This may sound like a dumb question to some of you but I have always wondered if fish in the Saint Johns River lakes move from one river lake to another. How far do Crappie migrate or do they?
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This may sound like a dumb question to some of you but I have always wondered if fish in the Saint Johns River lakes move from one river lake to another. How far do Crappie migrate or do they?
interesting, dont know
Depends upon the species, season, water height, etc.. There have been different species which were tagged, caught and reported. Good question, I am sure that many will chime in.
Kentucky fish n game has an article in their website something like crappie by numbers or something like that. Read it a long time ago and if I remember correctly they had some tagged and furthest they traveled was around 3 miles I believe. Not positive so dont hold me to it. Might see if I can find it and see what it said. Had some good info in it on why I think Barkley was mostly black crappie and now predominately white or vice versa. Let me see if I can find it again.
Well couldnt find it but did find out who the biologist was that did the study and sent him an Email. So we will see what results come of it. I will let ya know if I get anything back.
That is one of the studies that I remembered reading, couldn't remember where.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
I thought it was in one of earlier issues of Crappie World a few years back..
Will be glad to here response from your man in Kentucky - Mike.
found a butchered up rendition of it on outdoor life. But in their true fashion they dropped the best parts of it. But did list the biologist. If he sends it to me Harold I will forward you the entire report.
Thanks my friend. - should be interesting with St Johns, Astor event comming up
on April 12th.- That would be a classic way to check a lot of things.
St Johns river, Lake George, Lake Dexter, & Woodriff.
Strange this subject came up! I've been wondering for some time where all the crappie in the LAKE Monroe come from and how far they travel, almost like a salmon spawn, or is this more apparent in high high water and current bringing them in?
When you think about it, its a fact that they move. as on Crescent from early fall being
in North end gorging themselves on fresh & Saltwater food comming through the
St Johnsa. As winter sets in they move southward to around the island and later more
into canal & dead lake, haws creek as Spawning takes place. Thats quite a distance,
i would think somewhere around 18 - 20 mi. one way. But just realized Crescent is not
a river and got off subject but this lake is a moving tital basin body of water controlled
somewhat by Tides & St Johns and definetly food chain movement.
Thanks for the answers. On another thread we were talking about setting length limits and it got me to thinking if limits are set at one of the St. Johns lakes and not the others what would happen?
[QUOTE=fishin813;2635490]When you think about it, its a fact that they move. as on Crescent from early fall being
in North end gorging themselves on fresh & Saltwater food comming through the
St Johnsa. As winter sets in they move southward to around the island and later more
into canal & dead lake, haws creek as Spawning takes place. Thats quite a distance,
i would think somewhere around 18 - 20 mi. one way. But just realized Crescent is not
a river and got off subject but this lake is a moving tital basin body of water controlled
somewhat by Tides & St Johns and definetly food chain movement.[/QUOTE
Crescent was actually one of the lakes I was thinking about since fish can move through Dunns Creek to the river.