7 walleyes are you can keep up north,...I think trout is 5 around here,...redfish are 3 a day,...and bass are 5 unders at fork...

25 does seem like a lot !

I've been crappie fishing for a long time, and caught my share, but, I haven't kept a crappie in almost five years, releasing everything I catch. But that's not because I think a lake like Fork will be fished out. But, and I want to make this clear...I AM NEIHER FOR NOR AGAINST KEEPING 25 PER PERSON, OR REDUCING IT TO SOME OTHER NUMBER. But consider this, and the numbers are purely hypothetical.....

1. Let's say......that Fork has one million crappie in it (of course there are many millions)
2. 500,000 are females
3. Each female produces 50,000 eggs per year
4. 10% of those 50,000 eggs (5,000) are lucky enough to actually become fish
5. So 5,000 offspring x 500,000 females = 2,500,000,000 new fish are introduced into the lake each year, and half are eaten or die in some way, leaving 1,250,000,000

Depleting a lake the size of Fork would be theoretically impossible, be they large or small crappie.

And remember before you crawl up my leg....I'm neither for nor against any limit size, as I never keep one crappie

These regulations are self imposed by the guides for the guides. It does not effect anyone else. They fish the lakes every day and expected to produce a limit each trip. They catch more fish per year than most of us catch in 5 years. Recreational fisherman are lucky to fish once a week and I suspect 90% of the time they do not catch a limit. They are not asking recreational anglers to follow their lead. The only group who should have any gripe at all is those who hire guides. If they don't like the lower limit they simply need to find another guide. The action of the guides do not effect me one bit so why should I bitch about it. I have no problem with them trying to protect their lively hood. I benefit from there actions.

These regulations are self imposed by the guides for the guides. It does not effect anyone else. .