Thats true. It was lowered by an inch or so I believe. The KDFWR has noticed in their electro-shocking surveys that there are too many small crappie in the lake and not enough keepers. The reason behind the lowered size limit is that too many small fish will stunt the growth of crappie. Kind of like if you put several goldfish in a bowl, they will not grow past 3 inches, but put several in a pond, they will grow to 1 ft. Crappie are just the same, too many crappie in such a small lake will stunt the crappie growth, with the competition of structure and food will stress the crappie and stunt thier growth. The small crappie will also affect the size of other fish as well. If you fish a pond full of small bluegil or bullhead cats, your not going to find a huge bass, because the small fish are choking the large fish of food. A lake full of larger pan fish and bait fish (Dale Hollow) will be a lake full of larger bass too. So, although it may seem as if they are trying to harm the crappie population to some, they are not, and they will probally raise the size limit in a couple of years.