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#1 ·
any update on crappie at mosquito. Was thinking of going today
 
#9 ·
I’ve also noticed more 6-8” crappie than I’ve ever seen at mosquito. I was out by myself a week ago and caught over 60 crappie that were under 9” and the keeper’s that I did catch were typical mosquito crappies 10-14”. Anyone have any theories what’s going on? A good hatch 2 years ago ? Crappies are starting to get stunted ? Maybe it has to do with lakeshore bait and tackle commercial netting the Minnows in mosquito for the past 2 years
 
#10 · (Edited)
Same story for us Wed & Thur ....lots of shorts in the mix, caught probably 150 or more to keep 70 ...slow running the stump flats (7'-12') on north end...most on minnows, some on plastics.
Most of the keepers were females still full of eggs !! So the spawn is not over yet.
You guys have a beautiful lake there !!! Just wish there were more places to stay there !!
 
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And why exactly can't odnr do anything?
This is all I can find, copied from Ohio fishing regulations....

  • Bait
    It is unlawful for any person except licensed bait dealers to possess more than 100 crayfish, or in combination 500 crayfish, minnows, and other baitfish. A bait dealer’s permit is required of persons buying or selling minnows, crayfish, and hellgrammites. This permit may be obtained at wildohio.gov.

    It is unlawful to release any baitfish or minnow into waters of the state from which it did not originate.

    So does this mean no regulations on where they can harvest from??
    I'm curious about this.
 
#29 ·
First off this thread is fishing at Mosquito please get back on topic. Second if it is legal what is there to complain about? Some people are only happy if they are complaining. If they are getting minnows legally they are making many fisherman happy when the perch can be found on Lake Erie.
 
#30 · (Edited)
Yeah destroying a fishery like mosquito lake is no big deal as long as the perch fishermen going out of Ashtabula have minnows. The DNR agent for northeast Ohio admitted that it shouldn’t be legal and gave me his superiors phone number claiming he was the guy that could stop this. Taking a lower trophic level specie out of any ecosystem is going to have a huge effect on the predator species. There’s no way mosquito can handle a commercial harvesting of minnows like Lake Erie could. I understand why they’re doing it. Mosquito has or had a good population of Lake shiners and mosquito is a much more controlled environment compared to Lake Erie. Just remember commercial netting for perch in eastern and central basins of Lake Erie was legal and we see how well that worked out for us
 
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