2024-25 fishing regulations

Wonder when they will be out ?
I haven't found anything yet?
Wondering when the new crappie regulations will be out where you can see them.

RUGER said:

Wonder when they will be out ?
I haven't found anything yet?
Wondering when the new crappie regulations will be out where you can see them.

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They have changed crappie regulations? How?

redblood said:

They have changed crappie regulations? How?

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I didn't know this either

Interested to see

redblood said:

They have changed crappie regulations? How?

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In all the Bill Dance signature lakes they have removed the length and creel limits.
Supposedly on some of the TWRA fishing lakes.

I heard they were going to a 2- bull gill limit

I heard they were outlawing PBs and Tarps too

lol hold your horses man its not time yet.

RUGER said:

In all the Bill Dance signature lakes they have removed the length and creel limits.
Supposedly on some of the TWRA fishing lakes.

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i can understand the creel limits if the lakes are overstocked, but not sure how removing size limit would help. not much meat on a 9.5" crappie

RUGER said:

In all the Bill Dance signature lakes they have removed the length and creel limits.
Supposedly on some of the TWRA fishing lakes.

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what is a bill dance lake?

TN Song Dog said:

I heard they were outlawing PBs and Tarps too

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I'm all for the PBs !!!

redblood said:

what is a bill dance lake?

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Twra and a few other departments teamed up with Bill Dance to make 10 lakes better and to "drive economic activity year round for each surrounding community"

I can't figure out how to attach a pdf, but you can find them here.

redblood said:

i can understand the creel limits if the lakes are overstocked, but not sure how removing size limit would help. not much meat on a 9.5" crappie

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theyre being managed as trophy bass lakes and for bluegill. crappie become overpopulated in small lakes under the state wide length limit.

they want them gone.

traditionally new regs have went into effect on march 1st. fyi better get there the first two weeks or it will be wrapped up with social media potlickers and hole buzzards.

WTM said:

traditionally new regs have went into effect on march 1st. fyi better get there the first two weeks or it will be wrapped up with social media potlickers and hole buzzards.

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Yep.

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Twra and a few other departments teamed up with Bill Dance to make 10 lakes better and to "drive economic activity year round for each surrounding community"

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i was surprised to see tims ford as a bill dance lake. i sure do enjoy pulling big crappie out of there. i hope the regulations dont mess that up

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so if im reading that right- a person can keep as many crappie (of any size) as they want from halford, graham, browns creek, garrett, glenn springs, parsons, maple creek, carroll and whiteville lakes?

i have never heard of any of those actually

We have run a very restrictive limit for a long time on the east side, a few state park lakes have no length limit just a number limit, I don't keep anything to small to get a good filet from and that is 9" and up but can be a challenge a lot of days.

mike243 said:

We have run a very restrictive limit for a long time on the east side, a few state park lakes have no length limit just a number limit, I don't keep anything to small to get a good filet from and that is 9" and up but can be a challenge a lot of days.

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i guess it varies from fishery to fishery but i fish woods, tims and sometime normandy. and very rarely do we ever catch a fish under 10" and most are quite a bit bigger than that. as skinny and slender as a white crappie is , a 10' one wouldnt make much more than a nugget