Not to be mean, but dude that's just plain strange. Selling crappie? (or any other fresh lake fish outside of catfish). Never heard of it and don't understand it.

I would either throw em' back or eat em'. I just don't understand why you wanna make a profit from it? Maybe i'm just tired...

--Eric
AgAlum93'

You can't sell any fish taken from public water unless you have appropriate commercial fishing license and then usually it is only catfish from specific lakes that allow commercial fishing. Your sportfishing license won't do the trick. You could sell farm raised crappie, again another typr of license, but I have been told that crappie don't do so well in a farm setting. If you were to farm fish and sell them they must be fed a special type of food so if tested, the lab could tell wild fish from the farm raised fish by testing for some type of protien. I am sure if you are serious about selling crappie you could find out everything at the TPWD website or find a Game Warden in your county to give you the low down on the topic.

Clyde you know I'll buy some tasty sac-a-lait's from ya, hell I'll even help ya catch em too. Good luck at Reelfoot and bring back a hefty load for the "Fried by FishinClyde" fish stand!!!!

sac-a-lait me,

I wasn't even thinkin about reelfoot when I asked the question. I hope to get some gills too

On the gamefish issue of catfish: Right out of the Outdoor Annual
Game Fish (includes hybrids or subspecies of fish on this list):

Bass: Guadalupe, largemouth, smallmouth,
spotted, striped, white, yellow
Catfish: blue, channel, flathead
Cobia
Crappie: black, white
Mackerel: king, Spanish
Marlin: blue, white
Pickerel
Red drum
Sailfish
Sauger
Seatrout, spotted
Sharks
Snook
Spearfish, longbill
Swordfish, broadbill
Tarpon
Trout: brown, rainbow
Wahoo
Walleye

NOTE:Jugline:
For use in FRESH WATER only. A fishing line with five or less hooks tied to a free-floating device.
May be used to take NONGAME fish, channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead catfish only.

Trotline:
A non-metallic main fishing line with more than five hooks attached and with each end attached to a fixture.
Nongame fish, channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish may be taken by trotline.
Trotlines In Fresh Water
Tag Requirements: Must be used with a valid GEAR TAG. Properly marked buoys or floats qualify as valid gear tags. Gear tags must be attached within 3 feeet of the first hook at each end of the trotline and are valid for 30 days after the date set out.
Construction and Design Restrictions: May not have more than 50 hooks on any one trotline.

Parks & Wildlife just want to control everything. There is a fee for everything now days if you fish,camp, hunt,etc. They just want a way to get your money.