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Jessica Baumann, NC Wildlife biologist for District 5 that includes Jordan Lake, emailed me this morning that they finished their crappie survey on Jordan Lake last week. Some of you guys may have seen them while out fishing. Jessica said she will pass along the results once they have them compiled. Since we didn't have a fish fry last Spring on Jordan, maybe we can have one this coming Spring and invite Jessica to join us.
This something worth looking forward to for sure. It should be very interesting.
Appreciate your continuing interest and involvement JL.
WOuld like to read that report.
Last year it took till May to have the report finalized, but Jessica was glad to share the information with us. I'm sure she will do it again this year.
WOW theyve done all the field work. Got all the numbers and it take 6months to get a report out. Guess thats goment work at its best.
The part that takes a lot of time is aging the fish. They have to take a bone out of the ear of the fish and put it under a microscope to get the age. They will catch a thousand or so fish and it just takes time to do the grunt work. I'm not sure if they keep all thousand, but they will keep a sampling. Spring is the busiest time of the year for them, so they will spend nice-weather days out in the field and rainy days back in the lab.
I see, it more extensive than I thought. I thought they collected the the data on the lake. Didnt know they took fish back to a lab
I know one thing, their fish traps didn't catch the fish I ran into this year. Can't wait to see the results.
I'm ready for a fish fry on Jordan I can't wait to meet some of you guys from that area, and and I did see Jessica out on the lake a couple of time this fall, I wish they would do one on Belews, it's suffering for crappie.
Agree, a Jordan Spring get together would be great!!
Count me in for a Jordan shindig ! http://www.pic4ever.com/images/orjnfq.gif
Let's just hope they put more threadfin shad in next spring. That really worked this year on a population that was stressed from lack of foos last year.
Chief, I second that threadfin is the key.
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I wish they would survey the fishermen. I saw a bunch of fishermen at the 64 bridge and they didn't seem too busy. We caught several small white perch and a couple crappie. One was a 12 inch fish that fought harder than the two fourteens I've caught.Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLimit