Slot limit for Cypress?

bassadict69 · February 11, 2005, 10:55:54 PM

We fished the north end of Cypress today for about 2 hours.(No...We never got a bite) When we pulled out there was a game warden sitting in his truck at the launch. I got to talking to him & he told me the LDWF was considering removing the slot from Black Bayou & putting the 14-17 inch slot on Cypress. He said that from recent shockings on both lakes, it showed more, bigger fish on Cypress than Black Bayou.
He told me of one spot on Cypress that they shock everytime they go out & it consistently pulls up large numbers of 5-10 pound bass. I may have to try that spot Sunday if B/B don't pan out!

As far as white perch, he said there is NO reason everyone fishing for them shouldn't be limiiting out. He said the last couple of times showed the largest numbers of crappie that they had seen in a long time.

Ron Fogelson · February 12, 2005, 12:16:00 AM

$:-\$ OK I'm dieing to know about 5 & 10 pound bass on Cypress, lets have it brother

Mike Cork · February 12, 2005, 01:22:13 PM

Hmmm, the lake with out the slot has bigger fish in, go figure. Well then lets make sure we destroy it before it gets to good and move the slot to the lake with the bigger fish. Wouldn't want anyone to catch a hawg

Mike Noble · February 12, 2005, 04:06:18 PM

That is sort of strange. In my discussions with the LDWF biologist, he has told me that the ONLY lake they consider the slot limit to be successful is Black Bayou Benton. If that is true, why would they consider removing it when we can't get them to remove it anywhere else...or at least we haven't achieved that yet. And my next question for them is that if Cypress is doing SO WELL without a slot....why screw it up. I'm going to email James Seales on Monday and ask him about it.

As far as the sac-a-lait (crappie), Mike C. and I were talking about them a couple of weeks ago. There don't seem to be the numbers the last couple of years that there use to be. It will be interesting to see what the spring brings.

Mike Noble · February 14, 2005, 10:42:03 AM

Okay...I just got off the phone with the LDWF biologist and according to him there have been NO discussions concerning this. Wildlife and Fisheries have NO intention of taking the slot off of Black, nor putting a slot on Cypress.

He also said that if the Cypress/Black Bayou folks are thinking about this; then they have NOT approached LDWF. And ONLY Wildlife and Fisheries can do this.

I also asked him about the white perch/crappie/sac-a-lait. He said that the "shocking" usually does not produce many sac-a-lait, but they have run nets the past couple of years and it did show good quantities of sac-a-lait.

I hope this helps.

bassadict69 · February 14, 2005, 10:56:58 AM

$:-\$ I wonder where the game warden was getting his info from that he told me about. Hmmm?

Ron Fogelson · February 14, 2005, 11:07:36 AM

Ok BA, you still haven't told about the 10 pounders & the tournament is over so when ever your ready to share I'm all ears!

All so just a thought, are you sure it was a LDWF guy and not a local cypress/Black patrol, just wondering.

Fogy

Mike Noble · February 14, 2005, 11:09:42 AM

I was wondering that too...were you talking to a LDWF agent or a Cypress/Black Bayou officer?

bassadict69 · February 14, 2005, 11:12:25 AM

He was LDWF in the green truck.

Mike Noble · February 14, 2005, 11:13:52 AM

Thanks. I think he was on something...

According the biologist, its not going to happen.

bassadict69 · February 14, 2005, 11:15:45 AM

Glad to hear that! Although wouldn't mind them removing the slot on B/B!

Mike Noble · February 14, 2005, 11:24:56 AM

That is NOT going to happen either. The only thing he mentioned about the slot on Black Bayou was..."if" the fishermen and LDWF wanted bigger fish in Black Bayou, then the slot could be increased or raised.