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We have been busy sampling crappie on a couple of central Arkansas AGFC lakes and the crappie look pretty good. These fish were from a lake that currently has a low density. Low density often leads to good growth. These fish were all from one net. There were 6 over two pounds and 2 over 2.5 pounds. All are in the lake waiting to be caught. Go get em boys!
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Thanks Good Job.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
Hey know those Guys! [emoji1]
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Nice fish. Great representation of the pattern difference between White Crappie and Black Crappie.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
Thanks for all the hard work.
Nice fish! Be nice if there was some more of those money tags swimming around the state! It’s a lot easier to justify buying new gear to myself if I know there is a chance to catch one that will pay me and feed me!
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There is a crappie exploitation study going on Dardanelle right now. Should be quite a few reward tags out there right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by rzrbakhunter
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I’ve only fished dardanelle for crappie once..... I gotta get out there
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Wish the G & F would do something for the lakes in south east Arkansas...
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Jerry - Call down to the Monticello regional office and talk to Mike Sundburg (877-367-3559). They are doing some good work down there. I think you would be surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEATGETTER
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D10, could you explain the " money tags" a little? Also, when will the results of the Dardanelle study be available and how can I get them ? Thanks
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We conduct tag reward exploitation studies on fish populations when we want to know what % of the population is dying from harvest and what % is dying of natural causes (something other than going home in a cooler). We get other info from these studies as well but that is the main reason. The reason why we offer rewards on the tags is because we want anglers to report them when they catch one, regardless of whether or not they kept the fish. Basically it is an incentive. Studies have shown that a reward is needed for an angler to take 5 minutes of their time to report catching a tagged fish. So if we didn’t offer a reward, the data that we collect wouldn’t be very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by goblerblaster
I’m not sure when the Dardanelle study will be complete (not in my district) but most exploitation studies last a year or more. So if they started tagging fish this fall, the data will be analyzed sometime at the end of next year (probably). When the report is ready, you can call the Russellville regional office and ask to speak with Frank Leone or Nick Feltz and they should be able to get you a copy of the report. Hope this helps.
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Please explain meaning of low density .
It is all relative to what you are used to seeing. For example, on Lake Conway we average ~100 crappie per trap net night. I would consider this high density. On a lake that I would consider low density, we average around 10 crappie per trap net night. Often it is hard to catch a limit in a low density lake.Quote:
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I sure seem to fish a lot of low density lakes...thanks Matt, I beginning to think it was me
Thanks for info. I was thinking everything but fish. LOL.
LOL. That seems to be the story of my life. I now know what old Paul Harvey meant with , Now you know the rest of the story
You should not have let that trout fisherman hold a real fish[emoji23]
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am I missing something obvious or is this on harris brake ??Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
Thanks Matt for all you guys do!
What can you do other than build cover or stock fish to improve this ?Quote:
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I assume you are asking how to improve low density? If so, research over the last 6 years has demonstrated that stocked crappie contribute 1-4% to the total year class on AGFC lakes. The lake I was talking about in the original post was one of the study lakes. For the most part stocking crappie in these lakes does not help. Habitat work can potentially help improve numbers in a lake. You can also use length limits or creel limits to help reduce harvest and increase numbers. However, low density often doesn’t last long and a strong year class comes though and dominates the fishery for a few years. This is how it naturally occurs on most lakes. Low density also allows for really good growth due to a lack in competition for food. The bottom line is that low density is natural from time to time in most lakes and results in really good growth.Quote:
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that is interesting, I have had other biologist mention"the boom bust" phenomena of crappie populations.......Quote:
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does the agfc have historical data available to the public for the density patterns of central arkansas lakes ?
I have a statewide database of crappie sample data that goes back to the 1990's. However, the problem with using nets to sample fish is that there is a large amount of variability in our relative abundance estimates. Relative abundance is defined as the number of fish per net set. This isn't always a good indicator of density. Some lakes, nets don't work very well due to the morphology of the body of water you are trying to sample (poor catchability). So using relative abundance as a surrogate for a density estimate can be a little shaky. However, the gear that is used to sample crappie works excellent in most lakes in my district (high catchablity), so I am pretty confident in using relative abundance as a surrogate for density in most of my lakes. The figure shows the relative abundance (density) of crappie in lakes Cargile, Conway, Harris Brake, and Conway. We have sampled a couple other lakes for crappie in the district but the catchablity of those lakes is poor and does not translate to density well. The take home message from this figure are that densities of crappie in lakes Conway and Overcup are about twice as much as lakes Cargile and Harris Brake.Quote:
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very interesting. thank you. any useful data on maumelle, nimrod or winona ??
I read the fisheries scientific report on maumelle from back in 2014, is there any new information since then ?? btw new marina owners at maumelle Westrock Landing I think is the new name have remodeled the office and it looks pretty sharp, parking lot and docks are next they said.
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Unfortunately I am not that familiar with the data from those lakes because they are not in my district. Here is some contact info for you so that you can get what you are looking for.Quote:
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Justin Homan (877)734-4581 manages the fishery in Lake Maumelle.
Frank Leone (877)967-7577 manages the fishery in Lake Nimrod.
Brett Hobbs (501)525-9063 manages the fishery in Lake Winona.
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nice mtn hardware beanie you got there Matt :cheers2
Ha ha ha! I have had that beanie for over a decade. It is made with a gore wind stopper membrane and is really warm. I have used is so much that the sun is bleaching the black to brown. Wish I could find the same exact one but I don’t think they make it like that any more.Quote:
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Outlaw yo-yos ! , catch & keep more bass, Flatheads, GarQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Draw the lake down enough to give good weeds and bushes to grow on the edges.
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I have my drone on you d10