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How long does it take?


strait-meat

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Well about 6-7 years ago I fished a small lake that had 12"-15" crappies on every cast. Then the next year maybe every 3rd to 4th fish was that size. Every year after that I could never catch those big ones anymore. It was a private lake but it could be reached during the winter.

How many years does it take for a small lake (160-200 acre) to regrow these fish?

I haven't fished it for the past 3 years or so.

By the way I never kept one fish out of there--all C&R

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It can take 10+ for a trophy crappie, but I've noticed in my area the lake cycles and some years you have banner years on lake A, it get's fished out. Lake B is good for a couple years, than lake C has its turn. 5-7 years later you are back at lake A catching slabs.

Yes, there are too many factors in order for this to be even remotefully scientific grin

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Can it be possible that the lake never got fished out but that the big fish only have a certain life span?? I was just guessing that it got fished out which I am sorta leaning towards but wondering if they all got big at once and then just died out. possible or not?

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