Enid Info

Crappie Tracking at Enid LakeThe fourth year of the cooperative crappie tracking project conducted by the University of Mississippi and the MDWFP is starting up again on Enid Lake. The goal is to learn more about spawning areas of crappie in our local reservoirs.The Ole Miss crappie research team, aided by guides John Woods and Tony Willis, recently tagged and released 35 crappie into Enid Lake. Radio transmitters were attached on the fish and orange identification tags with a contact number were secured to the dorsal fin. A new tag is being used this year that also records water depth and temperature at each fish location. "It's very important that any angler who catches a tagged fish call the number on the tag, report the location and date of where the fish was caught, and return the transmitter (if the angler wants to keep the fish)," said Dr. Glenn Parsons. "We need to get the tag back so we can upload depth and temperature data, and we can only do that with the tag in hand" Parsons said.Dr. Parsons and Dylan Williams will be tracking fish through late summer. The GPS locations of these fish will be posted on the MDWFP website and regularly updated. "The things we are learning through this project are important for having a better crappie fishery," Parsons said. If you catch a tagged crappie, call Dylan Williams at (662) 501-6547 or Dr. Glenn Parsons at (662) 202-8013.

Good info.


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Is it considered cheating if Dylan Williams is supposed to be my partner for the tournaments?

Naw, we aint worried bout you. You couldnt catch one if it was in a bucket and hungry!

I can operate a mean net and untangle a bird nest in a jiffy... Give him plenty of time to do the real fishing

Thats interesting.

Ok MO you need to get him to post up that info on here like Crappie Radio did a couple of years ago when they did the same thing on Sardis. That's your assignment for the week.

I talked to him and the way they do it is by the same radio tags. They have to spend a day or two out there with a transmitter, just riding around until it pings, then they can pinpoint the fish. Or at least thats how he explained it to me at hunting camp. I will try to contact him and get updates as they have them available

Thanks MO.

Wish they'd do it on Barnett one year

I'm sure they will eventually. Heck, you oughta do it yourself DD

I went on the MDWFP web site and poked around a little and found this :
"Enid Lake Crappie Locations" . It's under Featured topics on the Fishing and Boating tab
Looks like it has been updated a couple of times on 01/18 and again on 01/23.

http://www.mdwfp.com/media/159165/enid_1_23_13.pdf Yep, I figured with it being gov funded it would be available somewhere