{"id":1134,"date":"2019-02-08T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:18:10","slug":"evaluating-kentuckys-crappie-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/evaluating-kentuckys-crappie-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Kentucky\u2019s crappie populations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fishery biologists have three ways of evaluating crappie fisheries to gain a better understanding of catch rates, crappie reproductive success and population trends.<\/p>\n<p>Creel surveys, which are usually conducted from March through October, provide angler input.<\/p>\n<p>Creel clerks talk with anglers on the lakes and ask them what they have been catching and how many fish they have kept. This data helps biologists assess fishing pressure, and harvest.<\/p>\n<p>Trap netting, with modified hoop nets during the fall, is the main sampling method for crappie.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nkytribune.com\/2019\/02\/art-landers-outdoors-evaluating-kentuckys-crappie-populations-creel-limits-and-regulations\/\">Art Lander\u2019s Outdoors: Evaluating Kentucky\u2019s crappie populations, creel limits and regulations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-928 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2018\/12\/36849820_658738177804685_3650436487490568192_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fishery biologists have three ways of evaluating crappie fisheries to gain a better understanding of catch rates, crappie reproductive success and population trends. Creel surveys, which are usually conducted from March through October, provide angler input. Creel clerks talk with anglers on the lakes and ask them what they have been catching and how many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-news-release","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1135,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}