Lately I have been able to find the crappies, but they are little. I have not problem catching 50 throw back crappies, but can’t seem to find the bigger ones. Any tip or Ideas?
May 21, 2011 at 11:58 pm
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May 22, 2011 at 1:04 am #967927
Use a good graph to find pods of fish. Begin fishing the pods at the top (a foot or less) above the tops of the pods then work your way down the water column. Presentation has much to do with catching picky fish so switch up sizes, colors, types, meat/no meat, bobber/no bobber, cranks, etc ’til you find the most productive bait.
Fishing from shore? As above, fish different presentations but add in different depths as well, beginning near the top of the water column.
If you can find downed trees or submerged timber, key in on that.
Practice selective harvest and know what is a healthy (for your fishery) size to keep. If you don’t know what size is healthy, ask in the forums and members will be happy to help you with that. Otherwise you’re sure to have all the small fish you want in the future.
Good luck.
May 22, 2011 at 3:33 am #967937maybe try a different lake… some lakes have stunted fish growth sometimes it seems. just what i’ve noticed in the rochester ponds. some have only small fish it’s just that way…
May 22, 2011 at 2:02 pm #967976Quote:
just what i’ve noticed in the rochester ponds. some have only small fish it’s just that way…
OVERFISHED
May 23, 2011 at 2:01 am #968143Quote:
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just what i’ve noticed in the rochester ponds. some have only small fish it’s just that way…
OVERFISHED
Yer chance of catching bigger fish greatly increases when you fish water that supports bigger fish. BTW small fish does not always mean over fished, too many smalls compeating for the same food will diminish that food source and fish that don’t have food do not grow.
May 23, 2011 at 2:03 am #968144
I said yer instead of your 
May 27, 2011 at 6:10 pm #969559Quote:
I said yer instead of your
That’s the Nebraskan redneck coming out in ya twister!!!
Mark
May 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm #969561Quote:
Over fished indeed. I’ve seen some taking crappies that you could see through and put them in the bucket.
Probably is in a population center similar to Roch., I don’t subscribe to the keep the big ones so the little ones can grow entirely… It seems to forget that the genetics of the larger fish are taken from the body of water and then no way will larger fish ever be able to keep their genetics in the population. Very important!!! Its also probable that the largest fish in the system are not able to produce quality eggs to sustain their genetics, though I would rather have them try than not.
If I am keeping a limit of pans, I have fished the water to understand how big they get. Then I am keeping small sized fish (6″-7″) as well as bigger fish, keeping in my mind that fish over 11″-12″ should be returned, maybe even smaller depending on the survey of fish I have caught prior. I also stop before I get to the limit so that I can fish all day long as well.
If I were fishing those ponds and knew that nothing other than small fish were in there, I might keep a limit of little ones to try thin it our so that all the fish might get bigger… might even use them for fertilizer…
Just my .02 cents…
Mark
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