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Gee I felt so bad for this guy. He was complaining that they need to release fish over 5 lbs because they are two inches to small! Please make that dale slot good for cumberland also. Why dont anyone keep any fish under the slot?It will work even better if that is done.
I guess the reason I don't keep any fish under the slot is because I don't feel like dealing with cleaning them. If I want fish to eat or put in the freezer I target crappie, bluegill, walleye and striper. But I think you're probably right, if more fish under the slot were harvested it would probably provide for a better quality of fhisery over all.
I can sort of relate to the guy being disgruntled with having to throw back 5lb fish...it seemed like forever and a day before I actually caught a smallmouth over 21" on Dale. It's hard to describe...and hard to believe when someone says: "Dag gone, another short 5lb fish". But when I finally did catch one over 21" I threw it back. Go figure.
P.S. - I totally agree on doing something on Cumberland with the smallmouth...dag gone it KDFWR, if you all read the posts on this website then please respond and tell us WHY you don't have a slot limit on Cumberland like you do at Dale, WHY!? I am Chubminnow, hear me roar!! LOL
I grew up eating any legal size fish I caught. My first encounter with a catch-and-release fisherman was some guy cussing me out for keeping a bass, which to me at the time confirmed my suspicion that catch-and-release fishermen were mostly uppity jerks with more money than brains. Now, I understand that if everybody who caught a limit of bass kept it, most public lakes would quickly be decimated. I had the pleasure of fishing a private lake a couple times last year, where the landowner said it "needed to be thinned out," but sadly, I don't know of any public lakes that need thinning. So, when I see a 12-15" slot limit posted, to me it has always equated to a 15" size limit, which ends up meaning catch-and-release for largemouth. Preserving the fishery is the most important thing, and it never occurred to me that I might be helping it if I keep and eat a limit of "dinks."
[QUOTE=Chubminnow;330596]P.S. - I totally agree on doing something on Cumberland with the smallmouth...dag gone it KDFWR, if you all read the posts on this website then please respond and tell us WHY you don't have a slot limit on Cumberland like you do at Dale, WHY!? I am Chubminnow, hear me roar!! LOL[/QUOTE]
there was an article in ky afield magazinen a couple months ago that touched on the size limit.might be able to find out on their web which it was..
[QUOTE=CTFSHWHISKER;330608]there was an article in ky afield magazinen a couple months ago that touched on the size limit.might be able to find out on their web which it was..[/QUOTE]
What was the gest of the article I really interested in what they have to say about it.
Cumberland's smallmouth fishery in in great shape. Don't mess with it. It hasen't made any impact on Dale Hollow whatsoever.
My 2 cents......
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[QUOTE=trex1;330621]Cumberland's smallmouth fishery in in great shape. Don't mess with it. It hasen't made any impact on Dale Hollow whatsoever.
My 2 cents......[/QUOTE]
You have got to be joking, lol.
Yea it really gripes my azz when i go to Dale and catch all those four or five pounds non keepers.......Pthhh.Ive never had so much fun in my life fishing there.Im thankfull for that 16-21inch throw back slot and wish every single fishery i go to would adopt it.We would have some quality lakes then boys.
[QUOTE=fisheater;330637]Yea it really gripes my azz when i go to Dale and catch all those four or five pounds non keepers.......Pthhh.Ive never had so much fun in my life fishing there.Im thankfull for that 16-21inch throw back slot and wish every single fishery i go to would adopt it.We would have some quality lakes then boys.[/QUOTE]
Tell it John............
No complaints on a slot limit from me either...sure don't see what it could hurt for building more trophy fish into the population. It sure seems to me like it has benefited Dale Hollow, but I'm no expert. Of course, I don't keep bass for the table, but that's another argument entirely.