Y bone at the rib Cage? Any pics to show?

20 is plenty if you get em 10" and up, IMHO.

We use electric knives for everything, jus say'IN. Hopathisahelpa

Yes, that section of bones is what I am referring to.

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 The bones that are illustrated as #18. They are located behind the head and are sort of perpendicular from the ribs toward skin and running from each rib part way toward the tale. They are pesky little rascals and if it were not for them I personally would get more fillet off most fish. I have a method for Walleye to remove them and bigger perch, gill, and crappies however waste more  rib meat on smaller fish.
 On Pike this bone is not a straight spike it is the notorious Y bone. I can remove it but it is a chore. In Canada I have watched locals remove it kind of slick but they discard some fillet. I do not have the method down. I use the treesparrow reading glasses and slow dissection method.

Thanks Treesparrow!  Definitely #18.
 

Sam,
Do you cut the first fillet completely off, before going to the second side?  If so, try cutting one side past those pin bones, leaving the tail meat and rib attached to the carcass, then stopping and flipping the fish over before doing the rib meat and taking fillet off of the fish.  Then fillet the second side like you normally would, keeping the first fillet somewhat in tact with the fish.  If the fish is resting on it's head/gills, with no meat on that side to support, it bends the fish, and makes it a pain in the rear to fillet the second side.  

Just picked up my new license and fishing guide. No changes to the panfish limit on pymy that I can find, so I guess it's business as usual

Pymie is a Crappie factory. It will be interesting to see what happens with the new regs.
 

Are the new regulations for Pymi only, or they for all Pa. fisheries?

This article was from yesterday on WFMJs website.  Sounds like the new regs will go into effect this March, regardless of being in the license information this year.  They are posting signs all around the lake.  Someone posted on here that it wasn't in the new regs, but that had to be a Pa license as Ohio hasn't gone on sale yet

Posted: Jan 26, 2017 12:58 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 26, 2017 1:39 PM EST 

 
 


Anglers who enjoy trying their luck at Pymatuning Lake will find some restrictions in place in order to protect a popular fish.
As of March 1, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Ohio Division of Wildlife are limiting the Crappie catch to 20 fish per day and a nine inch minimum size.
According to the Ohio Department of Natural resources, Crappies are one of Ohio’s easiest fish to catch and are great for trips intended to get kids hooked on fishing. 
The restrictions are in place on both the Ohio and Pennsylvania sides of the reservoir.
Signs will be posted around the lake informing people of the new regulation.
Officials say the reservoir experienced a large increase in Crappie abundance and quality between 2001 and 2012, which led to what the commission says were dramatic increases in angler pressure.
An increase in demand and decrease in supply of the fish led to unsatisfactory results for anglers.
Based on the decline, Ohio approached the PFBC to discuss implementing a more restrictive angling regulation.
An opinion survey conducted by the Ohio Division of Wildlife found that 88% of the anglers interviewed agreed with placing harvest restrictions on Crappies on the reservoir.
“These regulations have been used to improve Crappie size structure and density in other Pennsylvania lakes where they have been applied and will likely have similar positive results in Pymatuning Reservoir,” said Jason Detar, chief of the PFBC’s Division of Fisheries Management.
The effect of the regulations will be monitored through annual trap net surveys and through age and growth statistics, which are computed annually.
Pymatuning Reservoir is Pennsylvania’s largest inland lake and is located in Crawford County, Pa., and Ashtabula County, Ohio.
 

  
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I personally would love to see statewide regulations on all panfish. Size and reduced limits. 20-25 combined species is enough for anyone but fish hogs. Would be nice to catch quality Panfish in the big lakes again,Pymy,Shenago,Wilhelm,and Arthur all had there hey day even the gills,at P.I. are small compare to the old days. 9.5" pumpkin seeds where the norm now a 8" fish is a giant.lol Pymy still has some very nice crappie.

I hear ya psu, had a little deer mecca behind my house,long story short,Amish logged the land across the road,it was a big parcel 200 acres,they shot 33 deer on the first day 3 years ago,it never been the same. The warden told me all the deer where tagged. Big deal,one guy shots 5 and puts someone tag on it. They killed anything that move from a 40lb doe fawn to a 156 BC buck. Warden told me he feels sorry for them. Even though it's not the same back there they remember and come back once each year and get a few more,but it's the second week of the season so they can bang doe. I've killed one deer in 3 years back there and 8 pts with a bow.

CAPTAIN HOOK
I have only "one issue" with Amish they never served for our country even in wartimes !They enjoy all the freedoms, but without any cost to them. They use the religion excuse they don't believe in killing people, but lookout when it comes to deer and other animals !They are killing machines !  

. Agree 100% Captain ........

It's called "FOOD"