Cablebob

I have fished for smallies for nearly 40 years.
And I agree that the crawfish population has sharply declined. However it's my findings that the size and amount of the fish caught goes in cycles.

I fish the same week in June.
We have a mini contest and log each fish (over 12") caught. About every 4 or 5 years we see 4+ lbs. and loads of 2-3 lbs. on off years we only see 1-2 lbs.
like I said it's my experience that the size and amount tend to run in cycles. Last year we caught 117 smallies, nothing over 3 lbs. The year earlier was worse, so I expect to see some 3-4 lbers this year. We still see 1/2 digested crawdads when we flip the grisket to remove hooks.

Now if my Dad can only join the 4 lb club his life would be complete.

But please, if someone could only answer my 7 year old sons question " Daddy, how come there's only crawdaddies and no crawmomies or crawbabies??"

P.S. all fish returned to water with less then 1% mortality rate.

Also note I fish "Up Stream" from Winni.