Hank Parker on Forward Facing Sonar

[E. Taylor]

All I use mine for is crappie fishing. Right now it's casting to roaming fish in open water. In the summer it's casting to fish on brush. I have seen brush on lakes with hundreds and hundreds of crappies on it. Normally you can catch 3, 4,or 5, and the bite just shuts down on that brush. I watched a podcast with a wildlife biologist a couple weeks ago talking about crappies. The average black crappie hen will lay between 50,000 to 180,000 eggs each spring. The average survival rate is right at 50 percent. He was not worried at all about overfishing any body of water with black crappies. They are more concerned with over crowded waters since they are such prolific breeders. He did not expect FFS to have any impact on crappie populations.

[catahouladogs]

At the end of the day bass fishermen are pimping out a resource for a dick measuring contest and a small check.

[Catdaddy]

At the end of the day the traveling duck hunters are pimping out a resource for a dick measuring contest and a Facebook picture.

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At the end of the day 80% of the bass are released to be caught again.

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[Glenn]

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At the end of the day 80% of the bass are released to be caught again.

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So you’re into torturing fish. Is that it?

[2thDoc]

no one cares about the fishes feelings...

[Glenn]

no one cares about the fishes feelings...

FFS

[Palmetto Bug]

So you’re into torturing fish. Is that it?

I've read (but not validated) that catch and release fishing is illegal in Germany or Switzerland for that very reason.

[LabLuvR]

All I use mine for is crappie fishing. Right now it's casting to roaming fish in open water. In the summer it's casting to fish on brush. I have seen brush on lakes with hundreds and hundreds of crappies on it. Normally you can catch 3, 4,or 5, and the bite just shuts down on that brush. I watched a podcast with a wildlife biologist a couple weeks ago talking about crappies. The average black crappie hen will lay between 50,000 to 180,000 eggs each spring. The average survival rate is right at 50 percent. He was not worried at all about overfishing any body of water with black crappies. They are more concerned with over crowded waters since they are such prolific breeders. He did not expect FFS to have any impact on crappie populations.

Damn that is good to know. I was wondering about the effect, if any, of people targeting slabs. I do know crappie tend to be prolific breeders so not really worried about the population. In a pond setting that can literally take over if not kept in balance.