bluegills to rate yet.

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Rob & Neall] #7457242 01/11/22 11:00 AM 01/11/22 11:00 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa J Joe1 trapper
Joe1 trapper J Joined: May 2010 Posts: 362 Iowa	find this thread interesting we find the crappie and bluegill firm meat where we live we throw the bass and catfish back also keep the walleye but not many where we live

Re: What to do with 152 Crappie [Re: Joe1] #7457601 01/11/22 05:12 PM 01/11/22 05:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa	Originally Posted by Joe1 find this thread interesting we find the crappie and bluegill firm meat where we live we throw the bass and catfish back also keep the walleye but not many where we live Except flatheads. They are actually my favorite of all freshwater fish to eat. That said we only keep them until we get 3-4 gallon bags in the freezer. They a totally different fish than channel cats. No blue cats in Iowa aside from maybe in the lower sections of the big border rivers. Aside from flathead, northern pike is my top choice. Crappies are down the list aways but that don't mean I don't want invited to the fish fry!

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