Cherokee Trap Netting Results - 2003

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[font "Comic Sans MS"]We trap netted for crappie on Cherokee Reservoir from October 6-15. Our 106 net sample consisted of 530 black crappie, 20 blacknose black crappie, and 116 white crappie. [/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"]A very good number of young-of-the-year (2003 spawned) black and white crappie were collected and our catch rate of these newly spawned crappie was the greatest observed in the past 5 years (Figure 3). Good spring rains and high water levels positively influenced the quality of the 2003 spawn. [/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"]Adult crappie numbers are not what they were 10 years ago, but with this great 2003 spawn, the number of harvestable size crappie (>10-inch) should improve in the next 2-3 years. [/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"]It will take several more years of successful spawning to get crappie numbers back to where we would like them to be. Stocking can never achieve the results that a good natural spawn can and we only hope environmental conditions continue to cooperate like they did in 2003. [/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"]Figure 3 [/font]
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