How many crappies

Check your fishing brochure for these. For many, the business of catching a dinner is fun filled. You drive to the nearest lake, hopefully with the wife and kids, find a nice brush pile or fallen tree near shore, unload fishing rods, some drinks and sandwiches, bait up with minnows, and toss them out near that woody cover.

The gear for most is a simple thin pencil bobber, a splitshot near lines end, and a No. That may be feet, or more as the morning progresses and fish move deeper. One of those refinements is to move occasionally. So, one method is to skim off the cream, then move to another fallen tree or brush pile, fish it until action slackens, and move again. Lake of the Ozarks Restrictions. Lakewide: Area note: Nongame fish: Snagging, snaring and grabbing are allowed from March 15 through April 30 only.

Within feet on the left descending bank and feet on the right descending bank below Truman Dam in the U. From the downstream end of the no-fishing zone below Truman Dam throughout the no-boating zone look for signs and buoys : Area note: Paddlefish may not be possessed.

From the downstream end of the no-fishing zone below Truman Dam to U. Highway Prohibited methods: Trotlines, throwlines, limb lines, jug lines, snagging, snaring and grabbing are prohibited.

Long Branch Lake Restrictions. Mark Twain Lake Restrictions. Montrose Lake Restrictions. Norfork Lake Restrictions. Pomme de Terre Lake Restrictions. Smithville Lake Restrictions. Stockton Lake Restrictions.

Table Rock Lake Restrictions. Lakewide: Daily limit: Catfish channel, blue and flathead : 10, combined total of these species Crappie: 15 Size limit: Black bass: minimum 15" Crappie: minimum 10" Walleye and sauger: minimum 18" On the lake and its tributaries: Size limit: Paddlefish: 34" minimum body length, measured from eye to fork of tail. Focus fishing efforts on areas of sunken logs, standing timber, brush piles, or docks.

Many states have crappie regulations such as a reduced bag limit or minimum length limits. Indiana has a 25 fish daily bag limit but does not have statewide crappie size regulation. However, some lakes in Indiana may benefit from a minimum length limit.

For many Indiana lakes, a minimum length limit would result in poorer fishing. Fewer fish would be harvestable because more fish would depend on limited resources, which would result in slower growth and stockpiling of many small fish.

DNR fisheries biologists are committed to creating excellent fishing experiences for Indiana anglers.