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Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 1:41 am
by Stacie Kelsey
Just in case you guys didn't see it in the Q & A thread under Freshwater.
It's good to see a fish like this after seeing so many very small and very skinny fish.
This 17" beaut was caught at Streeter's. I'll be checking the lake over the weekend so I'm hoping to see others with really nice fish.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:19 am
by tnj8222
Nice thats about three inches bigger than my biggest silver lake crappie.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 1:48 pm
by bob johansen
about an inch bigger than my Long Lake crappie
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:48 am
by panfisher
Bob Johansen wrote:about an inch bigger than my Long Lake crappie
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:58 am
by panfisher
Stacie Kelsey wrote:Just in case you guys didn't see it in the Q & A thread under Freshwater.
It's good to see a fish like this after seeing so many very small and very skinny fish.
This 17" beaut was caught at Streeter's. I'll be checking the lake over the weekend so I'm hoping to see others with really nice fish.
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RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:03 pm
by hawaiiboy396
Was this from shore
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:58 pm
by tnj8222
hawaiiboy396 wrote:Was this from shore
Off of streeters resorts dock.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:06 pm
by hawaiiboy396
tnj8222 wrote:hawaiiboy396 wrote:Was this from shore
Off of streeters resorts dock.
Is it possible to fish from shore for slabs like this. Is there an good public spots that you dont need a boat for on this lake.
corrected for spelling of 'slobs', I mean 'slabs'. lol
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:01 am
by Stacie Kelsey
This not the average size crappie for this lake. I've only heard of one other large fish coming out. The rest are extremely small and under the legal size of 9".
There is a lot of harvesting of under size fish going on. If you see this PLEASE report it by calling 911 and indicating you have a fishing violation in progress. They can contact one of our Officers or if none are available they can send a Trooper or County.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:56 am
by returnofthefish
Dear Stacie,
At what point does a healthy population of crappie that are under 9 inches considered stunted?
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 3:39 am
by Stacie Kelsey
That is something I'm concerned about here. It's a prey heavy lake. I'll be taking scale samples and do age analysis to try and determine what is going on. I've seen tons and the average size is 7". And everything I am hearing from anglers is that they are small. This makes two years in a row.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:59 pm
by tnj8222
Stacie Kelsey wrote:That is something I'm concerned about here. It's a prey heavy lake. I'll be taking scale samples and do age analysis to try and determine what is going on. I've seen tons and the average size is 7". And everything I am hearing from anglers is that they are small. This makes two years in a row.
Its been going downhill for longer than that.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:03 pm
by rl206
You can almost always bet that the Crappie you pull in are 7in. and the perch are 4in and the bass are...
That's right there are none
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:09 pm
by Stacie Kelsey
The average size perch I have seen are a lot bigger than 4". They ate the only fish that I'm not worried about right now. But the crappie and bass, yep.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:38 am
by jbball50
Hopefully it's just a cycle thing, but thinking about how those crappie sit in Streeters all the time, competing for the same food these fish will get more stunted with the 9" rule in that lake. I know the first time I went there a couple years ago they were averaging about 9" or so, last year in the fall we caught a bunch in the 8" group, only time will tell I guess in 3 or so years if the rule works.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:56 am
by Stacie Kelsey
The rule was put in place to create a quality fishery. The bigger picture is the water quality and lack of cover. Both of those are being closely worked on.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:09 am
by tnj8222
Stacie Kelsey wrote:The rule was put in place to create a quality fishery. The bigger picture is the water quality and lack of cover. Both of those are being closely worked on.
I agree. The carp should have never been stocked. Crappie relate to a weedline big time in most lakes. Silver only has lilly pads.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:33 pm
by Stacie Kelsey
The grass carp were needed we just got pressured into way more than what we recommended. :-/ we will get it there. It's just going to take some time.
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:52 pm
by jbball50
How long ago did they put the carp in that lake?
RE:Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) huge crappie!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:42 pm
by Stacie Kelsey
They went in 1992.