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TAGGED CRAPPIE YIELD $$ FOR ANGLERS, INFORMATION
FOR KDWP
Rewards offered for return of tags
Mar 16, 2007 - Crappie fishing will soon
pick up across Kansas as the water warms and crappie prepare
for their annual spawn. April through June is the time when more
anglers fish and more crappie are caught than any other period
during the year. Some of these crappie sport special tags that
provide important harvest information for fisheries biologists.
From 2003-2005, Kansas Wildlife and Parks (KDWP)
biologists tagged crappie in Cedar Bluff, Clinton, Hillsdale,
Melvern, and Perry reservoirs. Tags in 2003 were blue, and tags
from 2004 and 2005 were yellow. When returned to KDWP, these
tags are worth $5, $20, or $100. Anglers who catch tagged crappie
are requested to return the tags with a completed short survey
card about the fish they caught. These cards are available at
local KDWP park offices and area bait shops and must be returned
to the Emporia Research Office to be eligible for the rewards.
Forms for each lake are also available on the KDWP
website. Type "Crappie Form" in the search box for
a list of Crappie Tagging Report forms for lakes where tagged
crappie have been taken. To date, only about 30 percent of the
tags have been returned.
Anglers who have tags from past years are encouraged
to return those tags, so KDWP staff can get a better picture
of how many crappie have been caught. For tags caught in 2003-2006,
exact dates of catch are not necessary if the month and year
of catch are known. The most important information is the tag
return.
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