Keeping small crappie

RUGER · Mar 26, 2015

Just curious,
If you are fishing somewhere that doesn't have a size limit on crappie, what is the smallest you will keep?

I remember fishing KY before they had a size limit and my buddy would keep them down to about 8" long.

I look at it like a bream, a 7" bream makes a nice fillet.

diamond hunter · Mar 26, 2015

7" crappie does not make a nice one though,at least not Old Hickory Lake where I fish,I wish that lake was 11"

TN deer hunter · Mar 26, 2015

I know some folks that won't keep anything unless it's 11" or better.

RUGER · Mar 26, 2015

TN deer hunter":18gfpu0m said:
I know some folks that won't keep anything unless it's 11" or better.

That same buddy is that way now.
No telling how many 10 1/2" crappie he throws back.

fairchaser · Mar 26, 2015

After you have caught enough 15 inch slabs its hard to put a 9 inch crappie in the cooler even when its legal.

TN deer hunter · Mar 26, 2015

We usually will try put the divider in the live well and all fish from 10"-11" go in one side then we cull after we reach our limit keeping bigger fish.

Spurhunter · Mar 26, 2015

I've found a crappie under 10" doesn't have enough meat to fool with. But I fillet everything. I don't eat around bones.

lwk88 · Mar 26, 2015

I dont keep any under 11 either

lwk88 · Mar 26, 2015

Here's a couple I caight from the bank this yr

lwk88 · Mar 26, 2015

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